WXlog/20170605 Tornado

From CSU-CHILL

Projects

S. van den Heever C3LOUD-Ex 20 hr

Data Recording Period

5 June 2017 1739:37 UTC to

6 June 2017 0136:31 UTC

X-band also operating

Summary

Slow azimuth scan rate, 3 sweep surveillance scans were being done during the mid-afternoon hours. According to SPC spotter reports,a weak landspout type tornado was observed at 2034 UTC 3 miles SSW of Bennett, Colorado. A cyclonic rotation pattern was present in the CHILL data near this time and location.