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May 5, 2003

Chasing the Surface Low

Here's a quick rundown of this weekend's chasing (more detailed reports will come soon, once I've caught up on some sleep)...

On Saturday, myself, Amos Magliocco, Brian Fant, and Scott Eubanks chased a left-moving supercell from near Childress, TX into southwestern Oklahoma. The storm didn't do much, but it did provide an interesting crash course in anticyclonic storm structure.

Sunday, we chased supercells in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, catching several tornadoes: a possible tornado northwest of Kansas City, MO, a damaging tornado in Liberty, MO from close-up, a large tornado just south of Excelsior Springs, MO, and a weak tornado near Wood Heights, MO. Big thanks to Jeff Gammons for his continuous nowcasting, navigating us through some harrowing moments in the Kansas City metro area.

Right now, it looks like we have a couple of down days to rest before the next system crashes into the Plains by mid-week. More soon.


Tornado near Attica, KS - May 29, 2004


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