{"id":26205,"date":"2020-06-09T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=26205"},"modified":"2020-08-13T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T00:47:26","slug":"june-9-2020-kansas-nebraska-border-supercells-and-weak-tornados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/06\/09\/june-9-2020-kansas-nebraska-border-supercells-and-weak-tornados\/","title":{"rendered":"June 9, 2020  Kansas\/Nebraska border supercells and weak tornados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26217\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville-202x123.jpg 202w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Start: \u00a0Gothenburg, Nebraska<\/p>\n<p>Lunch: \u00a0Superior, NE\/Dave&#8217;s Place<\/p>\n<p>End: \u00a0Rockport, Missouri<\/p>\n<p>408 miles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/climo\/reports\/200609_rpts.html\">Storm Reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/outlook\/archive\/2020\/day1otlk_20200609_2000.html\">SPC Day One\/20Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SPC-Mesoscale-Discussion-889.pdf\">SPC Mesoscale Discussion 889<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SPC-Mesoscale-Discussion-892.pdf\">SPC Mesoscale Discussion 892<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SPC-Mesoscale-Discussion-894.pdf\">SPC Mesoscale Discussion 894<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sfc-Map-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26209\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sfc-Map-4-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sfc-Map-4-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sfc-Map-4-228x123.jpg 228w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sfc-Map-4-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sfc-Map-4-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sfc-Map-4.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>22Z Surface Map. \u00a0X marks the area targeted initially near Belleville, KS. \u00a0T marks the spot of the weak tornadic storm cell, west of Seneca along U.S. 36, near Baileyville, KS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second day of Tour 6 was shaping up nicely, with very moist and backed winds pointed towards the KS\/NE border area near U.S. 81 during the mid-afternoon. \u00a0A cold front was pushing towards the area out of Nebraska. \u00a0A chilly wind from the NNW for early June was blowing behind the front, and development was all but certain in the vicinity of Belleville, KS, where moisture convergence values were very high. \u00a0In addition, the tornado and supercell parameter values were quite high in the same area. \u00a0This was 2020, though. \u00a0What was going to go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>We spent some time in the hot and humid air at Republic, and then drifted east and south to Belleville to watch the cumulonimbus clouds build. \u00a0We were on a little hill east of town with a view to the west of this developing supercell. \u00a0I thought that we were in Fat City!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26205 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3732_Belleville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3732_Belleville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3732_Belleville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3732_Belleville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3732_Belleville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3732_Belleville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3733_Belleville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3733_Belleville-300x165.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3733_Belleville-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3733_Belleville-223x123.jpg 223w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3733_Belleville-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3733_Belleville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Convergence here was tremendous! \u00a0Cloud tops were WAY up there! \u00a0We went back towards U.S. 81, as the base was a little west of that highway, and I thought that a tornado was imminent. \u00a0Seconds after reaching U.S. 81, we found ourselves in strong northwest winds. \u00a0Cool northwest winds. \u00a0UGH. \u00a0It seems that cool outflow from another storm or two to the northwest, OR, the cold front itself, had arrived. \u00a0The nice, promising Belleville storm was undercut, and it was not gong to produce anything other than a gustnado or two, if that. \u00a0Shucks.<\/p>\n<p>Could the chase day be salvaged? \u00a0Maybe. \u00a0Some new storms were trying to get going to our ESE a county or two away. \u00a0These were moving to the north, and were in the good air and in the nice SE winds. \u00a0We headed east on U.S. 36 to Marysville, with a fine cumulonimbus filling our windshield. \u00a0We continued to the east and found ourselves just NNW of a nice, but rather small, wrapped-up storm base. \u00a0This thing was spinning nicely at low levels, and soon a skinny funnel cloud was sticking out of the base. \u00a0We stopped at a high spot a mile or so later, and the funnel was no longer apparent. \u00a0The rotating base came up to U.S. 36 and the wall cloud passed just to our west. \u00a0Alas, the storm was not in the mood to provide a tornadic spectacle for us. \u00a0Chasers a bit closer to the original skinny funnel cloud reported a brief tornado with it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-26205 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3734_Marysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3734_Marysville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3734_Marysville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3734_Marysville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3734_Marysville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3734_Marysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3740_Marysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3740_Marysville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3740_Marysville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3740_Marysville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3740_Marysville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3740_Marysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3749_Marysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3749_Marysville-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3749_Marysville-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3749_Marysville-82x123.jpg 82w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3749_Marysville.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3753_Marysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3753_Marysville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3753_Marysville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3753_Marysville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3753_Marysville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3753_Marysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8765_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8765_Baileysville-300x188.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8765_Baileysville-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8765_Baileysville-196x123.jpg 196w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8765_Baileysville-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8765_Baileysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8767_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8767_Baileysville-300x211.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8767_Baileysville-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8767_Baileysville-175x123.jpg 175w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8767_Baileysville-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_8767_Baileysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3754_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3754_Baileysville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3754_Baileysville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3754_Baileysville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3754_Baileysville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3754_Baileysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville-300x182.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville-202x123.jpg 202w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3755cr_Baileysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3758_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3758_Baileysville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3758_Baileysville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3758_Baileysville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3758_Baileysville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3758_Baileysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3761_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3761_Baileysville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3761_Baileysville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3761_Baileysville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3761_Baileysville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3761_Baileysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3765_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3765_Baileysville-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3765_Baileysville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3765_Baileysville-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3765_Baileysville-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3765_Baileysville.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3767_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3767_Baileysville-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3767_Baileysville-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3767_Baileysville-82x123.jpg 82w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3767_Baileysville.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3770_Baileysville.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3770_Baileysville-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3770_Baileysville-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3770_Baileysville-82x123.jpg 82w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/200609_3770_Baileysville.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We were pretty close to Baileyville at this stop, so this funnel and weak tornado shall be called the &#8220;Baileyville, Kansas&#8221; tornado. \u00a0This storm and another nearby one were moving to the north, and looked to be far enough from the cold front to maintain a tornado threat for a while. \u00a0We headed to the north on a paved road (which changed to dirt at the state line) towards Pawnee City, Nebraska. \u00a0Just inside Nebraska, a good-sized storm base was nearly overhead and then some very strong westerly winds were blowing. \u00a0It appeared that the storm might be fixin&#8217; to produce a significant tornado not too far to our northeast. \u00a0But, visibility here was very poor in moderate rain. \u00a0Heading east was an option, but with poor visibility on a dirt road, I figured that it was better to stay west of this thing. \u00a0We headed up to Pawnee City, NE, near the tornado-warned storm, but could never get a good look at what might be going on. \u00a0Apparently the storm failed to produce a tornado, or at least a significant or visible one. \u00a0We continued to Pawnee City and east of there towards the Missouri River, with another potentially tornadic storm to our east. \u00a0But, we ran out of road options east at the river. \u00a0Yes, a photogenic tornado occurred just east of the Missouri River near Oregon. \u00a0Close, but no cigar for us. \u00a0 This timeframe would have been close to when images 7-8 below were taken. \u00a0The final photo below was taken near 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