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April
6, 2001 Storms in the Heartland
The Nebraska Vortex Intercept Team mobilized on
Friday April 6, 2001 to chase storms in western Kansas. This is a
brief account of their chase. SPC issued a 25% probability of tornadoes
in western Kansas (see map below), a deep low pressure system was forecast
to rapidly move northeast out of Colorado into Nebraska. Forecast
models indicated that there would be high instability in western Kansas
and the panhandle of Oklahoma and as well as a developing dryline.
Our primary worry was that the storms would not develop into isolated supercells
with tornadoes would would instead become linear, that is a squall line.
And, it was also feared that the upper air wind speeds would be so strong
that the storms would be moving too fast to chase.
Chase Photos Link is
below
Click on the map
(or
this link) to see a larger version.
Radar
Loop showing the "eye" of the storm.
List
of warnings during the event
List
of storm Damage Reports
Storm
chase log
Click on the map
(or this link)
to a list of damage reports
The NEVIT Team gets a weather briefing
from team leader, John Garner.
To see the chase pictures click on CHASE
PHOTOS or the group photo.
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