{"id":26080,"date":"2020-06-04T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=26080"},"modified":"2020-08-08T16:51:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T00:51:14","slug":"june-4-2020-south-dakota-badlands-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/06\/04\/june-4-2020-south-dakota-badlands-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"June 4, 2020 South Dakota Badlands Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: Cozad, NE<\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Valentine\/Subway and Frosty Drive-In<\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Wall, SD<\/p>\n

593 miles<\/p>\n

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

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 817<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 822<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 826<\/a><\/p>\n

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21Z surface map<\/p>\n

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Tornados were tough to come by on the Plains this May and June, but on June 4 the prospects looked a little better than average…for 2020. \u00a0SPC drew narrow 5-percent swath for tornados along I-90 in South Dakota from about Belle Fourche to Murdo. \u00a0Still, dew points were mostly in the upper 50s during the mid-afternoon. \u00a0That usually does not get it done in June in western South Dakota.<\/p>\n

We made our way north from Valentine to Philip. \u00a0By this time, a good-sized cumulonimbus had developed to our NNW, somewhere in the vicinity of Mud Butte, where surface moisture convergence was good. \u00a0Awesome! \u00a0This one was isolated, discrete, spinning, and moving southeastward! \u00a0It would be an easy intercept for us north of Howes, but hopefully it would not “tornado” too soon, i.e., before we got close.<\/p>\n

Well, that part wound up not to be an issue, as when we did get close, we were soon met by cool outflow from the north.<\/p>\n

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