Our primary target was based on the dryline developing in eastern CO...Kit Carson would be our starting point...2 severe cells popped- one northeast of Lamar - one west of Burlington...both moving NE....I didn't like how the cell NE of Lamar was developing...so we drove to the northern cell and the dewpoints including the inflow was better to the northern cell...caught up with Michael Carlson & the gang...watching the meso form out of the cell....this was very brief since the outflow boundary was killing the cell....temps were dropping mad....following Mike we punched the core with nickel to quarter sized hail to test the hail guard on Shep's Trailblazer....it was fun to watch the hail collect on the guard....manuevering through the outflow....we headed northeast...rendevous with Tony Laubach... this is when we drove to Hays to position ourselves for tom. Mod Risk....
Lunchtime, we met up with Verne Carlson...Tony, Shep, and I all had mexican food...I remember a question I asked....so name the town closest to see chances of a tornado....Jetmore, Russell, and my town Hill City...yea, we waited for initiation on what Verne Carlson calls it the Lizard's Tongue...such a cool name...the ingredients were there waiting outside of Ness City...it was choked up due to capping action...ah...a cell forming outside of Burlington, CO...looked to have developed on the boundary to our northeast....just a little bit longer...it was clearing...crap...so we hurried into Wakeeney...this is where Tony Laubach, Verne Carlson, and us all went our separate ways....I had this feeling just to stay put as Tony also had....but he left and I just wanted to get internet at that point just to see if we could wait it out with the boundary moving eastward....the cell became severe with tornado warnings....just north of Colby....24 seemed to be the road to intercept...we arrived into Hill City as I watched the cell we headed farther north to highway 9 and headed into the cell....the meso with the wall cloud was visible...it was sure hilly on this road....tremendous outflow to our north kept trying to blow us to the south on highway 9....anyways we got into this core....me & Shep got out of our vehicles with a dim sunsetted light...we could see the structure of the storm....the bad thing was the wind all of a sudden died...literally the blades of grass was at rest...peaceful....this is when the adrenaline kicked...I yelled at Shep...we have to leave NOW!....without hesitation we headed back east and caught up with Mike Umscheid....watching the massive beaver's tail was cool....with the term I came up with clamped lightning....lightning that looks like curved lightning in the inflow...clamping onto the intro of the meso....after this it was dark....quarter sized hail fell....we headed back to Hill City....this is when we drove through the town hearing the tornado sirens going off....that was cool...but the thought of "oh please tornado stay north of Hill City if your around"...it was cool to watch from the south of town Hill City....we saw rapid building roll clouds that look like wallclouds cause of the lowering but is not connected to the meat of the mesocyclone...this is when I knew we were done....there were stars to our west...that was cool! We arrived in Greeley around 4AM
Our primary target was based on the dryline developing in eastern CO...Kit Carson would be our starting point...2 severe cells popped- one northeast of Lamar - one west of Burlington...both moving NE....I didn't like how the cell NE of Lamar was developing...so we drove to the northern cell and the dewpoints including the inflow was better to the northern cell...caught up with Michael Carlson & the gang...watching the meso form out of the cell....this was very brief since the outflow boundary was killing the cell....temps were dropping mad....following Mike we punched the core with nickel to quarter sized hail to test the hail guard on Shep's Trailblazer....it was fun to watch the hail collect on the guard....manuevering through the outflow....we headed northeast...rendevous with Tony Laubach... this is when we drove to Hays to position ourselves for tom. Mod Risk....
Lunchtime, we met up with Verne Carlson...Tony, Shep, and I all had mexican food...I remember a question I asked....so name the town closest to see chances of a tornado....Jetmore, Russell, and my town Hill City...yea, we waited for initiation on what Verne Carlson calls it the Lizard's Tongue...such a cool name...the ingredients were there waiting outside of Ness City...it was choked up due to capping action...ah...a cell forming outside of Burlington, CO...looked to have developed on the boundary to our northeast....just a little bit longer...it was clearing...crap...so we hurried into Wakeeney...this is where Tony Laubach, Verne Carlson, and us all went our separate ways....I had this feeling just to stay put as Tony also had....but he left and I just wanted to get internet at that point just to see if we could wait it out with the boundary moving eastward....the cell became severe with tornado warnings....just north of Colby....24 seemed to be the road to intercept...we arrived into Hill City as I watched the cell we headed farther north to highway 9 and headed into the cell....the meso with the wall cloud was visible...it was sure hilly on this road....tremendous outflow to our north kept trying to blow us to the south on highway 9....anyways we got into this core....me & Shep got out of our vehicles with a dim sunsetted light...we could see the structure of the storm....the bad thing was the wind all of a sudden died...literally the blades of grass was at rest...peaceful....this is when the adrenaline kicked...I yelled at Shep...we have to leave NOW!....without hesitation we headed back east and caught up with Mike Umscheid....watching the massive beaver's tail was cool....with the term I came up with clamped lightning....lightning that looks like curved lightning in the inflow...clamping onto the intro of the meso....after this it was dark....quarter sized hail fell....we headed back to Hill City....this is when we drove through the town hearing the tornado sirens going off....that was cool...but the thought of "oh please tornado stay north of Hill City if your around"...it was cool to watch from the south of town Hill City....we saw rapid building roll clouds that look like wallclouds cause of the lowering but is not connected to the meat of the mesocyclone...this is when I knew we were done....there were stars to our west...that was cool! We arrived in Greeley around 4AM
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