Chase Log: May 22nd, 2008
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Total Distance: 450 miles
Target Area: Dodge City to Ness City, KS
Chase Area: Around Coldwater, KS
Maximum SPC Risk category: High
Watches:
Mesoscale Discussions (MCDs):
One deployment (IIRC) on an LP supercell approximately 2 mi N of the OK/KS border on Hwy 1 (or approximately 16 mi S of Coldwater, KS). The supercell passed from southwest through N/NE at a relatively close distance. A tornado warning was issued for this cell as it passed by to our northwest, but it dissipated rather rapidly when it passed our longitude (to our N). We ended up staying the night in Great Bend, KS. Big supercells and several large tornadoes occurred just S of I70 in northwestern Kansas, but we weren't able to make it that far northwest given our departure time from Norman.
05-22-2008 Chase Pictures
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