{"id":3039,"date":"2009-07-02T00:16:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T08:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2010-07-31T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T18:14:15","slug":"july-2-2009-redbird-wy-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2009\/07\/02\/july-2-2009-redbird-wy-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2, 2009  Redbird, WY  supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"090702_8864_redbird_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8864_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3047 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8864_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8864_redbird_wy\" width=\"168\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/09Jul02_DevilsTower_WY_1360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4109\" title=\"09Jul02_DevilsTower_WY_1360\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/09Jul02_DevilsTower_WY_1360-184x123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/09Jul02_DevilsTower_WY_1360-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/09Jul02_DevilsTower_WY_1360-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/09Jul02_DevilsTower_WY_1360.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>My target area for today was generally Crook County, WY, which is in the northeastern corner of the state.\u00a0 Severe chances appeared to be good, thanks to adequate instability and vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Tornado prospects, like the day prior, were minimal.\u00a0 Since we had stayed in Belle Fourche, SD, our drive after the weather briefing to the target area was minimal, as Crook County was just ten minutes away!\u00a0 This allowed us to kill some time midday at beautiful Devils Tower.<\/p>\n<p>My target area verified, as Alva, a small town in Crook County that we had passed through early on, was hammered by quarter-sized hail and &#8220;very strong&#8221; winds at 5 p.m.\u00a0 However, after our midday meal near Devils Tower, we were lured southward towards strong storms moving out of southern Campbell County.\u00a0 A rather unimpressive and linear-looking complex gave us a decent CG show near Clareton, in Weston County.\u00a0 The southern end of this complex showed some promise and was moving east-southeast, so we blasted east to Newcastle and then south on U.S. 85 in order to get in front of something worthwhile.\u00a0 We were rewarded somewhere between Redbird and Hat Creek, I think, as a nicely sculpted HP supercell approached U.S. 85.\u00a0 I found some interesting eastern Wyoming range land for a nice foreground.<\/p>\n<p>The supercell looked nasty and well-organized, but dominated by outflow.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t interested in tasting its precip core, so we had to hustle south to Lusk and then east on U.S. 20 to stay ahead of it.\u00a0 SPC&#8217;s &#8220;storm reports&#8221; indicates an &#8220;unconfirmed tornado&#8221; with our cell seven miles northeast of Lusk at 8 p.m. MDT.\u00a0 We weren&#8217;t too far away, but didn&#8217;t see it.\u00a0 The storm was dropping at least 1.75&#8243; hail on open range land, and then started to lose steam as it crossed into Nebraska.\u00a0 A number of other cells developed just after sunset, and our supercell croaked.\u00a0 We arrived in Chadron for the night safe and sound.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"090702_8849_devils_tower_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8849_devils_tower_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3040 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8849_devils_tower_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8849_devils_tower_wy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8852_devils_tower_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8852_devils_tower_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3041 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8852_devils_tower_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8852_devils_tower_wy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8853_clareton_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8853_clareton_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3042 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8853_clareton_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" 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href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8860_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3045 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8860_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8860_redbird_wy\" width=\"152\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8862_redbird_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8862_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3046 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8862_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8862_redbird_wy\" width=\"155\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8868_redbird_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8868_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3048 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8868_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8868_redbird_wy\" width=\"158\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8873_redbird_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8873_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3049 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8873_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8873_redbird_wy\" width=\"159\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8876_redbird_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8876_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3050 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8876_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8876_redbird_wy\" width=\"159\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8879_redbird_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8879_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3051 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8879_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8879_redbird_wy\" width=\"152\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"090702_8884_redbird_wy\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3039]\" href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8884_redbird_wy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3052 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/090702_8884_redbird_wy.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"090702_8884_redbird_wy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My target area for today was generally Crook County, WY, which is in the northeastern corner of the state.\u00a0 Severe chances appeared to be good,&#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2009\/07\/02\/july-2-2009-redbird-wy-supercell\/\">[Read&nbsp;More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-30","7":"category-landscapes","8":"category-supercells","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4111,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039\/revisions\/4111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}