{"id":33781,"date":"2021-06-25T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T00:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=33781"},"modified":"2021-12-18T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T01:34:07","slug":"june-25-2021-southwest-corner-of-kansas-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2021\/06\/25\/june-25-2021-southwest-corner-of-kansas-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"June 25, 2021 Southwest Corner of Kansas Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Salina, KS\/brunch at Perkins in Salina\/End: \u00a0Hugoton, KS\/365 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

md1090<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0md1093<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0md1094<\/a><\/p>\n

md1095<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0md1098<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0md1099<\/a><\/p>\n

md1100<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0md1102<\/a><\/p>\n

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21Z\/4 p.m. CDT surface map. \u00a0“S” marks the approximate locations of the supercell which we intercepted.<\/p>\n

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Today’s chase prospects were not looking too shabby, as an E-W boundary was through Kansas with good moisture all along it. \u00a0Dews ranged from near 70F around I-135 on the east side to near 60F in the southwest corner of Kansas. \u00a0SPC liked the eastern side for tornado chances, with a 5%. \u00a0Upper flow was more than efficient for supercell shear. \u00a0Low-level flow was forecast to go nicely upslope in extreme SW KS by mid-afternoon. \u00a0A huge slight risk was plastered over much of middle America.<\/p>\n

We lingered in Salina for brunch following the briefing. \u00a0I was not entirely sold on any particular area as a target. \u00a0Following brunch we made our way towards Great Bend. \u00a0This was done in part to keep the High Plains target in play. \u00a0We continued towards Dodge City, and the more I looked at data and models, the more I became convinced that our best shot for a good storm would be the one forecast to come out of Baca County and into Morton County, KS, by mid-late afternoon. \u00a0We passed some rinky-dink convection in the vicinity of Larned and Kinsley, but these storm towers were never worthwhile. \u00a0The storm reports info suggests that there wound up being little chase-worthy this day in Kansas except for the supercell which we intercepted. \u00a0By the time we reached Dodge City and scrambled for the pit stop, we had that Baca County storm on the radar and U.S. 54 was going to get us there.<\/p>\n

We stopped east of the cell south of Rolla, along Road D. \u00a0It was rather high based. \u00a0The storm morphed quite a bit as it chased us eastward down Road D through Stevens County. \u00a0It became more of an HP supercell, with a bunch of interesting flanges and lowerings. \u00a0On an occasion or two, it appeared that an action area was close to “spinning up” a tornado. \u00a0We did not observe a tornado, though some rain-wrapping might have hidden something weak.<\/p>\n

By the time we reached Seward County, the supercell was becoming a bit messy and outflow-ish. \u00a0Additional storms were going up just to its south in the Oklahoma Panhandle. \u00a0Our prospects for something any more discrete and photogenic were now bleak, so we found some cover in Liberal and got blasted with some winds of perhaps 50-60 mph. \u00a0The hail remained small.<\/p>\n

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