AccuChase09 Day 6: Kansas Storm and Onward
ORIGINAL POST: Here's the latest update from AccuChaser Shawn Smith. To see previous updates, click the AccuChase 09 Category at right.
Day 6: On Monday Shawn's team chased along the KS/NE border today and even chased down a tornado-warned storm in Graham County KS. It did not produce a wall cloud but had a decent lowering and some nice lightning (see photo below; video coming soon). Today, they are starting the chase out of Salina, Kansas but are heading to the TX/OK panhandles (without VORTEX2 who is not chasing). With a wide "slight risk" of storms issued by the SPC, it could be a long day. Track their location on the radar map and read their Twitter updates throughout the evening tonight.
NEW VIDEOS FROM SUNDAY AT RIGHT: 1.) A video about the VORTEX2 Armada that fills the hotel parking lot each night. 2.) A video that describes the equipment used when launching these weather balloons for VORTEX2. 3.) The actual balloon launch.
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About AccuChaser Shawn Smith
Between May 23rd and June 5th 2009, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Shawn Smith will be storm chasing in the Plains with the Oswego University Storm Forecasting and Observation Program, to assist the NOAA VORTEX2 project with Oswego's mobile radiosonde unit. Shawn will be posting photos and videos here, as well as keeping us updated via his Twitter account.
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