Springtime in Kansas sometimes brings days like this. A growling, stormy sky cast deepening shadow across the rolling prairie before revealing a dangerous bite to back up its bark. Had the “Tipton” tornado kept on its original northeastward track, especially with a northward late-lifespan turn common to longer-lived tornadoes, it would have moved very close to this spot. Fortunately for anyone nearby, the supercell shed the tornadic mesocyclone, the tornado dissipated within a few minutes, and the parent supercell produced no more.
5 SSW Glen Elder KS (28 May 19) Looking SW
39.4225, -98.3275
RADARSpringtime Afternoon, Northern Kansas
Springtime in Kansas sometimes brings days like this. A growling, stormy sky cast deepening shadow across the rolling prairie before revealing a dangerous bite to back up its bark. Had the “Tipton” tornado kept on its original northeastward track, especially with a northward late-lifespan turn common to longer-lived tornadoes, it would have moved very close to this spot. Fortunately for anyone nearby, the supercell shed the tornadic mesocyclone, the tornado dissipated within a few minutes, and the parent supercell produced no more.
5 SSW Glen Elder KS (28 May 19) Looking SW
39.4225, -98.3275
RADAR