{"id":23904,"date":"2019-06-18T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=23904"},"modified":"2019-10-10T22:23:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T06:23:25","slug":"june-18-2019-kinsley-kansas-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2019\/06\/18\/june-18-2019-kinsley-kansas-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"June 18, 2019 Kinsley, Kansas tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Dalhart, TX<\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Meade\/Subway<\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Hugoton, KS<\/p>\n

603 miles<\/p>\n

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SPC Day One\/1630Z<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1116<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1120<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1121<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1123<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1126<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1127<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chase account<\/a> by TT guest L. Ryan, including some super time-lapse and tornado video<\/p>\n

SPC drew a large “enhanced slight” risk from central Kansas to Big Bend, TX, this morning. \u00a0From Dalhart I directed Bill and Bob northeastward towards south-central Kansas. \u00a0An MCV was drifting through central Kansas, and mid\/upper flow would be good just to the south of this circulation. \u00a0The air was rather cool and moist from Dodge City to Pratt midday, but skies were clearing. \u00a0Good low-level turning with height and narrow temperature\/dew point spreads suggested some tornado potential with any discrete updraft. \u00a0CAMs suggested some storm development by mid-afternoon.<\/p>\n

We did a quick Subway lunch at Meade and continued to the ENE on 54. \u00a0I had my sights set on Pratt and vicinity. \u00a0As we blew eastward past Greensburg, Bill S. turned my attention to new development a little back to our NNW, in some nice sunny skies. \u00a0Hmmm. \u00a0I looked quickly at the parameters just in front of that little cell, and the shear and instability were not bad at all. \u00a0Let’s get north!<\/p>\n

From Haviland we blasted north. \u00a0Well, kind of. \u00a0Our road turned to wet dirt. \u00a0Overnight rains had made this road a little dubious, but we made it north and west to Kinsley, via Fellsburg. \u00a0Our organized storm, to our northwest, was looking pretty good and there could be no road issues now! \u00a0What a disaster that would have been, had we been forced to turn around due to a muddy road.<\/p>\n

We had the perfect approach from Kinsley. \u00a0The storm was maybe 10-15 miles northwest of the town. \u00a0A paved road got us 90 percent of the way there, and then the last mile or so was dirt, and then mud. \u00a0We stopped on the slick surface and had a VERY low storm base to gawk at from WNW to NW to NNW! \u00a0YAY!<\/p>\n

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