I had a final exam
this morning that was to end around 1:00 PM. While a hassle I could do
without, this would still leave me with plenty of chasing time since
the target was to be fairly local. Leaving Champaign I originally
targeted SW Illinois ahead of an approaching MCV. However it appeared
evident that this area would be far too clustery and outflow dominant,
so in Springfield I continued west on Interstate 72. I met up with
Colin Davis in Jacksonville, and then Caleb Lawrence and Garry Wellman
in Quincy, IL. We plotted our course for the tornadic supercell that
was on going near Kirksville, MO.
Missed most of the tornado show because we played it a safe distance
from the HP supercell, thus had our view of the tornadoes obscured by
tree lines. Waited back a good 10 miles waiting on the storm to come to
us, but it was done producing large tornadoes and was an HP mess by the
time it approached us. Colin and I wanted one more chance, so we dove
north to look down the notch of the HP supercell. Were treated to a
nice wall cloud sucking scud in from the precip core, which exhibited
tight rotation and a few condensation vortices. However, no good
tornado
show for us. Afterwards, we were swallowed by the precip core near
Canton, MO. Plotted my course for home, and was back down Interstate 72
towards Champaign.
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