{"id":2656,"date":"2025-04-28T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2026-02-20T04:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T04:43:34","slug":"28-april-2025-belvue-kansas-usa-hybrid-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/28\/28-april-2025-belvue-kansas-usa-hybrid-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"28 April 2025 | Belvue, Kansas, USA | Hybrid Tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since early the previous day, I had been interested in the setup from Iowa through northeast Kansas. Instability and shear looked good for supercells. SPC noted tornadoes as a hazard, with better odds further north. Despite that, I opted for the Kansas target and watched for storms to develop along the dryline near Seneca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/image.mux.com\/ouK97brvir9bnmSMH8KuQojF3Vxz4VBoIGlrFKwOibQ\/thumbnail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/stream.mux.com\/ouK97brvir9bnmSMH8KuQojF3Vxz4VBoIGlrFKwOibQ.m3u8\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?attachment_id=2657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7163_1280px-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7163_1280px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7163_1280px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7163_1280px-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7163_1280px.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watching convection try to develop near Seneca, Kansas \u2014 2239Z.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Further south, storms firing near Junction City and moving toward Manhattan were strengthening nicely while the stuff near me was struggling. So I headed west and then south on SR99 to try getting in front of the lead supercell as it moved out of Manhattan. I just barely got out ahead of it at Wamego before rushing east on Highway 24 with the RFD gust front hustling in from behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t until a couple days later, reviewing footage that I realized the rear dashcam caught a fascinating hybrid tornado. As the RFD curled in, a dusty circulation formed on the highway behind, near Belvue and got draw up into a circulation in the base of the RFD gust front. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?attachment_id=2662\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-Tornado_1280px-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-Tornado_1280px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-Tornado_1280px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-Tornado_1280px-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-Tornado_1280px.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hybrid tornado spinning on the edge of the gust front near Belvue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After letting the lead cell rush by, I headed further south, noting a tornado warned cell further southwest in the evolving line. However, nothing particularly cohesive managed to emerge from the line as it moved in across the setting sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/28\/28-april-2025-belvue-kansas-usa-hybrid-tornado\/img20250428-_5__7190_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2658\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7190_1280px-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7190_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7190_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7219_1280px.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Sunset underlighting north of Delia \u2014 0054-0058Z.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?attachment_id=2661\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7227_1280px-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7227_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250428-_5__7227_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Instability and shear looked good for supercells. SPC noted tornadoes as a hazard, with better odds further north. Despite that, I opted for the Kansas target and watched for storms to develop along the dryline near Seneca. 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