Today we traveled a short distance to southwest Minnesota, because the SPC issued a 5 percent chance of tornadoes, along a squall line. Conditions looked good and by early afternoon storms had already began to fire. A meso discussion was issued and informed us that there was an 80 percent chance of issuing a watch.
The cold front was the main focus on these storms. Advancing into late afternoon, a well defined squall line had formed. A severe thunderstorm watch had been issued and soon after, plenty of severe thunderstorm warnings were issued. The main threat for these storms were wind and hail.
We chased for several hours learning of how squall lines form and what they look like in the sky, for example the clouds will roll and shelf out. As the evening progressed, we went to dinner and saw that the storms were building and heading toward our location, Mankato, MN. A tornado warning was issued just north of our current county. Storms passed throughout the evening and temperatures dropped.
Shelf and Roll clouds out ahead of a squall line.
Storms firing
God's eye!
The cold front was the main focus on these storms. Advancing into late afternoon, a well defined squall line had formed. A severe thunderstorm watch had been issued and soon after, plenty of severe thunderstorm warnings were issued. The main threat for these storms were wind and hail.
We chased for several hours learning of how squall lines form and what they look like in the sky, for example the clouds will roll and shelf out. As the evening progressed, we went to dinner and saw that the storms were building and heading toward our location, Mankato, MN. A tornado warning was issued just north of our current county. Storms passed throughout the evening and temperatures dropped.
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