Trentham Stormchasers
'Going to Extremes' 2011 USA Roadtrip
Report: Clyve Herbert
Photography: Jane ONeill / Clyve Herbert
19th May, 2011
19th May: Enid, OK to Great Bend, KS | |
![]() Dryline storm gets its act together NE of Dodge City, KS |
![]() Weak funnel, north of Ford |
![]() Mind blowing updraft developing over a relatively small base feature |
![]() Spectacular plains storm, west Kansas |
![]() Developing rain free base with suspected rotation |
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![]() The rainfree base area continues to expand and starts to feed on moist air deriging from the SE. |
![]() Weakly rotating base interacting with outflow. |
![]() Narrow updraft column, SW quadrant |
![]() Strong rainfoot spreading west from collapsing core. (Outflow from these storms kept pushing the dryline west) |
![]() As the storm moves NE it continues to intensify and develops a prominent flanking line |
![]() This stomr is tornado warned and the flanking line becomes large |
![]() Approaching maximum strength, a rain wrapped tornado was reported rain wrapped in the core, unfortunately we couldn;t see it. Interesting tail feature on the SE. |
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Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode... |