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| Foggy, temperature and dewpoint 53 F, 9
AM. |
John Garner giving a weather briefing complete
with hand analyzed maps to the NEVIT group, 10 AM. |
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| It was now 1 PM and we were near Russell,
KS. The overcast remained unbroken and the first Doppler Radar indicated
tornado warming was issued for a storm headed north at a high rate of speed
and 60 miles west of us. |
The Ness City, KS Library, 5 PM.
It may be a small library, but they do have a computer hooked up to the
Internet. Iowa State University chasers had been here earlier in
the day. |
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| John Garner, team leader, takes a look
at the forecast products available on the Internet in the Ness City, KS
library, while Evan Kucera looks on. |
The chase team is in position now at our
target location near Dighton, KS. |
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| Christy Carlson stands ready as the squall
line approaches. Although large tornadoes were unexpected, we were
at least anticipating gustnadoes or small short lived tornadoes. |
Jim Kaiser and John Garner keep a watchful
eye on the squall line moving into our area at a forward speed of 75 mph. |
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| Unsuccessful at catching a tornado on this
chase, Evan Kucera was at least successful in catching some of the tumbleweed
that was moving north with winds gusting to 70 mph. |
Our final stop of the evening was near
Russell, KS for a late dinner and break before the long drive back home
to UNL. We arrived back in Lincoln, NE at 1:45 AM, a 789.5 mile chase. |