"Panhandle Magic" begins the Great Plains tornado season! At least a handful of chasers witnessed and documented the first Plains tornado of 2007 as a few supercells developed over the eastern Texas Panhandle early this evening. Below is a radar image with a few of the storm report icons from around that time. Apparently the tornado north of McLean was the one that was observed by several chasers… Not much has happened yet in Southwest Kansas but I think that’s about to change per the water vapor loop… tremendous upward motion is about to impinge on Southwest Kansas and dewpoints are rising into the lower to mid 50s just south of Dodge City. More later…
