Chase - 3/28/07

Kory spotted a large tornado, many severe storms, and a funnel cloud near Martin, SD. He observed most of the action in Cherry County, NE. Data problems, vehicle problems, and a broken video camera caused us to not capture the video. See associated equipment blog.

7:30 PM
Kory Hartman spotted a tornado in Cherry County, Nebraska. He was a distance away, but it appeared to be a large wedge tornado.

0012 20 SW MERRIMAN CHERRY NE 4272 10198 UPDATED INFORMATION ON TORNADO WHICH WAS 20 S OF MERRIMAN. LATEST INFORMATION...TORNADO 2 WEST OF MORGAN LAKE...150 TO 200 YARDS WIDE. TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND TOOK (LBF)

He caught it on video and he is hoping the footage looks good. We will have radar shots and video up later this week.

3:51 PM
Kory is in Arthur County, NE -- Storms starting to initiate.

2:45 PM
Tornado Watch Issued!
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 81
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO
WESTERN NEBRASKA
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY TO FORM ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER
REGION WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES LIKELY. A FEW TORNADOES
MAY BE STRONG.

Kory Hartman is in pursuit of these predicted storms.

2:09 PM
New Meso Discussion from SPC! Possible Tornado Watch!

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0360
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0204 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
...FORMATION OF SUPERCELLS IS EXPECTED WITH RISK FOR TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ACTIVITY SEEMS POSSIBLE AS FAR NORTH AS THE BLACK HILLS AREA...

12:28 PM
Kory Hartman is out in the field heading to west central Nebraska. There is a moderate severe risk with a 15% hatched area for tornadoes and higher levels for hail and wind.

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Kenny: I am at work today and unable to go. I am the resource back at homebase today. I will be keeping in contact with Kory and keep everyone informed.

The latest from the SPC:
"HOWEVER...VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND STRONG SHEAR WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT/DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG TORNADOES INTO THE EARLY-MID EVENING WITH ANY DISCRETE STORMS. WIND DAMAGE THREAT SHOULD ALSO INCREASE AS LINEAR ORGANIZATION BECOMES MORE PREDOMINANT THIS EVENING..."

I will write more later. Very exciting day! Stay safe if you are out spotting/chasing!