{"id":8341,"date":"2013-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2014-02-05T15:35:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:35:28","slug":"may-8-2013-sitka-ks-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2013\/05\/08\/may-8-2013-sitka-ks-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"May 8, 2013 Sitka, KS, supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our hopes were somewhat elevated on this chase day, as it looked to be our best chance for a tornado on the tour.\u00a0 We began in Dodge City, and attached ourselves to a developing supercell south of there, near Sitka and Protection in Clark County.<\/p>\n

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It exhibited some pretty, skeletal storm structure as it slowly moved to the east.\u00a0 From a spot east of Protection, KS, we watched the supercell dump a bunch of precip and die.\u00a0 What to do now?!<\/p>\n

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I elected to chase its remains east to Medicine Lodge, and none of the storms in the area were able to get really strong again.\u00a0 Fortunately, we had a very nice CG lightning show to photograph near the OK\/KS border that evening.<\/p>\n

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