{"id":16134,"date":"2016-06-01T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=16134"},"modified":"2016-12-17T18:35:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T02:35:23","slug":"june-1-2016-sanderson-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/06\/01\/june-1-2016-sanderson-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"June 1, 2016  Sanderson Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2534_Sanderson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16139\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2534_Sanderson.jpg\" alt=\"160601_2534_sanderson\" width=\"775\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2534_Sanderson.jpg 775w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2534_Sanderson-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2534_Sanderson-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2534_Sanderson-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Start\/Alpine, TX<\/p>\n<p>End\/Del Rio, TX<\/p>\n<p>323 miles<\/p>\n<p>Lunch at Oasis Cafe in Marathon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/outlook\/archive\/2016\/day1otlk_20160601_2000.html\" target=\"_blank\">SPC Day One 20Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SPC-Mesoscale-Discussion-802.pdf\">spc-mesoscale-discussion-802<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/climo\/reports\/160601_rpts.html\" target=\"_blank\">SPC Storm reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chase expectations again today were fairly low. \u00a0The weather pattern was mediocre at best for severe weather on the Plains. \u00a0The good air was confined to the Rio Grande and vicinity of Southwest Texas. \u00a0It looked like shear and instability might be good enough to permit a strong storm or two along I-90, somewhere from Marathon to Sanderson to Del Rio. \u00a0This forecast worked out fairly well, as we chased a supercell that was drifting to the east near Sanderson. \u00a0 The storm dropped hail to the size of 2.5 inches near Sanderson. \u00a0We managed to stay just in front of the big hail, and a funnel cloud came out of the base for a few minutes, too.<\/p>\n<p>Our hailstorm weakened some, and we headed east quickly for new development near Del Rio. \u00a0These new cells looked good for a little bit as we approached, but once we got close the activity was rather messy and uninteresting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item 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768w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2525_Sanderson.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2530_Sanderson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2530_Sanderson-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2530_Sanderson-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2530_Sanderson-82x123.jpg 82w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2530_Sanderson.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" 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href='http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2797_Sanderson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2797_Sanderson-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2797_Sanderson-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2797_Sanderson-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2797_Sanderson-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2797_Sanderson.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2799_Sanderson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2799_Sanderson-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2799_Sanderson-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2799_Sanderson-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2799_Sanderson-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160601_2799_Sanderson.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The weather pattern continued to worsen for chasers after June 1, as good moisture was pushed to the Gulf Coast by fronts and storm outflow. \u00a0On June 2, the severe risk was down in extreme south TX and along the Gulf Coast, but SPC labeled it as &#8220;marginal.&#8221; \u00a0It was not worth the effort and very long drives to chase junk, so we toured the Sonora Caverns. \u00a0On the 3rd, we continued back to home base in OKC, via the Wichita Mountains in southern OK. \u00a0After dinner in Meers, OK, there was some pretty low-topped convection to the southeast. \u00a0By noon on the 4th, we were back in OKC (after a stop for a group photo at the El Reno memorial). \u00a0The next tour was out of Denver on the 6th. \u00a0Woody and Justin and I began the drive to Denver on the 4th and finished it off on the 5th. \u00a0There were no storms to chase these days. \u00a0The first ten days of June, 2016, were unusually and irritatingly inactive on the Great Plains.<\/p>\n<p>June 2, start\/Del Rio, end\/San Angelo, 200 miles, lunch Sonora<\/p>\n<p>June 3, start\/San Angelo, end\/Lawton, 331 miles<\/p>\n<p>June 4, start\/Lawton, end\/OKC, 98 miles<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-16134 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160603_2803_Meers.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"123\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160603_2803_Meers-184x123.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail 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