{"id":27080,"date":"2020-06-17T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=27080"},"modified":"2020-09-29T21:22:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T05:22:06","slug":"june-17-2020-valentine-nebraska-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/06\/17\/june-17-2020-valentine-nebraska-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"June 17, 2020 Valentine, Nebraska Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Lemmon, SD<\/p>\n

Brunch: \u00a0Lemmon\/Alaskan Cafe<\/p>\n

End: \u00a0North Platte, NE<\/p>\n

about 400 miles<\/p>\n

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 925<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 927<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 930<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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22Z Surface map<\/p>\n

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Today I again had an option of targeting the area around ND\/MN\/MB, where tornado chances looked slightly better than elsewhere along the slight risk into Nebraska. \u00a0SPC gave the ND\/MN area a non-whopping 2% tornado risk, so I blew that off and headed south to the SD\/NE border. \u00a0(Storm reports shows a handful of tornadoes in northwestern MN for today, but a quick check online for pictures of these turned up empty.)<\/p>\n

The area of surface moisture convergence and mid-60s dew points in north-central Nebraska resulted in a very decent supercell near Crookston, a little west of Valentine. \u00a0We got up on the flat terrain just north of Crookston and watched a good-sized wall cloud materialize to our west. \u00a0The lightning was pretty good with this storm, too! \u00a0We went back to U.S. 20, with a view to the north of the organized base. \u00a0An area of good rotation in the base caused a dusty spin-up or two. \u00a0A tornado? \u00a0Maybe!<\/p>\n

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