Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Long-lasting 'Nader at 730pmET


Still, a Tornado Warning remains active for this pesky cell. Dew and the gang still in the neighborhood. Haven't heard from our newly initiated "twister sister" (not trying to violate copyright or trademark laws) in awhile. Either she is out collecting National Geographic-quality video and pictures (that she will surely share) or she's been clobbered on the head by falling hail. Either way, here' s the 730pm ET snap of the KUDX, Rapid City, SD radar.

Dew's Funnel at 648pmET


Girl has found a funnel cloud. I can't see it on radar, but she says it's there. She and the Twister Sisters (kinda redundant, huh?) are just east of this cell's leading edge. Was a wall cloud, now funnel. Stay safe, Dew, as the hail is estimated at 2 inches. BTW, upper right image is Base Velocity 0.5deg (in case anyone was wondering....I changed the view prior to this snapshot).

Near "Dew-ville" South Dakota @ 616pmET




Dew and the gang are just east of this area. Looking at a wall cloud...

Top image is Level 3 data via Gibson Ridge. Middle and bottom pictures are via GR2-AE. The legend for the bottom image: upper left is Base Reflectivity 0.5deg (Radar site not far to NW), upper right is Storm-relative Velocity 0.5deg, bottom left is estimated hail size, bottom right is NROT, a new rotational product specific to GR-2AE. The icons are hail size indicators. GR-2AE does not contain storm path data, as it pulls Level 2 radar info.

Gregg Stumpf, Charles Edwards, and Tony Laubach are in the general area, as well.

RADAR from South Dakota