The day started out with a drive north. Way north into South Dakota. On our way, and a visit to a fire tower later, we visited some tornado damage from early in May. Pictures are on the web site at the bottom of page 8. http://www.portcredit.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=14&page=8. The owner of the house was in his tractor when the Tornado almost wiped out his home. He says he is luckly to be alive. You can see the damage on the shots. Just a reminder of how much force is actually there.
Make sure you check out the Pizza Hut delivery schedule as well on page 9! ;)
We had great expectations for Wednesday. It was a Tornado Armagedon. The (weather) models were all great. The timing was great. We intercepted the shelf clould right on time. The SPC had been using the OUTBREAK word all day long. Every forcast had identified areas for F2-F5 damage.
Then, it just died. Right in front of us. Died. Dead. Nada. Nothing. We figure the summer students must have been running the models. Thanks for coming out. Let's head home.
Not sure what is on tap for today. We might have to press to make it to the west side of Lake Michigan and see what we can catch up to.
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