Close-Range, Weak Tornado in Belvue, Kansas

Documented a weak, dusty tornado that impacted Belvue, Kansas with Colin Davis and Charlie Kruschek yesterday evening, Monday, April 28th:

We first picked up the supercell near Junction City, Kansas along Interstate 70. Leading the storm east into Wamego the storm let out a huge RFD surge that caught us on the southeast side of Wamego. We picked up Highway 24 east out of Wamego driving along the leading edge of this intense RFD surge. To the south of the road I noted that north edge of the surge was curling back in beneath the updraft region of the storm and was forming a tight circulation aloft. Several moments after mentioning this circulation aloft to Colin and Charlie, a ground circulation appeared as dust was lofted into the air.

The weak tornadic circulation crossed the Kansas River south of Highway 24 and then crossed the highway as it went through the south and east side of Belvue. The tornado was probably at it's most intense/organized as it went through the town of Belvue - still, nothing more than a very weak, EF-0 caliber tornado.

The circulation aloft became quite intense east of Belvue, but to our surprise it seems the surge behind it was too strong and the tornado quickly dissipated.

We broke off from this now outflow dominant supercell and dropped south to a new tornado warned, discrete supercell approaching Alta Vista, Kansas. The supercell produced a persistent funnel cloud aloft as it crossed the road to our north. An orange glowing, electric whales mouth ended the day there north of Alta Vista.

Much more video to come from the last few days!