Topic: Spencer South Dakota killer tornado May 30 1998

[Jimmy Deguara]

Many of you may have hear of the tornado that devastated the community of Spencer in South Dakota:

http://www.sdpb.org/net/oto/spencer/faqs_and_statistics.asp

Feel free to discuss and relate other articles and images as well as climatic data relating to this incredible event.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[Mike]

Here's a sat pic and a graphic also.  I noted with interest the wind isobars around this storm - pretty intense rate of knots!

The CAPE as well shown on the RHS certainly vaired with a 2000+ jump in one zone.  Incredible stuff.  The link below has a nice report on the event also:

 http://www.weather.gov/om/assessments/spencer1.htm

Also a fantastic site with photographs from many well known chasers who must have all converged in that area at once.  The accompanying photo credited to Keith B Brown and check out the layering with the supercell and the tornado to boot!  Detailed reports from:

http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/spencer/spenpix.htm

Mike