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Written by Reed Timmer   
Sunday, 26 April 2009 11:34

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A significant severe weather event is shaping up for a large part of the southern Plains into the upper Mississippi River Valley as a shortwave trough approaches the region from eastern New Mexico this afternoon. Conditions are favorable for intense, long-lived supercells capable of strong tornadoes and gigantic hail in the HIGH RISK area!

 

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A classic dryline will develop across the western edge of the risk area this afternoon. As low-level moisture continues to stream into the region from the southeast, the atmosphere will become more unstable, allowing for the likelihood of intense supercell development. - Dewpoints are already in the mid-60s reaching into southern Kansas! The situation is made especially dangerous by the presence of strong directional shear, with 0-1km EHI suggesting that strong to violent tornadoes will be possible!

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We will have numerous chasers in the field, so be sure to follow along on the LIVE TRACKER . People in the risk areas should monitor the dangerous situation as it unfolds and have a plan in place in the event of a warning!

 UPDATE! Two PDS Tornado Watches in effect!

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0 #1 bullzi 2009-04-26 05:58
wow. completely wish I could be out there..
 
 
+1 #2 sooner_in_ks 2009-04-26 06:06
Its been firing off around barton,ellsworth and lincoln counties here in ks since 6:00 this morning, already seen one tornado, 3 funnel clouds and a couple wall clouds!
 
 
-1 #3 Caleb 2009-04-26 06:20
Ok this is were I say AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LOOK AT RANDY DENZER'S CHASE CAM!!!! NICE WALL CLOUD ISAINE WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL!!!
 
 
+4 #4 tornadolover210 2009-04-26 06:30
I'm on Brian Emfinger's stream...I think it looks good
 
 
+2 #5 TwistedOne 2009-04-26 06:31
Definitely looking to be an active chase day. Maybe there will be more activity in Iowa today than there was yesterday.
Have a safe day of storm chasing/spotting!
 
 
+1 #6 Jodi_Lane 2009-04-26 07:12
It's majorly hot here in Indiana today--Sort of a shocker after all the cold weather we've had! Makes sense!
 
 
+3 #7 Greg 2009-04-26 07:13
Quoting sooner_in_ks:
Its been firing off around barton,ellsworth and lincoln counties here in ks since 6:00 this morning, already seen one tornado, 3 funnel clouds and a couple wall clouds!


GOT PICTURES??
 
 
+5 #8 bholcomb 2009-04-26 07:17
This is going to be an insane day. Anyone living in that HIGH Risk area or nearby please keep up to date with your local media outlets. Don't want to see people die today, but there will most likely be plenty of STRONG tornadoes.

I'm sitting in SW Oklahoma (Hollis) waiting for things to fire down here. It's hot! (This pale white Michigander is putting sunblock on!)
 
 
+2 #9 EMB 2009-04-26 07:59
Not a single confirmed tornado- hard to believe but this should change in the next few hours- there is going to be some latenight dangerous storms- be careful everyone.
 
 
-1 #10 Caleb 2009-04-26 08:32
Here is some live streaming

http://ww2.wibw.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?vt1=l&d1=0&ClipId1=mms%3A//a1992.l1202832281.c12028.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1992/12028/v0001/reflector%3A32281&LiveURI=mms%3A//a1992.l1202832281.c12028.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1992/12028/v0001/reflector%3A32281&h1=Live Stream from WIBW&at1=News&LiveURITitle=Live%20Stream%20from%20WIBW&LaunchPageAdTag=News&fvCatNo=undefined&secure=undefined&akPort=undefined&akProfile=undefined&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//www.wibw.com/&rnd=52402263
 
 
+2 #11 babygirl 2009-04-26 08:36
this is what i live for. hope will catch some great footage keep it up guys and be safe :)
 
 
-5 #12 scotsman52 2009-04-26 09:05
is tvn in this area
 
 
-1 #13 Caleb 2009-04-26 09:11
Quoting scotsman52:
is tvn in this area
What area do you mean?
 
 
-1 #14 Caleb 2009-04-26 09:33
1 tornado report sofar This may be a sign of things to come!!! Tonight the LLJ will kick in and then we could see STORNG tornadoes!! Becareful everyone!
 
 
+1 #15 Stormchaser 2009-04-26 09:33
Sorry i've got to ask.Why is stream today not working properly.I am not angry or anything just askin.Are the storms having the efect on satelite connection.?Thx and sorry again for question.Good luck to all.Looks like Reed was under a rooling cloud as it was seen on stil frame.
 
 
+2 #16 Heidi 2009-04-26 09:34
I just talked to Verne Carlson. He says he just had a beautiful elephant trunk tornado 100 yards in front of him tearing up trees and sheet metal.

There are some issues with the server hosting the streams right now, but you should be able to see the stills coming through from time to time. We are working to correct this issue since we obviously would not want anyone to miss what is unfolding!
 
 
0 #17 Heidi 2009-04-26 09:38
Dick McGowan reports the same as Verne - tornado lifted briefly and re-formed again.
 
 
0 #18 Heidi 2009-04-26 09:45
Brian Emfinger is on the same storm and is reporting a large multi-vortex cone.
 
 
+1 #19 Stormchaser 2009-04-26 09:56
Carlsons stream is actualy working.He has a nice lowering of the cloud
 
 
0 #20 scotsman52 2009-04-26 10:01
I am not seeing any of the spotters in the kansas storm area i grew up in that area so am interested in the strom path parents still live in topeka
 
 
0 #21 scotsman52 2009-04-26 10:02
all i am seeing on the map are hail circles no video at all
 
 
-2 #22 Stormchaser 2009-04-26 10:15
Try on this site.Here is one stream from Iowa (Chasers name is Dan Gottschal from Live Storm Chase Video)
www.severestudios.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?username=dan.gottschalk&uid=229
 
 
0 #23 scotsman52 2009-04-26 10:28
thanks
 
 
-1 #24 txvegas8ball 2009-04-26 14:12
What an unbelievable couple of days so far! Thanks for the info on the streaming Heidi. I was thinking that the server was maybe getting overloaded. Did see some good streams today though. Thanks for all of your hard work guys in getting the livestreaming going and stay safe! Tammy
 

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