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Kansas Tornadic Supercells May 7th, 2002

Kansas Tornadic Supercells May 7th, 2002. Austin Cross San Francisco State University Department of Geosciences. 500mb Chart for Mar. 7, 12Z. 500mb Chart for Mar. 8, 00Z. Ideal conditions set up a low in the Great Plains air drawn in from Gulf perpendicular winds aloft.

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Kansas Tornadic Supercells May 7th, 2002

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  1. Kansas Tornadic Supercells May 7th, 2002 Austin Cross San Francisco State University Department of Geosciences

  2. 500mb Chart for Mar. 7, 12Z

  3. 500mb Chart for Mar. 8, 00Z • Ideal conditions set up • a low in the Great Plains • air drawn in from Gulf • perpendicular winds aloft

  4. KOUN Sounding for 00Z Curved hodograph CAPE: 4161 J/kg CIN: -1 J/kg 6km Shear of 49 3km Helicity of 272

  5. KTOP Sounding for 00Z Curved hodograph Large amount of CIN 6km Shear of 69 3km Helicity of 690

  6. Surface Analysis for 22Z

  7. GOES Visible Image for 2145Z Anvil visible

  8. GOES Visible Image for 2315Z Storm has expanded and Moved eastward

  9. Radar Image for 2235Z Dodge City

  10. Radar Image for 2305Z Dodge City

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