May 7, 2006 Garden City, KS

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Mileage: 840 Chasers: Michael Carlson, Verne Carlson Michael and I went out to KS at 12:30 MDT to chase possible storms in KS under a 2% risk area. We ended up catching 2 tornadoes, a landspout and a funnel that almost passed over Garden City, KS Michael timed tornado #3 as being down for 4:28 minutes. Thanks to Jon Merage for radar images 049 acus11 kwns 071823 swomcd spc mcd 071822 nez000-ksz000-okz000-coz000-nmz000-071945- mesoscale discussion 0780 nws storm prediction center norman ok 0122 pm cdt sun may 07 2006 areas affected...ern co/sw neb/nw ks concerning...severe thunderstorm potential valid 071822z - 071945z ...weak wind fields will limit severe potential... few storms have developed invof of lee trough across far ern co/nw ks...where steep lapse rates have allowed vigorous mixing to occur. the airmass continues to destabilize...but latest objective analysis suggests only weakly unstable environment with mlcape around 500-1000 j/kg. the real limiting factor attm is the weak winds aloft /per mccook neb profiler data/ which will favor multicell storms given 20-25 kt deep layer shear. storms should become more numerous later this aftn with a marginal wind/hail threat developing...as shortwave trough now over ern co moves east into the high plains. ..taylor.. 05/07/2006 ...please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... attn...wfo...lbf...ddc...gld...ama...pub...bou...abq... 38830055 36990148 36980305 38500377 39500356 40170298 40960191 40500037 39490036 AFFECTED STATES: COLORADO, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA. 253 acus11 kwns 072216 swomcd spc mcd 072216 nez000-ksz000-coz000-072345- mesoscale discussion 0784 nws storm prediction center norman ok 0516 pm cdt sun may 07 2006 areas affected...wrn ks concerning...severe thunderstorm potential valid 072216z - 072345z ...portions of ks continue to be monitored for possible watch tonight... shortwave trough is now over wrn ks per latest water vapor imagery. this feature has helped trigger severe storms over ks...and deep layer shear values have increased to around 30-35 kt. the instability axis is fairly narrow...as stratus deck across cntrl/ern ks most of the day has inhibited strong insolation. this suggests severe threat may be largely diurnal. severe threat may continue with storm over logan co and possibly a few counties east for the next 1-2 hours. operational models suggest large scale forcing will move ewd across the cntrl plains...with mcs likely evolving across portions of ks/ok. it appears the severe threat may be limited with loss of daytime heating...unless elevated supercells can develop with large hail potential or if strong cold pool develops. area will continue to be monitored for potential watch. ..taylor.. 05/07/2006 ...please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... attn...wfo...gid...ddc...gld...pub... 37689975 37050022 37040207 38550179 39610151 39980082 40009912 38489954 AFFECTED STATES: COLORADO, KANSAS, NEBRASKA. 2115 3 SW WALLACE WALLACE KS 3888 10163 TORNADO OBSERVED FROM 412 PM CDT TO 415 PM CDT (GLD) 2129 6 SSE WALLACE WALLACE KS 3883 10155 TORNADO OBSERVED FROM 322 PM MDT TO 329 PM MDT. DESCRIBED AS A THIN ROPE AND NEARLY STATIONARY. (GLD) 2356 8 NW HOLCOMB FINNEY KS 3807 10109 (DDC) 2356 9 NW HOLCOMB KEARNY KS 3808 10111 (DDC) 0140 8 S PLYMELL HASKELL KS 3769 10087 REPORTED LARGE TORNADO LASTED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. (DDC)