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June 11, 2008 Hitschmann/Chapman, KS

By , June 11, 2008 11:40 pm

Scott Blair and I observed two tornadoes, the first near Hitschmann and the other near Chapman. We intercepted the initial supercell south of Susank, KS observing very rapid rotation in the cloud base from approximately 2 miles east of Hitschmann, KS. A tornado quickly developed as a well-defined dust whirl beneath the persistent funnel. The tornado transitioned into a multi-vortex structure as it moved east of our location. The tornado wrapped in rain, but eventually reemerged as a condensed cone near the Barton/Ellsworth county line. We followed the storm to I-70 as it decayed. We then dropped back south on, at the time, tail end charlie. Phenomenal structure was observed with this supercell near Holyrood just before sunset. Several dust whirls were observed with this storm, howerver, visual tornadoes could not be confirmed. We intercepted one final supercell and tornado along I-70 after dark near Chapman, KS. with several power flashes. This tornado was eventually rated a strong EF-3 tornado as it moved through Chapman.

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