Where Was NSSL2 (My Sounding Truck) During June 5 Tornado?
I have had several people ask me just how far away I was from the tornado on June 5. I grabbed an image from our field catalog that basically shows the storms position with several of the vehicles around the storm. I have highlighted a ROUGH estimate of the tornado track and location on radar as well as circled where NSSL2 was sitting for most of the tornado’s lifetime. This region is known as the rear-flank of the storm. Shortly after this radar image, we got a strong gusty winds and a 4-5 degree temperature drop from the Rear Flank Downdraft (RFD). It is to my understanding that a full tropospheric sounding from this region of the storm has never been observed until ours! If it has, it is certainly not a common dataset. Click the image to make it larger!
