July 1st, 2005 Northwest Kansas Supercell
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:23 Written by Roger Hill
I didn't expect much on July 1 with limited moisture and large temperature/dewpoint spreads. We did catch a nice high based hailer northwest of St Francis, Kansas. This storm had decent structure and produced tons of hail to golf ball size. Unfortunately this hail clobbered numerous cornfields and did considerable damage.
 |
 |
|
Nice high based supercell develops. Cold outflow created this wall cloud. Notice how it is orientated to the downdraft.
|
Wider shot of the storm, continuing to intensify.
|
 |
 |
|
Strong downdraft due to the high base causes strong outflow winds to develop.
|
Hail to golf ball size falls. Look close and you can see the stones falling.
|
 |
|
|
Significant crop damage occurs.
|
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
