{"id":15024,"date":"2016-05-09T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=15024"},"modified":"2016-12-01T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T03:15:09","slug":"may-9-2016-green-ks-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/05\/09\/may-9-2016-green-ks-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"May 9, 2016 Green, KS tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start, Russell, KS; end, Belleville, KS; 360 miles; lunch at Salina<\/p>\n

I targeted eastern KS today—and I was not sure exactly where in eastern KS. \u00a0We headed to Salina from Russell for lunch and I tried to figure it out! \u00a0The Oklahoma target was looking better on tornado ingredients than Kansas, but it was 5-6 hours distant and it looked like a chase into the trees down there.<\/p>\n

SPC Day One Outlook 20Z<\/a><\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-567<\/a>\u00a0 (OK)<\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-568<\/a>\u00a0 (KS)<\/p>\n

After lunch I decided on playing in the backed surface winds in north-central KS. \u00a0Instability was very good and 500 flow was mediocre at best. \u00a0The initial activity \u00a0was not too far from Salina. \u00a0Several storm towers developed and moved to the NNE. \u00a0None of these became strong or well-organized, though. \u00a0Another storm looked nice and more isolated to our west. \u00a0We headed west on 18 to Lincoln, and 20 miles beyond. \u00a0But the thing sputtered. \u00a0Back to the east we went, back to the somewhat strong and not-too impressive stuff to the east. \u00a0Route 18 took us to Junction City, and we were in some rain with generally ho-hum storms nearby. \u00a0The day was looking like a bust, but there was still an hour or two of daylight remaining, and there was still some good air lurking to our east. \u00a0Press on!<\/p>\n

Finally, a\u00a0fairly-isolated cell just north of Junction City started to get a better look. \u00a0Heck, I was in this area because there WAS the chance for supercells and even tornadoes — why shouldn’t<\/em> this storm start to get its act together?! \u00a0 The Junction City cell gradually attained a nice “spaceship” updraft appearance. \u00a0It headed to the NNW and stalled a bit near Green, KS, east-northeast of Clay Center. \u00a0A two-to-three minute tornado (6:40 to 6:42 p.m. CDT) occurred to our NNW, about five miles north of Green, in Clay County. \u00a0That made it three days in a row with tornadoes for us — woohoo!<\/p>\n

After the tornado, the storm went more HP, and other nearby storms were interfering a bit. \u00a0The show was over, and it was time to find a home for the night. \u00a0Somehow we managed to witness the only tornado reported in Kansas on this chase day.<\/p>\n

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