Largest Hailstone

(The new Record Holder from Vivian, SD on July 23rd 2010 on the left (Actual Hailstone), and the replica of the old record holder from Coffeyville, KS on the right)

Today I had the privilege to go down to Boulder at UCAR to see the Largest Hailstone in US History and could be the largest in Recorded World History. Thanks to Becca, and her friends in her line of work we were able to see this hailstone before it goes back to the owner for sale on ebay. We also got to see the replica of the Coffeyville, KS hailstone which was the previous record holder to the Aurora, NE hailstone, which we got to see slices of.

(Radar Image of the Vivian, SD Cell)

Boundary Action

A nice looking boundary this afternoon left over from yesterday's storms, taken from Nunn, CO (see August 6th chase)

Recap

Check back in a couple weeks, I will start recapping the season with more video and picks. I have found it hard to keep up the blog this year but some interesting footage will come soon.

Independence Day Chase

Flooding in Kimball

Video coming soon




I know its been a while since my last posting, I will post more of what happened in June soon. I was out of my computer for a while. Today was great with my chase in Wyoming and Nebraska. Had tornado warnings out all over the place, when I saw the RUC at 5am this morning I said woah today is going to be epic, and that wasnt far from the truth. With as many supercells and tornado warnings as there were. I saw a possible large tornado near Chugwater, WY earlier in the day. I say possible because the bluffs were in the way and I could only see the top of what seemed to be a stovepipe tornado. I chased the second cell accross Hwy 313 to 85 and ran into Verne Carlson. From there we watched for a bit until outflow killed it. Then went south to the cell that developed northeast of Cheyenne. Once we got really close verne and I outside the car caught a rapidly developing funnel, and then it touched down on the ground for a brief time. With Becca on my text chat on the comp, and her as coordinator and then operating radar, I was able to deliver fast and detailed reports which helped out with accurate warnings. After the breif tornado, decided to punch the big white reflectivity on radar to see what the hail would bring. I got golf ball hail, I imagine it was probably bigger just a bit earlier in the storm cycle.

My SPC Torn Report

2309

7 N BUSHNELL

KIMBALL

NE

4133

10389

SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

CO Hail May 26th

Backyard Chasing May 26

Chasing in our backyard today, looks like we have a chance for large hail and isolated tornadoes in our area. Will be out chasing today on the northeast of our plains.. Hard play today, just got to keep an eye on breaks in the clouds and watch radar, for the areas of the best cape and shear. I still like the Cheyenne Ridge today.

May 23rd 2010 Goodland, KS tornado