Simon Brewer and Anna Morrell
documented a beautiful LP-Supercell and Tornado in Southwestern South
Dakota.
Target
was SW/Central South Dakota; expected storms to fire off of dryline/surface
trough or even upslope in response to shortwave trough moving through
the central/northern Rockies.
First pic
is on SR 73 a few miles south of Kadoka, SD looking north.
This pic
shows an exploding tower (shadow on midlevel clouds) to the southwest
of Kadoka, which eventually became a tornadic supercell.
The same
tower from above, but now it is much bigger and was probably an LP supercell
at this point; pic looking wsw on I-90 west of Kadoka, SD.
This pic
is from a pull-off overlook on I-90 between Kadoka and Cactus Flat.
That supercell is about 35 to 40 miles away! I decided to stay at this
vantage point, because I figured the supercell would propagate to the
northeast toward my location.
Same spot,
but it appeared the supercell was nearly stationary and I was worried
it would produce well before reaching my location.
The supercell
was getting very well organized with a high-based wall cloud and a nice
tail cloud. It was very LP at this point, but looked really good on
radar. I knew at this point it would produce soon and very far from
my location, but I didn't want to risk missing the tornado by changing
locations, so I remained on the overlook.
A few groups
of storm chasers began pulling up to the overlook, so it was becoming
crouded, which added to my frustration; being so far away from the supercell.
Tornado
is on the ground in this pic...once again; I was maybe 35-40 miles away,
frustration! But the supercell was a beautiful LP!
Zoomed
in on the tornado.
Tornado
was on the ground for quite a long time; maybe 30 minutes plus?
Tornado
was still on the ground in this pic, but I wanted a nice wide shot of
these cool mid-level clouds ahead of the updraft. We left the overlook
after this pic; wanted to get closer to the updraft for future tornadoes
since it appeared the storm was barely moving, despite the fact this
tornado was still on the ground.
Same storm,
but south of the small town of Interior,SD.
This was
the last chance I think the storm had to produce another tornado, but
there was a black rain core to the west of the updraft and I knew the
storm was going to become outflow dominant if not already undercut.
Elevated
wall cloud/bulbous shelf cloud. The cell became a monster bow-echo/HP-beast,
which pounded me with some insane winds on I-90 west of Kadoka when
I was foolishly punching the core.
A linear
cell, which fired of a sfc trough later in the evening northeast of
Chamberlin, SD.
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