{"id":24531,"date":"2019-05-06T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=24531"},"modified":"2019-10-01T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T00:20:03","slug":"may-6-2019-western-kansas-severe-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2019\/05\/06\/may-6-2019-western-kansas-severe-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6, 2019 Western Kansas Severe Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: Amarillo<\/p>\n

Lunch: Dumas, TX<\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Guymon, OK<\/p>\n

376 miles<\/p>\n

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion\u00a0<\/a>554<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 556<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion <\/a>557<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 558<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 560<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 562<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 563<\/a><\/p>\n

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

22Z surface map:<\/p>\n

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Another decent High Plains chase day was on tap today, and we headed into southwestern Kansas from the TX Panhandle. \u00a0Here, moisture was pooling near an east-west front. \u00a0The air to the north of the front was very chilly, though, and it was slowly sagging to the south. \u00a0 It was not particularly clear whether or not it was a good idea to target storms along the this front. \u00a0It seemed likely that cold air would undercut the updrafts rather quickly and end any tornado threat.<\/p>\n

We waited and waited for development for much of the mid-and-late afternoon in and around Hugoton and Satanta in southwestern Kansas. \u00a0A cumulus field developed nearby, but it failed to produce a storm. \u00a0I finally had a choice between new, strong development to our NNE, near the front, and an isolated and high-based supercell that was moving eastward through Baca County (to our west). \u00a0I chose the latter, and we stopped just west of the CO\/KS border near Richfield.<\/p>\n

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