Scotts Bluff, Nebraska Tornadic Supercell
by Benjamin Tillotson
Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 4:04pm
We chased the warm front in eastern Wyoming/western Nebraska area on Monday.
Cells began early in the day moving off of the higher terrain in Wyoming. We targeted the Kimball, NE area and watched a couple small high based cells for a while before going north. It quickly became apperant though that the cap was too strong that far south and the only good stuff was further north toward Torrington, WY.
The storm at Torrington had some great structure!
We followed this storm untill it moved over some vast roadless areas in western Neb. After leaving that storm we waited for another storm to the west which was severe warned. This cell eventually developed some decent rotation and produced a short lived tornado east of Scotts Bluff. We did not see this torndao as we were getting buried by the RFD at the time further west. Once we emerged from the core we had fun watching clouds racing south over hwy 26 and wrapping into the wall cloud. It was too dark for pictures at that point though.
Also saw a lot of blowing dust out ahead of these cells.
12 CommentsTue, Jun 8, 2010, 5:50pmLesYou guys have had some good chases this year! The photos are great!
Tue, Jun 8, 2010, 10:51pmAmyTornadic? hahaha!
Wed, Jun 9, 2010, 9:20amBenjaminWhat's funny about tornadic?
Wed, Jun 9, 2010, 4:23pmRachelWell, it's kind of a funny word...
Nice photos! I think I like 1, 4, and 8 the best.
Wed, Jun 9, 2010, 4:36pmMichael TillotsonI like the photos of blowing dust.
Wed, Jun 9, 2010, 9:45pmMichael TillotsonAnd as Sarah might put it, they were looking for "tornadage".
Thu, Jun 10, 2010, 6:59amLesSarah needs to write a book - a dictionary - with all her amazing words.
Thu, Jun 10, 2010, 1:02pmRachelAgreed!
Thu, Jun 10, 2010, 6:37pmKristinIn case you all didn't know...words such as "tornadage" "happyage" etc. originated with my brother John! lol
Wow...that was back in the day!
Thu, Jun 10, 2010, 6:41pmLesReally? I didn't know that Kristin! Well then, maybe you should write a 'Morgillotson' dictionary.
Thu, Jun 10, 2010, 9:00pmSarah lol, yep John gets the credit! Applesaucage! (wait do you spell it with a c or an s?) people might think Apple Sockage like socks made out of apples. Ewww. lol. Yeah these are some awesome tornadage pictures! Haha that is an splendiculous word.
Thanks Michael for adding to my vocab!
Oh, and I think a supercell is where they put the elite prisoners.
Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 12:23pmAileenYou make storms look so interesting! How long do you guys wait for the storm? Interesting... take care always...
