Tornadoes near Ulysses, Kansas – May 11, 2005

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_82dV0npYE

A dryline would be the target of the day across Western Kansas as a strong upper storm system began to move over the Plains.  Fear of strong capping was what kept us out of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and we worked to get as far north as we could.

The result was us hanging around the towns of Scott City and Leoti, KS for much of the afternoon.  Things were starting to look bad for us as the cap ended up being stronger than forecast even across western Kansas.  It took until late afternoon before the dryline showed signs of life.  When storms formed, they were made up of skinny updrafts that had short lifespans.

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Despite being severe, the Lakin storm had what appeared to be an updraft too small to support a tornado threat.  I then targeted a storm near Ulysses that looked bigger and had signs of sustained shear on radar.  Less than 10 minutes after starting toward this storm a Tornado Warning was issued based on spotter reports of a tornado near Ulysses.

A large tornado became visible (barely, due to darkness) to my east.  Starting east from about six miles north of Ulysses, I could see the tornado was still on the ground.  With the grain of the video being on the poor side, I switched to “super-night-shot” mode.  The tornado caused damage at a farmstead as it crossed the road in front of me.

Later I was shooting lightning as the storm approached Garden City.  I captured one image that not only shows the impressive updraft and lightning, but a small tornado under the center of the updraft.  A bonus tornado and an great end to what appeared was going to be a bust of a day.

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