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Written by Heidi Farrar   
Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:58

Andrew Pritchard took advantage of the dynamics associated with the remnants of a tropical low over the mid-Mississippi Valley yesterday and intercepted a couple of nice supercells near Litchfield and Staunton, IL.

 

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Chasers have faced very limited opportunities during the month of May, so Andrew was pleased to have this "back yard" storm action. You can find out more about Andrew's chase, including a timelapse video, at his website http://prairiestorm.blogspot.com/. Andrew is also part of the TVN streaming video network, so you can follow along with his chases during the upcoming weather events June is sure to bring!

 

"Back yard" chasing resumed this afternoon, as I observed this large wall cloud in northern Izard Co, AR at around 4:30. It was never close to producing anything, but was a nice surprise!

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The models have been hinting at an active pattern setting up for the first part of June. This weekend also looks favorable for severe weather for the northern Plains and Mississippi Valley area, so chasers will most likely be getting more opportunities in the near future. We'll keep you posted!

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crazyhorse2002
Supercells spawned by tropical remnants!
May 27 2009 13:43:51
Heidi do you mean the deathridge is finally going to break.
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SkyEyeJo
Re:Supercells spawned by tropical remnants!
May 27 2009 14:38:27
Beauties.
Thanks, Heidi!

~Jo~

PS
The clouds look low enough to touch. Must have been exhilarating watching them move. I'll be sure to check the video.
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wolf1
Re:Supercells spawned by tropical remnants!
May 27 2009 14:56:19
wow, impressive photos. I will have to check out that site. Looks like they had some nice developments with this tropical system. Hurricane season starts in June (if im not mistaken) should be an interesting season.
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-2 #1 Caleb 2009-05-26 13:03
Nice mesocyclone Andrew! Thst second picture looks interesting to! The storm near fort worth is EXSTREMELY outflow domenent The storms split in half and the northern supercell has rotation at times. The tops on this one is over 50 ft! Taller than the supercell that it "split" off of!
 
 
0 #2 TexarkanaBaby 2009-05-26 15:06
It looks as though you could just reach up and touch the clouds! Thanks for sharing these cool pictures! :roll:
 
 
0 #3 MNthunder 2009-05-26 15:17
wow, cool lookin' formations
 
 
-1 #4 JC Surfs 2009-05-26 18:41
Andrew.. Your the man... Great pictures!
 
 
0 #5 MDH 2009-05-27 10:25
Those are nice pictures, but my... has this storm season ever been late... Canada hasn't seen anything since April...
 
 
0 #6 stormgirl 2009-05-28 00:42
I love how the picture's have that neon, coloring in them. It almost makes it look unreal :lol:
 
 
0 #7 ks_stormchaser 2009-05-28 11:57
Everybody was saying an outbreak between 5/27-6/1. What happened to that??
 
 
-1 #8 crazyhorse2002 2009-05-28 18:10
Quoting ks_stormchaser:
Everybody was saying an outbreak between 5/27-6/1. What happened to that??
In a nutshell the deathridge is responsible for the lack of storms.
 
 
-2 #9 ks_stormchaser 2009-05-29 14:38
Crazyhorse-I know thatita cause the jet stream is way up in canada now. I just think its funny that evrybody was talking torndoes over those 3 or 4 days. It don't take a brain surgeon to figure out if the jet stream is that far north NOTHING WILL HAPPEN!!
 
 
-1 #10 EMB 2009-05-30 07:05
when its been sunny almost ten straight days in Seattle- you know somethings up! The jetstream way up north is giving us our best weather in decades for this time of year- and its going to last until late next week!
 

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