{"id":18184,"date":"2017-06-20T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=18184"},"modified":"2017-11-05T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T22:30:20","slug":"june-20-2017-western-kansas-severe-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2017\/06\/20\/june-20-2017-western-kansas-severe-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"June 20, 2017 Western Kansas Severe Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"170620_2183_Phillips\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Start: \u00a0Burlington, Kansas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Colby Subway<\/strong><\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Phillipsburg, KS<\/strong><\/p>\n

429 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Three days remained in the tour for the Tempest Tour 6 group and the Mini B group. \u00a0SPC showed a slight risk for western Kansas, but tornado prospects were meager. \u00a0Tropical Storm Cindy was south of the Florida Panhandle and was diverting the high-quality Gulf of Mexico to it at the expense of the Great Plains. \u00a0I figured that we might need to be around Colby by mid-afternoon. \u00a0That would be an easy drive from Burlington.<\/p>\n

SPC 1630Z Convective Outlook<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1099<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1102<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1103<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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\"Sfcmap23Z\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The surface map above shows conditions later in the afternoon, well after the initial convection.<\/p>\n

With some time to kill on the way east, I decided to check out the Kidder Massacre Site<\/a>, in Sherman County, northeast of Goodland. \u00a0We found a sign near the site, and little else. \u00a0A few more miles east down the dirt road we came upon an abandoned farmstead that was tucked away into a little hillside.<\/p>\n\n\t\t