Tornadoes Reported Thurs. Night / Fri. Morning

Official NWS Survey from Mitchell and Cloud counties, Kansas

Ten tornado reports tonight, mostly from the strong supercell that started near Goodland, KS and continued almost 7 hours east-southeast to near Concordia, KS. Link to Thursday's severe weather reports

Another tornado hit southeast Nebraska. Residents Work To Clean Up Johnson After EF-1 Tornado (KETV, Omaha)

1:25 AM CDT - 4/25
New Tornado Watch for northeast Kansas until 7:00 AM Friday.

1:00 AM CDT - 4/25
Possible tornado on the ground heading for areas in and very near to Concordia, Kansas!
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. A HOME WAS REPORTED
DESTROYED 3 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT.

11:56 PM CDT
The strong supercell that Kory chased all evening is STILL alive, still rotating, and STILL prompting Tornado Warnings. Numerous brief tornado touchdowns have been reported as this long-lived storm continues its east-southeast slide across northern Kansas.

Currently, the storm is about 25 miles west of Concordia, KS

10:00 PM CDT
Kory was seeing power flashes to his Northwest earlier south of Penokee, KS near Hill City, KS. Huge wall cloud still on his stream. He's heading back up 283 towards Norton, KS to return to Mitchell, SD tonight.

9:27 PM CDT
Kory Hartman's Live ChaseCam is showing funnel and possible tornado through Lightning. Debris on Road as he approaches the Studley/Morland area on US 24 heading toward Hill City. Law enforcement is blocking some areas of the Highway. Baseball size hail with this storm. Click Here To Launch Live Video

9:10 PM CDT
Kory is heading south to US24. The shear on the storm is still very amazing. Many Tornado Vortex Signatures showing up on radar.

8:35 PM CDT
Huge shear above Kory's Head. Softball sized hail reportedly falling in Selden, KS.

8:15 PM CDT
Kory is on the FIRST Tornado warned cell of the day near Atwood and Oberlin, KS. He has had a wall cloud/funnel rotating on and off for the last 10 minutes. The Goodland NWS issued the Tornado warning based on SevereStudios.com Live Video and rotation seen on radar!
View Kory on the Live ChaseCam Network

7:50 PM CDT
Kory still heading Southeast, trying to stay out of the hail core. Rotation showing up on radar. Here is a GR2AE shot

7:30 PM CDT
Cell Kory is on has split. Kory is headed east to catch the right moving part of the cell. Some cell rotation showing up on radar, but nothing significant.

7:05 PM CDT
Kory is headed back north to Atwood, KS.

6:45 PM CDT
Kory is south of Atwood, KS. GR2AE is showing very large hail with this storm.

6:20 PM CDT
Kory Hartman is heading towards Atwood, KS. In a cellphone dead-zone so the stream is down currently. Roger Hill is on the same cell on the south end and has video up at the moment.

6:00 PM CDT
Severe Thunderstorm Warning is canceled, however, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Northwest Kansas and Nebraska until 1 am CDT.

5:47 PM CDT
Severe Thunderstorm Warning out for the cell near Goodland, KS. Cheyenne and Sherman Counties in Kansas and Kit Carson County in Colorado.

5:40 PM CDT
New Mesoscale Discussion issued for the area Kory is chasing in. Weather watch will be needed shortly.

5:25 PM CDT
Kory is heading west on US-36 towards a cell that is firing Southwest of Goodland, KS. There are some additional clouds popping to the southwest of that cell.

4:45 PM CDT
Kory Hartman is enjoying a day at the lake.

3:55 PM CDT
Kevin Haney is headed south to Iowa to chase this evening. Kory Hartman is heading to Prairie Dog State Park Southwest of Norton, KS. The following people are currently streaming: Verne Carlson, Kory Hartman, Kevin Haney, Brian Thalken, Ben Prusia, Justin Teague

1:45 PM CDT
Kory is sitting near Beaver City, NE waiting on convection to fire. Conditions are coming together for cells to begin popping in the next few hours.

1:00 PM CDT
Kory Hartman is streaming live video! You can view his stream on the Live ChaseCam Network

11:45 AM CDT
Kory Hartman is in Kearney, NE getting lunch and data before heading south and west to the NE/KS line. Currently he is targeting near Woodruff, KS.

9:00 AM CDT
Kory Hartman is heading south on Nebraska Highway 14 towards I-80 where he will make a decision on where to go.

SevereStudios chasers Kenny Allen and Kevin Haney will be chasing in SW Minnesota/SE South Dakota and Eastern Nebraska later on this evening.

6:20 AM CDT
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Moderate Risk (MDT) of severe weather for Thursday.

With over 2000 J/Kg of CAPE forecast along with deep layer shear and favorable wind profiles for supercells, Thursday could be a busy day for severe weather in the Nation's Heartland.

SevereStudios Chase Team member Kory Hartman is making plans to chase in Nebraska or Kansas on Thursday. Please check back for live streaming video from Kory and our network of SevereStreamers.

Severe Risks and Tornado Probabilities for April 24, 2008