Storm Chaser Colorado

June 09, 2005 Trego County, KS

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Northern cell and flanking line as we approach from the west on I-70

Radar showing tornado warned northern cell and southern cell developing.

Edge of rain wrapped wall cloud is just visible under updraft.

Tornado to our southeast as we head east toward hw283

Landspout forms over Pendennis, KS as seen from HW283

Landspout continues for up to 15 minutes

Radar loop of the two tornadic supercells in central KS.

Mileage: 725

Tornadoes: 3 + 1 landspout

Chasers: Verne Carlson, Michael Carlson, Eric Carlson, Alan Covelli

Headed east on I-70 around noon with an initial target of Colby, KS.  At about Limon, CO we began to cells fire along the warm front NE of Colby.  One storm grew as an isolated supercell to the north of I-70 by Oakley, KS.  As we approached from the west it was clear we were not going to be able to intercept the northern storm so we pulled over for gas at Collyer, KS.  We dropped south of the highway on a dirt road where we had a good view of the lowering.  We sat in fierce winds and under beautiful mamattus as we watched the cell slowly move our way.  We noticed the edge of what was a wall cloud and could have been a tornado.  We dove south again and then east as we intercepted a nice cone tornado.  It lifted and became rain wrapped many times as we headed east on rain slicked muddy roads.  Back on hw283 south of Wakeeney, KS we witnessed a nice landspout which appeared and dissapeared three times before staying on the ground for almost 15 minutes.  This was Michael's first chase and Eric's second and both of them saw thier first tornadoes on this chase.