Chase Log: May 20th, 2009

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Total Distance: 300 miles
Target Area:
Chase Area: Hemingford to Hyannis, NE
Maximum SPC Risk category: General

Relatively low dewpoints (and resultant weak CAPE) and moderate shear resulted in some messy multicells save for one relatively short window of supercell action N of Alliance, NE. The supercell had a wall-cloud and strong RFD... The most notable thing we saw was a series of gustnadoes along the southward advancing gust front south of the supercell.

05-20-2009 Chase Pictures

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