{"id":10914,"date":"2014-05-02T21:26:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T05:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=10914"},"modified":"2014-10-14T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T23:13:02","slug":"may-2-2014-nebraska-panhandle-hailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2014\/05\/02\/may-2-2014-nebraska-panhandle-hailer\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2, 2014 Nebraska Panhandle hailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On May 2, there was a risk of thunderstorms along a front in the Nebraska Panhandle (SPC did not indicate a risk for severe weather).\u00a0 Flow aloft was strong and from the northwest, but dew points were in the 30s.\u00a0 Forecast CAPE values were nearly 500, though, so we held out a little hope for something interesting — maybe some lightning.\u00a0 We watched a lot of really high-based convection spit out some virga bombs around Courthouse Rock, near Broadwater.\u00a0 We drifted south just a little and photographed an abandoned farmstead while watching the cumulus clouds struggle overhead.\u00a0 At about 6 p.m., a stronger and larger blob materialized to our north, and we watched it move to our north and northeast, from about 15 miles WNW of Dalton, NE.\u00a0 It strengthened nicely and started to spit out the occasional CG.\u00a0 The main show was the intriguing hail curtains and rainbow, though.\u00a0 We chased it east past Dalton and watched the storm weaken, but it was a fun chase with plenty of pleasant surprises, including a hail roar, thunder, and fabulous High Plains light and color.<\/p>\n

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Images above from Broadwater, NE; below, somewhere in Banner County, I think!<\/p>\n

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Below — high-based mega-virga bomb with hail shafts and rainbow some 20-25 miles WNW of Dalton, NE<\/p>\n

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Below — near and east of Dalton<\/p>\n

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