May 29th, 2004 Concordia, Kansas Area - Tornadic Supercell
Last Updated on Saturday, 09 January 2010 17:56 Written by Roger Hill
The setup May 29 was classic. A strong dryline surge was coming into Kansas. A surface low was developing with a triple point in north central Kansas. Moisture was spreading northward and would wrap around the surface low. By late afternoon, cumulus towers developed west of Concordia. It didn't take long for an intense supercell to form and track northeastward along the warm front. This storm produced at least 5 confirmed tornadoes, including one that would hit the town of Norway, Kansas producing widespread damage.
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First tornado briefly touches down near Beloit.
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Another shot.
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Can you find 2 funnels here?
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Wall cloud and tail cloud from main updraft.
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Tornado!
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Large wedge tornado develops.
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Another shot. There were multiple vortices with this.
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Another tornado!
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Same tornado as vortice spins up.
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Awesome storm structure.
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Next tornado touches down near Jamestown.
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Same tornado.
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Next tornado briefly touches down north of Jamestown.
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Beautiful striated updraft.
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Beaver tail streams into updraft. Inflow was near 60 mph!
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