{"id":12646,"date":"2015-06-16T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=12646"},"modified":"2015-09-22T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T21:06:18","slug":"june-16-2015-western-nebraska-supercells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2015\/06\/16\/june-16-2015-western-nebraska-supercells\/","title":{"rendered":"June 16, 2015 western Nebraska supercells"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"150616_2281_Wallace_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This chase day began in Guernsey, WY, and we targeted areas to the ESE from about Scottsbluff to North Platte. \u00a0After our pizza lunch in Torrington, we continued into Nebraska and killed some time at an abandoned school near Bayard, NE.<\/p>\n

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\"150616_2215_Bayard_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2210_Bayard_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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A perky cumulus field drew us eastward towards Ogallala, and a tornado watch was issued for much of western Nebraska. \u00a0We did a quick pit stop at Sutherland, and then sauntered back to the west a few miles to observe a strong updraft to the north. \u00a0A prominent clear slot cut in to the base and a wall cloud teased us.<\/p>\n

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\"150616_7716_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a>\"150616_2235_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a>\"150616_2229_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a>\"150616_2222_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a>\"150616_2219_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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We allowed the storm base to move overhead, and along U.S. 30, three miles west of Sutherland, a funnel cloud developed no more than a half mile away. \u00a0I thought that we might get a spectacular front-row show right then and there, but there was no apparent circulation on the ground beneath the funnel cloud.<\/p>\n

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\"150616_2237_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a>\"150616_2242_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a>\"150616_2246_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a>\"150616_2249_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The storm was moving to the ESE and its hail core was over I-80, just east of Sutherland. \u00a0I decided to drop south from Sutherland to Wallace. \u00a0A nice double rainbow framed the hail core to our east.<\/p>\n

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\"150616_2256_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2253_Sutherland_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This supercell was strong and isolated and I thought that we might be rewarded with a tornado. \u00a0SPC issued a new mesoscale discussion for our area, too:<\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1038<\/a><\/p>\n

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Perhaps 45 minutes later we were south of the updraft base again. \u00a0This was about 12 miles east of Wallace, looking north (below).<\/p>\n

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\"150616_2264_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2259_Wallace_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The storm seemed to be going downhill in intensity at this point, unfortunately. \u00a0But, there was enough daylight remaining to check out the new storm back to our west, west of Wallace:<\/p>\n

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\"150616_2268_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2276_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2281_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2284_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2290_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2294_Wallace_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The images above were taken a few miles south of Wallace and the view is to the northwest. \u00a0A beautiful wall cloud took shape with this supercell, and moved just to our north. \u00a0Rotation with the wall cloud was pretty good, but again there was no tornado. \u00a0The supercell continued to our southeast as the skies grew darker, with RFD winds, dusty outflow, scary lowerings, yet no tornado:<\/p>\n

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\"150616_2297_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2300_Wallace_NE\"<\/a> \"150616_2306_Wallace_NE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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As darkness descended upon the Nebraska prairie, we allowed the supercell to drift away to our southeast. \u00a0We had to dodge other severe cells on our way back to Ogallala for the night.<\/p>\n

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