Preliminary numbers show VORTEX2 intercepted about 30 supercells, and 20 weak or short-lived tornadoes.
VORTEX2 Summary
13 June 2010
Hotel location: Liberal, KS Intercept location: Booker, TX Data was collected on a long-lived tornadic supercell that developed in the northeastern Texas Panhandle and moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle. At…
10 June 2010
Hotel location: Chadron, NE Intercept location: Last Chance, CO Two supercells were intercepted. The first was non-tornadic but was sampled well by the mobile mesonet. Second cell formed south. A…
7 June 2010
Hotel location: Ft. Morgan, CO Intercept location: Scottsbluff/Mitchell, NE Two tornadic supercells in the Nebraska panhandle. The first increased in speed and moved out of reach of the VORTEX2 array…
25 May 2010
Hotel location: Loveland, CO Intercept location: Tribune, KS VORTEX2 deployed on a cyclic, weakly tornadic supercell in western Kansas. Among the test cases sampled in VORTEX2 given the simultaneous collection…
18 May, 2010
Hotel location: Amarillo, TX Intercept location: Dumas, TX VORTEX2 intercepted a long-lived supercell in the northern Texas panhandle that developed along a dryline. The storm produced a number of weak…
12 May 2010
Morning location: Weatherford, OK Intercept location: Clinton, OK VORTEX2 intercepted a high-precipitation supercell in southwest Oklahoma the developed along a dryline. Storms were moving at 30-35mph to the northeast. A…
10 May 2010
Hotel location: Perry, OK Intercept location: Seminole, OK An outbreak of tornadoes occurred in central and eastern OK. Supercell motions were very fast, ranging from 50-60mph. Given the fast motions,…
5 June 2009
Hotel location: Sterling, CO Intercept location: La Grange, WY VORTEX2 targeted a right-moving supercell that formed north of Cheyenne, WY. An X-Band radar was sampling the storm as mobile mesonets…
10.26.10: A different approach to the V2 best cases report
I decided to take a different approach to discussing the VORTEX2 best cases. I will discuss them by day. Read on to find out why!