{"id":22467,"date":"2018-06-01T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=22467"},"modified":"2018-11-04T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T21:16:13","slug":"june-1-2018-central-nebraska-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2018\/06\/01\/june-1-2018-central-nebraska-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"June 1, 2018 Central Nebraska storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 608<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 609<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 615<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 616<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 617<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 621<\/a><\/p>\n

Storm Reports June 1<\/a><\/p>\n

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June 1st was the final chase day for Tour 4. \u00a0We needed to be back to the base motel in Oklahoma City by early afternoon on the following day, so we were restricted on June 1st with regard to chase range. \u00a0I needed to be no more than a 5-6 hour drive from OKC by the end of the day on the 1st.<\/p>\n

The chase prospects were looking quite nice on June 1st! \u00a0SPC showed a moderate risk over much of central Nebraska, with a 45 percent-hatched hail and wind risk, and a 5 percent tornado outline. \u00a0(Tornado prospects were even better up in North Dakota.) \u00a0This was shaping up to be a very big severe-weather event and perhaps a great chase day. \u00a0These types of high-end chase days had been absent for the most part this spring. \u00a0The outlooks and discussions mentioned “extreme instability” and 35-knot shear for supercells. \u00a0As tour director, my problem was that the target area in Nebraska was on the fringe, logistically. \u00a0I did not want to be pulled well up towards the South Dakota border, but I could chase the triple-point area of central Nebraska. \u00a0Hopefully initiation would be early rather than late. \u00a0Maybe Mother Nature would make it easy for us, logistically!<\/p>\n

Well, there was a strong cap today. \u00a0We waited well into the afternoon, and finally a decent updraft developed not too far west of Broken Bow, in Custer County, in central Nebraska.<\/p>\n

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