MAY 24, 2020 KANSAS: VIOLENT, DANGEROUS SUPERCELL AND MICROBURST
Initial intercept of an intense supercell storm coming out of southeast Colorado. Warned for 70+ mph winds and ping pong ball size hail!
Beautiful structure on this mean looking storm!
Possible tornado under the updraft base but could easily be concentrated area of rear flank downdraft winds coming around the south side of the mesocyclone.
Microburst in the center of the image descending to the ground.
Closer view of the microburst quickly descending. I bet this thing produced nearly 100 mph winds when it hit the ground.
Beautiful storm! Looking northwest towards the forward flank core.
Nature’s vacuum! 50 mph inflow winds to our back being sucked into this storm. Notice all of the dirt being pulled into the updraft region and up into the storm.
Terrific storm structure near Hugoton, Kansas. WHAT A BEAST
Getting dark later in the evening as the storm rages on near Hugoton, Kansas.
Awesome structure and starting to throw out some lightning!
Mesoscale Discussion issued at 2:15 p.m. CDT. We were in Garden City and initially thinking of staying east on these storms but decided to blast west towards the intense storm coming out of Colorado.
Mesoscale Discussion issued at 2:28 p.m. CDT. This area was really drawing our attention as the short range guidance was indicating one intense supercell rolling out of southeast Colorado.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued at 3:45 p.m. CDT for the area we were targeting.
Small Mesoscale Discussion issued at 7:06 p.m. CDT for our storm moving into southwest Kansas.
