9-30-07
Holstein to Fort Dodge, IA.
I had a really good feeling about todays possibility for a fall tornado in Iowa. It has been awhile since the actual chase so bear with me. Started the day not knowing which way to go.. Do I drive west to the center of the approaching low, or do I head to 100 miles souheast of the center. I bet I pondered that in my head 1000 times before I left. I wanted to head south until I fueled up and went west.. Going south would have been a winner because a long track tornado hit sully, iowa that day. About 40 miles form my target..Argh.. Anyway I went west ended up chasing 2 very nice looking embedded tornadic cells. Was watching a very rapid lowering somewhere around holstein when the flanking line dumped nickel hail on my truck. Witnessed a brief funnel before I was overtaken by rain. I never saw it coming. Not much to report, but thanks to Ryan Pfaankuch for nowcasting this event.