{"id":16539,"date":"2016-06-27T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=16539"},"modified":"2016-12-31T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T23:31:43","slug":"june-27-2016-ovid-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/06\/27\/june-27-2016-ovid-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"June 27, 2016 Ovid Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start\/North Platte, NE<\/p>\n

End\/Yuma, CO<\/p>\n

346 miles<\/p>\n

Lunch at Valentinos in Ogallala<\/p>\n

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

spc-mesoscale-discussion-1064<\/a><\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-1065<\/a><\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-1066<\/a><\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-1067<\/a><\/p>\n

Storm Reports<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our group was in good shape logistically for today’s chase. \u00a0The best risk for severe and tornadoes was in a strip from the Nebraska Panhandle southward into extreme northeast Colorado (and we were starting from North Platte.) \u00a0Shear was very good beneath moderate WNW to NW flow aloft. \u00a0Surface flow from the southeast was moist but on the weak side. \u00a0SPC’s graphic\u00a0showed a 5 percent tornado risk.<\/p>\n

I think that we fiddled around with some initial junky stuff near Sterling, but then it became clear that we needed to be farther northeast. \u00a0A big storm was coming out of Nebraska and heading towards Julesburg, CO. \u00a0It was time for my driver, Jennifer, to get us on it! \u00a0This was a fairly easy catch, and in maybe 30 minutes we were just south of the supercell as it loomed just north of Ovid. \u00a0The structure was spectacular as the front end descended upon the town and continued south of I-76. \u00a0The images below were from about 4 – 8 miles south of Ovid.<\/p>\n

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