June 19th 2009 Veedersburg classic supercell and QLCS
Well what can I say about this setup, besides that it was a typical setup for IN this time of year. Moderate risk seemed to apply for the SPC people. I had been up all night driving back from IA the day before from a bust from hell. So I slept when I got back for two hours then hit the maps looking for the place to be!
The RUC was forecasting really good instability with really decent shear and a synoptic front drapped somewhere too far west to really matter. The problem was forcing was a bit spotty with a sort of ring of fire setup and no real concentrated forcing! A smaller scale jet streak was supposed to arrive later in the day, and that was what I was planning on waiting for!
An MCS had setup some weaker outflow boundrys the night early period which had some decent growth on them all day but failed to produce anything really.
One cell had fired north of my position around Fort wayne, Kokomo area which I neglected on purpose due to slightly better parameters near my position. So I waited for better dynamics to arrive and push up, I hope some cells around central IN.
Well Waiting payed off, after watching the mammatas form I blasted off after the cell below which was tornado warned the entire time I was on it! It was supposedly producing a tornado at this time but I think this is what they saw? Could be but I dont see any ground circulation.
Rear flank base shelf! Left side of Meso.
Meso area and lowerings. But I didnt see any ground circulations. Sort of a meso type shelf area. Lots of vertical motions but no substatial rotation, but some!
Some rotation below, as you can see, and decent vertical motion but no ground circulation!
Later on the structure starts!
I tought it had a good chance at producing here but no...This is near and just south of Crawfordsville, IN.
Cool structure!
WOW!
What happened next was actually scary for me! That cell dissapted with a line behind it catching up, I cant believe it didnt produce at least once??? But the line behind it was really nasty. Tornado warned in four areas along the section I was at.
Below is a shot of it as it approached.
Bark!!! No Bite really. Showed some imbedded rotation but I dont know.
After this cell was on top of me it got a black as night which I have never seen happen before. It was pitch black and after it had passed the sun had come back out for at least a half hour. WOW. I have never seen anything that black before.