April 3, 2011 Lawrence, KS Gustnado/Tornado
Last Updated on Thursday, 07 April 2011 08:55 Written by Roger Hill
April 3rd brought Caryn and I to eastern Kansas to play the dryline/front intersection. By late afternoon a supercell developed and tracked just north of the boundary, occasionally pulling it into it. The high based nature of the storm limited its ability to produce a significant tornado, however, just north of Lawrence on US24 the storm spun up "something" that has been dubbed a tornado, landspout and a gustnado. It did cause damage to irrigation systems, trees and destroyed a building. Due to the strong RFD associated with this, I would be more inclined to call it a gustnado or a weak tornado. The debate will go on.
Pano of the storm as it developed.
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| High based supercell looking north/northeast. |
First sign of the spin up developing on |
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| Spin up intensifies. | At its strongest point here, causing some damage. |
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