tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84384514707903188062024-02-18T20:07:26.648-07:00Gotta Chase The Dew!Skinner WXLoggersknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.comBlogger339125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-21646703374391266462013-04-27T03:50:00.000-06:002013-04-27T04:25:56.559-06:00April 26th, 2013 Elk City, Oklahoma SupercellBefore you even get the idea, I WAS NOT THERE!!!!!! A little history, Elk City is my home base for storm chasing since I have a family I go to for shelter and crashing on their sofas during storm chasing season. I have known this family for many years and we go way back, all the way to high school, so you can say that makes this family a very important part of my life. Enough background.<br />
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On April 26th, I was in Aurora, Colorado on the internet checking on the severe weather criteria happening around the Elk City area. I always like to look after my family, so I contacted them and they were all over this like wild on rice. More background check, both parents in the family have years of chasing experience through me taking them out individually on storm chase extravaganzas. I have to take one at a time because they have amazing kids to raise and take care of, can't just go off and leave them, lol.<br />
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On April 26th, Jamie Duncan was on her way back from a party when she noticed the tall updraft and towers billowing towards Elk City. She immediately thought of me and took a bunch of random shots given I had given her a few tips on how to get a good shot when out chasing severe weather. She had her daughter with her at the time so driving and stopping was most likely unusual cause her daughter prolly wondered what momma was up to since they are not normal storm chasers.<br />
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On April 26th, Brad Duncan at the home base was out and about his house watching the other kids and taking pics of the supercell outside. As it was beginning to form in the west heading towards Elk City he noticed lowering in the distance apparently in the picture. It was than he got a call from his wife Jamie and a plan was inevitable.<br />
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On April 26th, I was sitting on my hospital bed internet-ing (it's a verb) around, watching the weather and such. On IMAP I could see other chasers were chasing the cell that was about to grow intensity and hit Elk City head on. The potential threat was not to threatening in my forecasting since I didn't see the dangers of it becoming a intensive supercell with tornadic capabilities. Hail was the only risk factor that I saw coming out of these cells due to the frontal boundary they were striving on to survive. Only to grow intensify than get undercut by an outflow boundary, than repeating the process as it moves eastward since there exist all the variables for severe weather to sustain itself for long periods of time moving the state of Oklahoma.<br />
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On April 26th it was great being a part in terms of ears and eyes through the Duncans as they kept me up to date on what was happening. Than they gave me the biggest surprise of them all, they went out for a drive around elk city to take some pictures for me. They went chasing. Now if I had heard they went chasing 6-7 years ago, I would've been pissed and told them that was the stupidest thing you could've done, but with the knowledge that I have bestowed upon the whole family on storm chasing and forecasting. They were safe from any dangers, but still of course had the risk; knowledge was the key factor in why they went out to have fun chasing just so they could help me out.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed these photos, want to thank the Duncans from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to use these pictures and doing a write-up. Looking forward to getting down there to get my chases in for the spring/summer in Oklahoma!</div>
sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-77701360181918415802013-04-22T01:55:00.000-06:002013-04-22T02:47:01.746-06:00Welcome to Colorado in the springApril has been a busy winter/spring mix given the conditions for snow every other week has put a hold on setups for severe weather even remotely entering into our state. With that being said April 8th, and maybe another day that I can't recall have given the opportunities to position a CO/KS chase. All in all High Pressure has contained the central part of the U.S. bringing massive blasts of cold frigid Canadian air keeping things at its norm in Colorado for springtime conditions. Snow is vital given we haven't had the greatest of snow levels the past 3 years to give a good report of snow packed percentages. This April though has been rough for the chasers syndromes of wanting to get out there and chase again. OK and TX are pretty much the main areas of fun for the time being as we wait out the change in jet and get out of this ruckus of High Pressure Omega Blocking. Get some heating and the jet to spit out some developing Low Pressure systems that don't collapse. I'm not complaining at all though, I look forward what we all hope to be a good May/June play for severe weather setups.<br />
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I will be caravaning with other groups and individuals since I don't have my wonderful beautiful white Saturn anymore. I miss the car, but things changed and it had to be given away. Anyways enjoy the blizzard if you live on the front range tomorrow (Monday) and I'm looking into the border of KS/OK just near Bartlesville, OK to get a potential tornado threat as the cold front comes screaming through the Kansas plains. In between highway 99 and 75 and east to west highway 60 this is my target for a tornado. Have fun chasing out there, and will see you in the plains. Be safe.<br />
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sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-5768340043942560552012-12-28T14:57:00.001-07:002012-12-28T14:57:26.053-07:00Canon T3 and Collage 2013Learning how to take photographs with my new Canon T3 has been my project for the last couple months as 2012 winds down. Most of the photos are either sunrises or sunsets, but some have their own story in the photos of randomness. I look forward using this camera for this spring in Colorado severe weather activity. It's been a blessing to shoot what I have been able to capture cause most of the time I'm either sick or tired. Cystic Fibrosis has been challenging somewhat this last year. I will keep on trekking and keep the camera on the skies.<br />
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Here are some photos over the last few months that have really stood out.<br />
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Next I will be working on the new Collage of 2013, so give me a week or 2 to get that up. Till than stay tuned and keep chasing.sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-24658538663390474932012-05-16T01:32:00.002-06:002012-05-16T01:32:53.767-06:00Loner Lazy Lumph<br />
Entry ~ May 3rd, 2012<br />
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I watched radar today, with no hopes of any gas being burnt. Watching the skies dwindle with an exiting mini trough isn't fun if you hope for some convergence or boundary to help some of these wayward clouds group together. The mountains were creating a nice upslope condition along with a nice easterly wind with weak dewpoints best at near 40's pushing it. This would be enough to collaborate a nice group of unorganized embedded low level clouds to blow up just over Kersey, Colorado. Everything was slow moving and drifting. Once the sun went down, things began to organize and converge. I than found myself not just taking pics from where I was currently staying, but with my foot on the gas pedal driving just outside of Greeley to get a better view. It was a beautiful cell billowing along a stream of moisture all the way up near Sterling, Colorado. I only went out 3 miles east just to enjoy timelapsing the sun setting and bouncing beautiful colors to the eyes.<br />
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Looking at the mechanics of the storm, nothing more than a little kick there in moisture, a little umph in upsloping convergence, and a little lumph to recognize the little things of what a storm needs.<br />
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Nonesknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-67577009784829450922012-05-08T00:23:00.001-06:002012-05-08T00:23:48.828-06:00April 30th 2012 TX Panhandle 287 Boundary Cells Entry ~ <b>April 30th, 2012</b><br />
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1. (06Z-10Z) Boundary from late night active SVR WX.<br />
2. (17Z-21Z) Dryline initiate west of Amarillo.<br />
3. (22Z-01Z) a.Not enough helicity to support upper level<br />
b.HP dominant<br />
c.Timing and location set things out of order<br />
4. Chase 3 was fun and awesome in everyway.<br />
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In Chase 3 Shep and I took two people with us. One problem I had my Saturn. My Saturn is smaller than most electric cars lol. For all of us to go we took two vehicles. Brandon Rycroft is a friend and experienced chaser chasing with people trained at the NWS in Norman and local media. His skills of navigation were really great since he lives in wild lands of OK/TX. So Shep rode with Rycroft, and Jamie, another great friend from Elk City hopped in my vehicle. I was excited to take people cause I love the environment of having other people to enjoy weather with in the plains.<br />
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Jamie had let me take her husband a couple times, so she really wanted to have an opportunity to go see a tornado from a safe distance with us :) It may not have been class A chasing. It sure was fun and we were able to see explosive updrafts, little structure, lots of rain and hail. Now we didn't drive through the core of fear of losing windshields thankfully. So this writeup wouldve been different if I had punched the core as well lol, instead there were reports of baseballs and softballs destroying other friends' windshields, lol. Glad all are ok though. We were able to punch the backside of the RFD and got into golfballs. That was fun to run out in the hail outflow. Jamie even got to experience a little hail punching outside as well running from the gas station to the my car. Pic Fail.<br />
Will have to report another time.<br />
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At the end of the chase a line of cells merged moving through SW Oklahoma and TX Redriver area/ Hwy 287. So we followed behind these cells while watching some beautiful anvil crawlers and spectacular cloud-to-cloud lightning.<br />
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Golfball Hail<br />
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<br /></div>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-46898169379058864672012-05-04T14:43:00.000-06:002012-05-04T15:00:04.930-06:00Hwy 83 5 States, 3 StormsEntry: April 29th 2012 Chase 2<br />
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Well the plan really changed as the dryline setting up in NM fell short into the Midland/Odessa TX area giving us a whole new plan. Today was going to be a casual let's chase anything on the way down to Elk City, OK, to set us up for the following day. A cu field seemed to be blanketing Northeastern CO into Southwestern NE,and as we caught up the clouds began to merge into an area of great moisture convergence. Yuma to Wray Colorado we saw the only cell on radar at the moment trying to punch the cirrus cap and slowly it worked through the pelius layers. We followed this cell that recycled its energy leaving a high base with a curtain of rain.<br />
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At this time there was a line of convective storms beginning to bow out near Garden City, KS than finally went severe. Meanwhile we left the cell all by it's lonesome and headed south from Nebraska to Northwestern KS where we saw radar showing a better cell with dbz showing hail markers. This was being spawned from an outflow boundary for the stuff further southern KS. Oakley, KS was a very promising cell for some hail, but we didn't make there in time to see if there was any hail falling. I'm sure a pea or two fell.
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Back to the plan where we originally were going to go, Clovis, NM, there was the tornado warned supercell of the day moving west/east near Lubbock, TX. On Satellite it was as large as a hurricane and all we could do to enjoy it was hope the other cells spawning in TX panhandle would make it's way towards us. The moon was out and lightning strobed in all directions from surrounding storms. We decided to stop south of Canadian, TX to timelapse lightning and a solid looking supercell near Pampa. It had a beautiful hook than weakened as it got to us while sitting on Hwy 83 north of Wheeler, TX. An impressive roll cloud rolled through the skies and we were done.
We arrived in Elk City, OK.
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Video of Pampa Supercell Rolling!</div>
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A day that looked to have dismal hope turned out to be a
winner in the chase beginning. Chase 1 was an epic beginning as Northeastern
Colorado gave us conditions favorable for a possible organized supercell. Shep
and I left approximately around 11:30am and drove to Wiggins, Colorado. My
forecast was to aim for Eads, Colorado, but nowcasting I liked the Northeastern
Colorado parameters. Even when I was tempted to see what would happen as the
beginning of cyclogenesis. This although
would only happen later in the evening in southcentral CO, so I made the
decision to hang around the backyard for a possible chance of convection of the
front range to hold itself together in the afternoon hours. Shep and I sat
around the Ft Morgan/Wiggins area for most the afternoon till 4-5PM when the
isolated cell finally made its way into the slight risk line. When I say line,
I mean the actual drawn line on the SPC. First it was a long afternoon of
waiting and slow progression of weakening and surviving, our stomachs craved substanance
(CONEYS FROM SONIC). We watched the cell
begin to beef up as we crammed our food down and headed back up to the now
severe warned cell. We were able to find energy again. Both with our hunger for
food and a storm, it was now a chase worth mentioning as the severe warned cell
started to level out a nice high base. We were able to leisure as this storm
all day wasn’t moving fast at all. We could at points of the chase stop to
enjoy the mesocyclonic layering structure. Meanwhile it was well relaxed chase
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Shep was able to do some incredible timelapse and stills of
lightning photography while I just watched in amazement. Sitting just west of
Sterling we were able to enjoy some nice CG’s out of another impressive meso
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On the way home, an explosive amount of convection began to
erupt off the foothills around 9PM. The result of the low pressure enhancing
out from the south and a substantial amount of moisture left from earlier
convection allowed for a crazy lightning show all around the Front Range. We
were driving west towards Greeley on Hwy 14 when Shep and I noticed all the
strobe lightning going on just to our south moving quickly due north. We
finally got to Hwy 392 which goes southwest towards Greeley and stopped just
northeast of Greeley to time-lapse the lightning show moving towards us. The
convection was impressive with a defined mesocyclone and low lingering wall
cloud. From further investigation of footage, the non-severe cell moving quite
rapidly northwards may have produced a funnel, but with night
time exposure and flashes of lightning illumination, it is very hard to be convicted
of it rotating. With that in mind it is labeled as rotating edge scud for developing wall. The radar and velocity captures both the mesocyclonic feature
and outflow very easily.<br />
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Make sure to check out the video, FREAKIN SWEET TIMELAPSES!!!</div>
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AMAZING VIDEOS FROM CHASE 1:</div>
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Day Timelapse
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Night Timelapse
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</div>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-72178880065751433762012-04-19T20:42:00.001-06:002012-04-20T03:09:12.687-06:00Today Timelapsed Some Clouds Rollin Through....Garden Variety Thunderstorms rolling through the front range. Decided to timelapse and this is what happened.<br />
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Also filmed the sunset, wasn't as spectacular I was hoping out to be, but watched a helicopter take off, right around 1:00 into it....watch the outflow produced by the heli...lol.....the rest is history<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeSnN3dk4OM&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeSnN3dk4OM&feature=youtu.be</a>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-88943492820310158782012-04-12T02:59:00.005-06:002012-04-12T02:59:42.644-06:00Denver's First Spring Severe Thunderstorm of 2012 Season<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz0-4HpqXh97YU64r67vBrBDSBuSAcgH5Z5wiQBfp_RWGkMCc4yHnF0AdD5YfA5vM_9P-B40BhhR1jFBTv3zRpZESaKJWmISiSnuVDqzKMSKciNRVAkntXR2ydlZ9U-cSbNtP89eAo7Z4/s1600/APRIL+11TH+AURORA+FUNNEL+CLOUD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz0-4HpqXh97YU64r67vBrBDSBuSAcgH5Z5wiQBfp_RWGkMCc4yHnF0AdD5YfA5vM_9P-B40BhhR1jFBTv3zRpZESaKJWmISiSnuVDqzKMSKciNRVAkntXR2ydlZ9U-cSbNtP89eAo7Z4/s320/APRIL+11TH+AURORA+FUNNEL+CLOUD.jpg" width="191" /></a>It goes by saying, wow. Today was an unexpected surprise given I only suspected a hailer and some lightning. If it were to go severe it would be the threat of marginal hail. It was a different type of severe thunderstorm but a typical seasonal spring beginning to the Denver Front Range. As a line of intense storms blew up in the foothills making its way into conditions favorable for an intense blow up scene. My concern was the convection in the south cutting off any warm inflow, but I was wrong. I didn't think it to realize for the past month we had no precipitation and were left with warm pools of air from all the continuous daytime heating from the past month. The southeasterly winds were still pouring in strong against the Palmer into the Denver area providing enough inflow along with the dewpoints closing near the 50's. The Helicity values were perfect for some convergence and some organization of a very strong severe thunderstorm that went tornado warned. Yes. TORNADO WARNED.<br />
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The story goes. I went outside from the hospital to get the inflow running on my back and watch the line of storms pushing over the foothills. A linear of nice high based clouds began billowing in from the southwest all the way to DIA. As soon as orographic lifting began to play a role in the embedded chaos of high based thunderstorms. The clouds began rising with strong vertical shear and began converging pretty much right over the hospital. Talk about being in the right place at the right time for once. I just sat there letting the cool rain drops that occasionally fell bring the sensation of spring in my nose. Now the part where it gets interesting is, this sucker has just went severe and I have no idea. I sat there watching the towering cu's busting through the embedded mess, followed with the southern edge of the cell beginning an inflow tail (feeder cloud) than in a dry little bitty slot was incredibly unusual fast horizonal rising motion. The horizontal rising motion along with the cool bitter rain turning warm from an inflow breeze of warm moist air got me all jittery with excitement. It was passing over the hospital and it was hard to see over the building as it was about to do something great!<br />
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I ran inside and up the elevator soooo fast. I looked out the near window off the elevator and could see to my east northeastern direction the beginning of a developing funnel cloud. At the this point I started snapping away on my phone. I stood there in amazement and didn't really tell anyone, cause last thing we needed was for everyone to panic. Funny thing is after I watched the whole funneling process for 2 minutes. The hospital finally put out the Tornado Warning drill. Yea they were 10 minutes late for that, hmmm might need to look into that issue here. All in all can't complain.sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-57314555806701829542012-03-21T21:36:00.001-06:002012-03-21T21:36:02.366-06:00Oklahoma Stacked Low<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5w3t9FJO4cCIR0pyQy_HwuPGxFlFbC3kGi3dEJqb5ZljBSQLGhFmNvdNG3bpz2nztXvUeE29H8Ln7ITjsiBUgDxfMFlA2cXYqxK7R-x_kU-MmlZecoz3f7bg7LFmgzDDt08hpcjbz1ha/s1600/day1otlk_1300.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5w3t9FJO4cCIR0pyQy_HwuPGxFlFbC3kGi3dEJqb5ZljBSQLGhFmNvdNG3bpz2nztXvUeE29H8Ln7ITjsiBUgDxfMFlA2cXYqxK7R-x_kU-MmlZecoz3f7bg7LFmgzDDt08hpcjbz1ha/s320/day1otlk_1300.gif" width="320" /></a>Oklahoma was cooking up a spew of convective pops within the cyclonic flow all day long today. A few reached a level to spawn a severe thunderstorm warning with the threat of hail and maybe rotation. Some chasers were able to get into position to spot a few funnels in areas of dry air intrusion and merging convection. From 11AM-5PM convection was ongoing bringing chances of funnels and brief touchdowns including hail.<br />
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The forecast made from last blog post was a success in terms of the forecast, but location was slightly off. At midnight 06Z SPC put out a see text, therefore it was warranted :) Than midmorning 10AM MST SPC put out a slight risk with a 2% tornado risk in southcentral OK with 15% hail risk.<br />
My target was all shifted to the north as the models showed the stacked low to remain eastward from eastern TX panhandle. If my map for tornado target areas were shifted southwards in latitude than it was a descent forecast. In the reports today on I-Map there were funnels reported but none were reported to have a touchdown. This cold core event was a positive forecast given the ingredients called for low topped supercells which none really had enough shear to allow the supercells to become dangerous.<br />
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A Stacked Low Pressure dominates all levels of our atmosphere bringing a squall of linear precipitation to the Mississippi Valley. In definition a stacked low is helpless with the jet and it's hydrostatic balance. Tomorrow for March 21st the Low Pressure seems to try and sustain itself by redeveloping at the surface. Target for possible embedded early low topped supercells with a slight dry air slot to allow clear for early morning daytime heating exist with very low probabilities. Rotation and turbulent skies should make for an erie day for western OK and up into south west & south central KS.<br />
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I'm interested to see how tomorrow pans out, given weak dewpoints but enough to create a quick sustaining towering turkey tower to become tornado warned. A lot of factors are weak, but with the help of vorticity and a tight low pressure system, many things could happen. Or it could be a total bust.sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-37731719713651444272012-03-19T02:53:00.000-06:002012-03-19T02:53:09.961-06:00Skypecastin' Kansas March 18th 2012<br />
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My forecast from yesterday was a little off as far as expectations was concerned. With the divergence of eastern TX panhandle and OK panhandle, I was hoping for a cell to develop and move north northeastward towards east of Liberal. The parameters were subtle for quick tornadic development. The missing ingredient seemed to be a short wave enhancement to help with stronger forcing as the dryline wasn't enough to break the cap. As evening progressed and the cell Shep chased moved off to the north near Dighton, KS, convection from cooling helped some cells to fire up just east of Liberal, KS. I grew excited because my target still looked hopeful especially when the cell turned severe just southwest of Dodge City, KS. My tornado target was a dismal failure. As the timing of the cell to come through this targeted area, in order for a better possible chance for a tornado to develop. Question I will be asking myself is, if Kansas into the northern TX panhandle into OK panhandle were able to break cap earlier than it did, would the conditions be enough for tornadoes to develop in my target area.<br />
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Hail was reported just east northeast of Liberal.<br />
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I'm blown away as to Nebraska and South Dakota sharing in the line of discrete North Northwest and North Northeastward supercells. I was glad to hear that a friend of mine was ok from the reports of North Platte, NE being ambushed with tornadoes at night. Nebraska is seeing their fair share of interesting tornado reports including February. As we continue north on 83, irony, Valentine, NE into SD saw it's own tornadic supercell producing tornadoes as well. <br />
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Watching Elk City surrounded by an amazing explosive nuclear bomb to the south was difficult, not gonna lie. Congrats to all that scored some amazing structure and tornadoes to top it off.sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-882505931695951252012-03-17T20:06:00.000-06:002012-03-17T20:06:09.882-06:00Tomorrow is just a Nowcast Review Day.....boooTomorrow's setup through my eyes are starving. It isn't the greatest setup, but it is a marginal first severe weather setup for the plains. I have been skimming through forecast models intensively, through excitement, but unfortunately it is the only thing I can do with this system. It would have been great to head down to Elk City and play the northwestern OK territory into southwestern KS. Course NW OK has horrible internet service as many know. I am eyeing a section of SW KS to have a tornado. Yet Eastern TX panhandle into the OK panhandle has just as fair a chance for their 2% risk of tornadoes in a large vast area. Charlie's Tail. These are just my thoughts for future reference and learning tomorrow. Will post resulted outcome.<br />
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good luck to all chasing tomorrow.....sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-3403810791391163932012-02-21T18:28:00.001-07:002012-02-21T18:28:05.222-07:00Collage 2012 is up finally! Enjoy.....Learned some photoshop this time for Collage 2012 and looks fun! Well enjoy as always....<div>
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I am fighting everyday and 2012 Chase Season still looks good for me to go out and do the Skinner perspective of weather chasing. I look forward to chase with more friends because I love having a chance to meet new people and getting different personalities and perspectives. Now I am guilty of giving the dirty look of discomfort or unfamiliarity while out and about on the storm chasin plains. I appologize for that right away.<br />
My chase partner in crime Ryan Shepard and I will most likely be chasing a lot together. So look for us and say hi.<br />
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I am going to be working on the 2012 Collage and putting that up ASAP.<br />
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Goals:<br />
1. Blogging again.<br />
2. Wearing a Backpack supplied with Mountain Dew<br />
3. More Spontaneous while waiting for Storm Initiation<br />
4. Posting at least one pic from the Storm of the Day on chase days<br />
5. Meeting a new chaser every time I go out chasing.<br />
6. Getting myself on Spotter Network<br />
7. Chase with other friends<br />
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<br />sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-24664431291028663422011-07-24T01:03:00.005-06:002011-07-24T01:48:49.278-06:00Chase 13 June 24th 2011 Wyoming to Nebraska, Shelf to Shelf<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpIqil4FggKSnPbDlQFyW514aE14jQAftpjtHQ2H2Tl6lMlv8Scr1Ze20593jH1FuP99zOMh0lYuDSk5oyYYLY4J9Wv-nQq2RAAUl-yXCFz9F-6p4Ru270MB9hv9QPPBP_Ihg3or4UQZ3/s1600/fenceline.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpIqil4FggKSnPbDlQFyW514aE14jQAftpjtHQ2H2Tl6lMlv8Scr1Ze20593jH1FuP99zOMh0lYuDSk5oyYYLY4J9Wv-nQq2RAAUl-yXCFz9F-6p4Ru270MB9hv9QPPBP_Ihg3or4UQZ3/s320/fenceline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632822449996455122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTopk9dwBcHTbljIKd0ywgAtOpEVu1plMFYVfJcdfiSRXxrmfaGBeaQRvsYA6F4ef9OQjQLTyW932CCYQDzPK098pEW9LRFwM1ytvmEl0w6Al52CoWu8fYTEfOtDWE1OusSrxHABHoLexU/s1600/Becca+watchin+the+storm.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Becca and I blasted oldies satellite radio style as we trecked north I-25 to Douglas area. Our forecasted area around Lusk was our target for structure and possibly a quickie tornado :) Reaching just south of Douglas hwy 20 intersection, we pulled off watching a severe warned cell pushing off the mountains. The base was lowering way in the distance but these were scuds giving us teasers. Looking north though did not look good as it was beginning to show signs of shelfing. This was not helping support the main show. Otherwise we watched the impressive shelf beginning to dominate and drop strong cg's. We began to start driving east as towers from convergence showed its face in the distance towards Lusk area. As the shelf chased us down, Becca noticed it was beginning to break down a little bit and weaken. We were nearing Lusk, Wyoming and Becca looked back and saw an impressive green colored meso nearing this bluff. Quite beautiful. Will post timelapse later. We watched it slam into us bringing a gust front, than I gave the camera to Becca and as she was recording out the window, I was beginning to the windows up...thankfully I stopped when she was yelping and screamin. Poor girl. She was all good though, she just laughed. Continuing east this storm continued on into Lusk. Becca and I grabbed some quick Subway waiting for some new cells to blowup in our target area, but the shelf was reformulating. Funny moment, Becca was like hey wanna eat outside on this picnic table. I was like ok. The minute I said ok, a bolt a mile away made us look at each other and talk in our heads and agree with nodding to get in the car instead, lol. <br />Becca made a great nowcast decision to continue taking hwy 20 to Chadron, NE. Along the drive which is quite beautiful, we were able to enjoy more attempts at mesos with bluffs to make the view memorable. Just short of Chadron, we drove south to punch the core as it would plow right over us from west to east. We headed into only pea sized hail and lots of rain. My favorite was the greenbluish color sky. We arrived in Scottsbluff. At this point we started talkin like rednecks and had funny accents from bein in the south. Becca kept sayin we needed to get to the river. Very hilarious. So we stopped at the river. Becca knows her Hydrology :) The North Platte River if I'm correct was definitely overflowin, flooding was prominent in the Scottsbluff area. Lastly, we reached Kimball, a cop pulled over to my vehicle as we were watchin the storms developing. They searched the vehicle for drugs and weapons, was a big scene. I was clean of all of it. The reason for the whole thing was the Kimball police department had a huge drug bust right in the area that I was in. My car is pretty ghetto and so I could see their reasoning. But all was clear and good. I was angry cause I got into the situation, but now that I look back on it. I was thankful for their politeness and respect even if it doesn't make sense. All in all Becca and I drove back with a beautiful glowing pink sunset. But I kind of wished we hadn't left cause when we got back home their was a tornado warned storm headed for Kimball, NE. I guess I did know something, but that's what happens when you get distracted. Oh well. 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrESwzqi4bUpOAwxDwjcLjvqnrle9S4cx856X14jm-CZjfRsC9zCQKTWm0RwPyp4SwIM0ZZHZVipvcQIE8gzZA_U-rBXxCPd6hJx1PXRhNsEE3aknHOzND4eVOb9U-tzVTUXX9ILiz-0Sy/s320/JUNE+23RD.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632761913199035666" /></a><br />A warm solo afternoon, I took off to get ready to go out chasing for the next day starting in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Leaving Greeley, I was watching convection trying so desperately to structure and survive as convective towers rose from the foothills. One caught my attention to the west in the way it was able to cycle through mesocyclonic bases. The anvil on this thing was linearly sheared killing any chance of strengthening as it came off the mountains. From observance, it was very Colorado given this time of year. Continuing on up to the great Cheyenne Ridge on hwy 85 severe weather was popping near Larimer southwards near the Colorado/Wyoming border moving slowly eastward towards Cheyenne. As they neared Cheyenne though, very light rain along with lots of lightning set the atmosphere to go out and shoot some lightning. I went by Shep & Becca's place and we all went out to a tall hill to watch some lightning. Weather is weather in any way, shape, or form.sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-31457813507526643742011-07-22T20:59:00.002-06:002011-07-22T21:45:35.366-06:00Chase 11 June 19th 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj_0_57WQzQUPUcmVlR_aSccGDTKMNxkXGbBUMmNFOYK_cZ_2u1UiFemfHIrcM_HPL51AvYiYMI5oxWb2GGUAM49Y64juySK1sq_wUu1Zn98Ai0vI6Blav83Pg3YWuZPjUJspbd8PLKNu/s1600/morning+stratus+layer.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj_0_57WQzQUPUcmVlR_aSccGDTKMNxkXGbBUMmNFOYK_cZ_2u1UiFemfHIrcM_HPL51AvYiYMI5oxWb2GGUAM49Y64juySK1sq_wUu1Zn98Ai0vI6Blav83Pg3YWuZPjUJspbd8PLKNu/s320/morning+stratus+layer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632388791361500722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgWK3E4XvJks_s8Pz12-iqOfKO-VWYnFxhkBl8-IqyIZB8iwDDtNcKv-IeY9pNfuC_legLo3iZtgeAoIti5coWJn7hhbzX90ocrktWVMr1CpKeI5DhE228qa4WijcNiYV99vjy4cDkgx7/s1600/upper+level+anvil.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgWK3E4XvJks_s8Pz12-iqOfKO-VWYnFxhkBl8-IqyIZB8iwDDtNcKv-IeY9pNfuC_legLo3iZtgeAoIti5coWJn7hhbzX90ocrktWVMr1CpKeI5DhE228qa4WijcNiYV99vjy4cDkgx7/s320/upper+level+anvil.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632388783921620098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJUFg-Jy_8qxxuiGYVRtB9ZwO600JT9CNjzKfUT5APCn0OdHM2HfOLE2CrOXYZVRjYaB3u6IR_4TEf4k3XoUIXBmBbPhyBItqgWb6hv4L6MLghikFY7ddnnoztVb27MY7_uw2X0Mhyy9O/s1600/hail+shaft.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJUFg-Jy_8qxxuiGYVRtB9ZwO600JT9CNjzKfUT5APCn0OdHM2HfOLE2CrOXYZVRjYaB3u6IR_4TEf4k3XoUIXBmBbPhyBItqgWb6hv4L6MLghikFY7ddnnoztVb27MY7_uw2X0Mhyy9O/s320/hail+shaft.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632388779261622530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHeyH2k3vBUlK7pyfxOfPEXygrDqTCjFM5hq2DM3JLP1IDwXZe6tB5qK93X2RCx2CaE1mfUQHwEANztONbGqtkaciSMlg5_NKnYWcQvvqSG1BODdSa4UTG9YJj3FjMBPOWysA_jm51_Lh/s1600/Shep+filmin.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHeyH2k3vBUlK7pyfxOfPEXygrDqTCjFM5hq2DM3JLP1IDwXZe6tB5qK93X2RCx2CaE1mfUQHwEANztONbGqtkaciSMlg5_NKnYWcQvvqSG1BODdSa4UTG9YJj3FjMBPOWysA_jm51_Lh/s320/Shep+filmin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632388770638038690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuBswupP8VnjiZGC-7ihsvgerWSt0W0y9TBmnAl-Eos5M7YHZbtFJVles0_FMXh5kjNVDnAjFQpvTzMIcQa70gzOaYu2dQkCU1KljvhapB23M1vof_oZc3SKBWLAOzDETmxXxGZ01xmEV/s1600/Hail.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuBswupP8VnjiZGC-7ihsvgerWSt0W0y9TBmnAl-Eos5M7YHZbtFJVles0_FMXh5kjNVDnAjFQpvTzMIcQa70gzOaYu2dQkCU1KljvhapB23M1vof_oZc3SKBWLAOzDETmxXxGZ01xmEV/s320/Hail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632388763817068034" /></a><br />Today was forecasted for McCook area. 4 brains, 4 options, 4 ideas, 4 styles, 4 experienced chasers, I learned is not easy. With that said, everything went wrong in my opinion. I have very faded memory of bust, but this one was a full circle twice. I'm embarrassed that I didn't contribute well enough to the collaborated nowcasts. Sitting in Akron, CO, I honestly had given up and didn't care. Thankfully Shep and Chris Yates were still holding on passionately, we went north and northeast toward the tornado warned supercell moving out from Nebraska. When we intercepted it was full of shear but had fallen apart beginning the rainout stages. There were other cells forming from Yuma, Colorado moving towards Holyoke turning severe tornado warned. Collectively, we budge away from chasing after something that we would never catch in time for structuring and enjoyment. We postioned ourselves in front of this storm about to hit just a little east of Holyoke. It was nice to watch for moments some structure before it started golfball quickly turning pea sized hail. After this we intercepted one more cell at night time getting some quarter sized hail, I went outside and enjoyed a little pounding just to be thankful for these moments. Soon after we watched a colorful cc and ic lightning core. Than we stopped again on the way home to Cheyenne, WY for another severe cell that dropped some cg bolts. We stopped in Sterling at a hotel for dinner all alone, all quiet, all fixed in our worlds of how this day was not exactly the way it could have turned out.sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-82694522800754270432011-06-25T18:12:00.010-06:002011-06-25T18:30:04.562-06:00Chase 10 June 17th 2011 Palmer Divide<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkp1C7UJhYnoI5Z9DKr18yKfzIateDdTlMbQjxb0d5-lDHS_j0e0h8PAPMJNaGpxPDXteff3_mdr9fh0GH_dcWSzGD1bX7aWPBPP2yaSlZfrevgathsjfAZS9NvN4zYDMPF5BuexfJ-uYN/s1600/Skinner+watching+3rd+svr+cell.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkp1C7UJhYnoI5Z9DKr18yKfzIateDdTlMbQjxb0d5-lDHS_j0e0h8PAPMJNaGpxPDXteff3_mdr9fh0GH_dcWSzGD1bX7aWPBPP2yaSlZfrevgathsjfAZS9NvN4zYDMPF5BuexfJ-uYN/s320/Skinner+watching+3rd+svr+cell.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622318874893379730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQty7aqnghSSMT2eOyC4IuPVY6JjX4LNwoPRFrZ8wJ4Lwef-9gKwbAt6Nnf7HqihaxCoByzRXjsMw8kfvwNkG7xfnDLPw-RMP003dVxMqOQRS9hhwP4WYmXFBgnHD-R6OcUNHNmq6GriB/s1600/Skinner+in+the+clouds.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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The Rockies were convective from early morning heating and cells were pushing of the Rockies through Denver. I was getting out of the hospital and was ready to leave for a chase once again. A nice rain shaft blanketed Denver as I was packing up the car. Today was going to be awesome because of the conditions and Palmer. I was able to find someone to go with me because I really do enjoy company while chasing. Paddy Fowler was getting off work just in time for some Palmer magic action. A frontal boundary was pushing off the Rockies so at first it was linear so I had time to wait for Paddy to show up. I was ancy, but patience is something I've learned. Paddy and I departed after the linear stuff converged further east creating the first severe thunderstorm just south of Byers. We drove through the core getting some awesome hail on I-70. Pushing forward there was another developing severe thunderstorm developing and moving northwards behind it. We sat around and watched this develop with a long inflow tail wrapping into the long meso. It was a beautiful view to be in between two cells. One to the north and one to the south parked just southwest of Agate, Colorado. Watching the convective towers beginning to form on the east in the direction of Limon, it was time to head in that direction to be there for the 3rd convective severe thunderstorm. We get to Limon parking just south of town and watch a beautiful meso outflow cell with a wall cloud rooted deep into the core. It was simply amazing. We could see yet another cell developing east of Colorado Springs moving NNE, so this would set us up for the 4th best severe thunderstorm with supercell structure for a brief time as we arrived. The mesocyclonic structure on this severe storm made this worth the whole day of excitement that we had just already experienced on the first 3 cells prior. With the knowledge of all the storms prior going outflow, we knew time was limited before this moster cell would go outflow. Soaking all the green sounding skies along with the base meso, it was great. We saw dust getting kicked up out front which signaled this thing was heading eastward. No hope of this thing restructuring as it folded over. Looking on radar we saw yet another couple of cells were making their way out of C Springs turning severe. So we bailed out and headed a little west. At this point we are waiting just outside of the town of Punkin Center. I just had a feeling we needed to wait this girl out, yea storms can be girls too lol. We noticed along convective line from roll clouds were becoming quite impressive as it would come into an area of greater moisture from the backside of the 4th passing cell. A beautiful long shelf parallel hwy 71 north and south moved with intimidation eastward. This was very impressive and gorgeous. We drove north on 71 punching yet another hail core finishing off with very photogenic sun crespecular rays piercing through the leftover cu towers. All in all, 5 well noted cells and with good timing to each of the severe storms, makes this a great chase experience with Paddy. 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNbK-5xPfKRCGSZ8fb9lApgxSW1X1Ir82wNxmz9IX_xywrXi20aen2aD7J69aR__LpkZaI39dFIXJ6vMdd0JaZpfCDKnJx0wnCcf8iHulM73UVAdObi3J056Jv1J1CkD920lrGiUf-Gr4/s320/Paddy+and+Skinner+candy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622313662509081490" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjny84WciQOymUixcP4PCmj7qrJGLX7KL9uf0SKFU_9xCbZ23_JAn9KyTGYC1kKfn0oCpimNr0QMPKnHID1z2FE-oyxx3ZoFFXUNeIyLxKsLiutVNS7tgXfkmCH8Y1-LvKiXHWqcaPhyW3x/s1600/Skinner+catches+Orange.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjny84WciQOymUixcP4PCmj7qrJGLX7KL9uf0SKFU_9xCbZ23_JAn9KyTGYC1kKfn0oCpimNr0QMPKnHID1z2FE-oyxx3ZoFFXUNeIyLxKsLiutVNS7tgXfkmCH8Y1-LvKiXHWqcaPhyW3x/s320/Skinner+catches+Orange.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622313655034511874" /></a><br />The forgotten chase, BUST! I rolled down to Aurora, CO on a Saturday with a 'SEE TEXT' hoping to see convective towers develop off the Palmer. I picked up a long-time friend whom I hadn't been chasing for almost 6 years. May 10th 2005 to be exact in Nebraska, this was a good day. Anyways we met up and took my VAD car to just a little west of Aurora Reservoir and just waited around for something to fire. The conditions were a little too chilly during the day and a strong cap lead to nothing during the day to chase. I was hoping for no evening convective towers as I suspected would happen. We had a good time just observing from our spot, despite seeing cirrus and sunny skies along with a cumulus' trying hard to our east to poof up. Anyways, Paddy and I called it a day and watched on radar that night as a severe thunderstorm moved east of Colorado Springs. I'm glad we didn't chase it, cause both of us didn't want to chase for an hour than come home. A good bust day all in all, cause I'm not in Kansas looking at blue skies. Till next time.....sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-43556366213306902492011-06-06T19:16:00.010-06:002011-06-06T20:30:56.547-06:00Chase 8 May 30th 2011 "Wiggity" Wiggins, Colorado vicinityStorms I expected, but nowhere near the timeframe that I anticipated these storms to begin. I was watching an intense movie on AMC when I randomly decided to look at my phone radar. My jaw dropped and I couldn't believe things were already happening. I was in my pjs and ready to go back to bed for a nap, lol. <br />My heart went into frantic mode and I was out the door in one minute with everything that I needed. I even stayed in my pjs!!! I headed east 34 to intercept the severe storms moving towards Wiggins, Colorado. As I was going to my car it looked as a cell had already passed to the northeast moving north from Greeley. That is a problem with living in a closed apartment with very little internet. As I was driving eastward through the cowyard just east of Kersey, Colorado, the roads were piled of hail from the first wave of cells that moved northwards earlier. At this point, I felt I missed everything. There was still a chance just to enjoy the outflow show and the new cells converging northwards to Wiggins. It was good to get out east and enjoy a Colorado severe warned storm. Some rotation was seen in the outflow. To the south, looking towards Denver, I could see some meso bases and lowering at times. Everything eventually lined out and weakened with no upper level support to keep these storms afloat and long tracked.<br />My respect to all soldiers and those whom served to protect our way of life. Memorial Day<br />Here are tons of photos from the afternoon :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv56bnGmERig4tyYcBF3tC1hpz8hhJeEIY_fU-xHNwLqroWGAVat5Xo8rXHRLTbGyaiclE6u9gb720emB3xUXhUMdQTokaIXIOfF102hpgDag_hgs-1ZUpFI32dJyyn0Pi67qjKjnJ6Hvb/s1600/breaking+up+wall+cloud.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv56bnGmERig4tyYcBF3tC1hpz8hhJeEIY_fU-xHNwLqroWGAVat5Xo8rXHRLTbGyaiclE6u9gb720emB3xUXhUMdQTokaIXIOfF102hpgDag_hgs-1ZUpFI32dJyyn0Pi67qjKjnJ6Hvb/s320/breaking+up+wall+cloud.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615299474924596162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nelZttmGiieYjpT2v24UiYl8nRCalz7hOkptXpcVkgFUATMYLWz86TtAcRqeKCY7IvZbyIwd8HpM9KXEluPYwKbV7Jj8DSmlTSnu9NQlT34wk1Rzd2KL9Z7gb-V6ZFePuijKJjYo81jW/s1600/converging+cells.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nelZttmGiieYjpT2v24UiYl8nRCalz7hOkptXpcVkgFUATMYLWz86TtAcRqeKCY7IvZbyIwd8HpM9KXEluPYwKbV7Jj8DSmlTSnu9NQlT34wk1Rzd2KL9Z7gb-V6ZFePuijKJjYo81jW/s320/converging+cells.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615299468399782738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QdX4DnQaS-YstSa600GmRGOemG5yO4Th5I89uOY2NGAhlMno5fIl6nDMIeeeIbyFEqQYga1l3z5VPof18YkITvAZS2sFH8W2nCLTCIk2HAdgN8_m4bblmweYAOCknX0hyodMEh32pHdN/s1600/far+south+cell.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpFMMMwNNOBQLuE6hfq1E_5bk8ORBpgcX_vAYfCm1PFPACPv6h6OHGzYS0rJfKL5rtpnjaMUirU7fyKEmHy2gGiyZMv30L5BvobjvkifJrYRAkxKdTu7G7L3sTZaMAHKxOQuc1h9S_GxH/s320/the+train.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615298947679334178" /></a><br /><br /><br />Reports:<br />Pea-sized hail<br /><br />Mileage: 59<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXETYTrOL4W_Joh9jNpHmepm_KdpPCodP12V0ItAnpByQ2MEgZmMdEAguaNva5Ii7p6VDcznYfRyQumnTK2NVEc29-sl-JTNB6W3yypblhmivHPK7SUaapxQesahSEnetgYOBJ3N4fRD4/s1600/Chase+8+Map.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXETYTrOL4W_Joh9jNpHmepm_KdpPCodP12V0ItAnpByQ2MEgZmMdEAguaNva5Ii7p6VDcznYfRyQumnTK2NVEc29-sl-JTNB6W3yypblhmivHPK7SUaapxQesahSEnetgYOBJ3N4fRD4/s320/Chase+8+Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615288966805898674" /></a>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-90058167430588160062011-06-05T17:10:00.006-06:002011-06-06T17:42:43.991-06:00Chase 7 May 24th 2011 EF-5 Wedge El Reno, Oklahoma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlH0fa90EnES5M1w9S8hrZ655qLZTFhEr0yDXarhWAf-YKkkJNAF5JtrksXKD6H0rqSP2Ah7QAV3vN9QE30ei_AburjYtFg8vKNz8YwAKWctVcAkio7gRVW9EjL20CH3gjWMFym6_Oy0KB/s1600/wedge+capture+bw.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJTpqp2M5pe2RTREuynhMew-eoLFq1sIsqwXhbWAUq061E8QN3w-g_Xc3M_T9cXvUeEWgbTDLTDNCahkHGWAoHPkQ5EYbNPHgXSvpZs7XD97lnvQw7Iot1imXXfrQ4kY4NZtY-tK84_-z/s320/rotation+over+the+road.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615255693545484162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATgUfZPUy1wKZ-8GAD7q-A7zo04cowyoHXhYE4bAGPgGZuqPhRYoNUmVJfeaFFqQQHh_wvlW6FBI6vnynpYdeSGb5pSpDzm0Xf38MDe3NVKxI2cnJyKpt8c8yXPfvbbsC9IY8uf9IIL27/s1600/tornado+3+far+away+possible.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATgUfZPUy1wKZ-8GAD7q-A7zo04cowyoHXhYE4bAGPgGZuqPhRYoNUmVJfeaFFqQQHh_wvlW6FBI6vnynpYdeSGb5pSpDzm0Xf38MDe3NVKxI2cnJyKpt8c8yXPfvbbsC9IY8uf9IIL27/s320/tornado+3+far+away+possible.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615255685817602098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtCXiwtGkj65gkrSnm_HBKoN1DDgxCYIMFjCHEuwZZhURL3U3nGwkZErl2Emh5ISY8bqmby7ZdUgP0OT8L923mPU1JKlnD8zyB7xBSeaS8aheMGAxAQAhY-Z8tXBNqnzF-Cgee2GDWQB3/s1600/IMG_3953.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtCXiwtGkj65gkrSnm_HBKoN1DDgxCYIMFjCHEuwZZhURL3U3nGwkZErl2Emh5ISY8bqmby7ZdUgP0OT8L923mPU1JKlnD8zyB7xBSeaS8aheMGAxAQAhY-Z8tXBNqnzF-Cgee2GDWQB3/s320/IMG_3953.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615255676893101538" /></a><br /><br />It was a beautiful morning in Elk City, OK the dryline receding from yesterday’s storms and a cu field scattering western Oklahoma. Today in the forecast was for a similar but better setup for supercells all along the dryline of Oklahoma. Brad Duncan really wanted to come, but had to stay home for his daughter’s t-ball game. Stephanie Baker still was able to ride along for what was about to be a long evening of intense action. Waiting at initiation just a little south of Clinton, OK, we watched cells explode moving northeast converging into the first severe thunderstorm of the day. We followed this north and east for a little while until I realized we needed to get south to the second tornado warned cell in yesterday’s area that was beginning to report tornadoes. Meteorologically I was twisting my head because I should’ve known and forecasted what I call the STAIRCASE CHASE METHOD. The one that we were chasing was also tornado warned too, but had my heart set on the second southern tornadic supercell. <br />Shep did an amazing job navigating us all the way down there, while I was on top of my game driving through intense lightning and heavy downpours at times. We were near I-40 again way to the east near Oklahoma City just north of Hinton, OK. It was dark and very ominous! Adrenaline kicked in when we reached a clearing and could see a wedge was on the ground in the distance moving in our direction. When I say distance, there was plenty of time to get south and be in position as it moves northeastward into the El Reno, Oklahoma area. As we drive through Hinton, OK we get to a road that drives south and east at the same time. Shep and Stephanie at this point were watching and photographing what was a good sized tornado moving northeast towards Hinton. I pulled over and looked to see the meso and below immense rotation in the distance at it was passing to the north of us. Most incredible rotation I’ve ever seen close to the ground. It wasn’t even fully condense either. I saw the roping stage unfolding when parked watching it pass by. Now in my meteorological sensing I’m sure this energy of rotation fully engulfed into the wedge that dominated most of what was on the ground as it kept tugging along northeast towards northern El Reno and northern Piedmont, Oklahoma. Maneuver driving was engaged just to get back to the northeast to catch up to the wedge. I made some bad decisions on my driving in order to get a better position, but with safety concerns for other people with us. It was for the best. We got to 81 and headed north to El Reno where we ran into chaser convergence following behind the most intense backside rotation of a tornado passing over the road. The rain horizontal and power flashes up ahead made for an exciting but bittersweet moment. This tornado was damaging to many lives. <br />Piedmont, Oklahoma, a town I’m the biggest fan because I grew up in this town and found what I wanted to do with my life. We were able to go north to see that my neighborhood just east of the town of Piedmont was still intact. To the north though, not so fortunate.<br />Everything was getting blocked off, which was great work by the emergency response teams. So hats off to them. I hope for speed recovery and hope for those not fortunate of this disaster.<br /><br />We began back to the east to get to I-35 so we could catch up with a supercell moving through Norman area heading east on I-40. We again drove through the intense updraft, anvil where hail fell ahead of this monster super cell. Again Ryan Shepard, thanks to him for navigating us through to get in position for possible structured supercell. We arrived in Shawnee, another funny, Stephanie Baker who lived there through her college career just graduated from this town with the intention of never coming back. WELL SHE WAS WRONG! LOL. So we pulled in to get gas and saw the Roger Hill caravan following the similar ideas that this was all that was close enough to enjoy. We drove north of Shawnee and I looked over and moved over slowing down quickly. There was our third tornado of the day. A beautiful rope tornado just to our west. The storm began to outflow but in the rising updraft area was this tornado that many others were much closer to have a better vantage point. All in all an amazing day once again. Shep and I talked to cows for a good 5-6 mins too while standing out watching the cell moving northeastward towards Tulsa area. Don’t have this footage, but will get it when I can :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpT6cSplJ5UpB68gP3GoCGn_3GRX2X3t57k2GVwJpZEjVFzXCZW-cdXb024XNoHYsMGELGBC4O-ueo_Q03Oi5QEwjNwkUmv2-hMMe13Z-0U3HFhWWaehrABvU65CGC4r53t_9QpjLrDcN/s1600/tornado+3+SW+corner.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpT6cSplJ5UpB68gP3GoCGn_3GRX2X3t57k2GVwJpZEjVFzXCZW-cdXb024XNoHYsMGELGBC4O-ueo_Q03Oi5QEwjNwkUmv2-hMMe13Z-0U3HFhWWaehrABvU65CGC4r53t_9QpjLrDcN/s320/tornado+3+SW+corner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615254386578683714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyYQkZEURorrY87Ya_0Ni9ue_QGG-T1OQyZXKO3Bj9YK_S6zOISRsO5vMUfCkRmYrI9fFx8D-fMjGLy5bql67tp7oS5KZQ0CKEaNhY_Ij8q5hyIDj64zJvEtGIIBZawdgVQTMWY-ZvXLU/s1600/May+24th+inside+car+south+of+Piedmont.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyYQkZEURorrY87Ya_0Ni9ue_QGG-T1OQyZXKO3Bj9YK_S6zOISRsO5vMUfCkRmYrI9fFx8D-fMjGLy5bql67tp7oS5KZQ0CKEaNhY_Ij8q5hyIDj64zJvEtGIIBZawdgVQTMWY-ZvXLU/s320/May+24th+inside+car+south+of+Piedmont.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615254383128693842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5z_Lk2r5r8ASou-_JEuMlqqZaqfdZ_FFjB71lBkUKPydbtf75NVHV7Af6MSee5NBhIeoHbTtJp2RYK-9Fgx1AJ3yAJ92-tBsvEOici9lZCYjSfWZdN7_EE9Bd2IZIbWmUgdTboZW3VpBE/s1600/3rd+tornado.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5z_Lk2r5r8ASou-_JEuMlqqZaqfdZ_FFjB71lBkUKPydbtf75NVHV7Af6MSee5NBhIeoHbTtJp2RYK-9Fgx1AJ3yAJ92-tBsvEOici9lZCYjSfWZdN7_EE9Bd2IZIbWmUgdTboZW3VpBE/s320/3rd+tornado.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615254370677215346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXChaloJ3uYv8hZSCDz-NlVEl2SvRYu6JT660MTOAUISkYXlhNg0KkDR7-NK2voT9J7UWcQu9stSN0NdR1JGdgZYhRMsYCb83pAHGoszdPjMbQnGfQ65eEZkIbzfztfFmb-FW6NjhlLgt/s1600/3rd+tornado+with+Skinner.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXChaloJ3uYv8hZSCDz-NlVEl2SvRYu6JT660MTOAUISkYXlhNg0KkDR7-NK2voT9J7UWcQu9stSN0NdR1JGdgZYhRMsYCb83pAHGoszdPjMbQnGfQ65eEZkIbzfztfFmb-FW6NjhlLgt/s320/3rd+tornado+with+Skinner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615254366534804642" /></a><br /><br />Reports:<br />Wedge Tornado<br />Trunk Tornado<br />Rope Tornado<br />Golf Ball Hail<br /><br />Mileage: 367<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVottC8oRzT1N-n90_dOz_7V2ydNJkJ6EiVtx_kOpmNh3wXI0-VegA0sXIFCFcGSeccU3NVIgyKfepvtnpqYO-bi7De_6bpjVclwMmFkEzRnAHm6gXfIzlexShwK-jjgsElsfMmcpwQUyL/s1600/Chase+%25237+Map.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVottC8oRzT1N-n90_dOz_7V2ydNJkJ6EiVtx_kOpmNh3wXI0-VegA0sXIFCFcGSeccU3NVIgyKfepvtnpqYO-bi7De_6bpjVclwMmFkEzRnAHm6gXfIzlexShwK-jjgsElsfMmcpwQUyL/s320/Chase+%25237+Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615254360333547314" /></a>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-74102410469902212242011-05-31T14:43:00.008-06:002011-05-31T15:10:31.145-06:00Chase 6 May 23rd 2011 Oklahoma Classic Supercell Hail & Funnel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKPRrReJWSFS77xMk7EPAuVU5qxPslS7FPvL55XukZtVZOHOmpXdjOMMDPj5ztsxW_OnO4eLCxrhHWeO7FOTsYXwfH8QoVP3lB6tuDQthwAPNrf6XzCKQu4Wk3pFw__Rq3PPRZ_nTI0_G/s1600/Departure+from+Elk+City.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 248px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612987283722145074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKPRrReJWSFS77xMk7EPAuVU5qxPslS7FPvL55XukZtVZOHOmpXdjOMMDPj5ztsxW_OnO4eLCxrhHWeO7FOTsYXwfH8QoVP3lB6tuDQthwAPNrf6XzCKQu4Wk3pFw__Rq3PPRZ_nTI0_G/s320/Departure+from+Elk+City.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6d9i_HNOYyeN9hStr004P_644r1Axe9UGnAtkTB41JuU8is4GaEcQ90hUEb8LqlZn4mxzEi4uBLBxG7gTGAxe3dbH5Y3g340YIr4YC-pTXSnOjpR3jPzU9Xjj28Lc0W_2KETnoKo6sVJ/s1600/church.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; 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HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612987272231527474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6N8cV-5FhrDnDRzYHG9rRkgtKBTqSzHguYvBK_9ljC-n__kR_apWBSVS6UCuNHHvtFlP07SescwCTRX7wfxfhpoeuyloxRQx5sN2wx2y7GPySey0J9I5hYbdjw7naE9JTrAT8xsuikPU/s320/Skinner+9.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYiyoIcitPTl2NltQX0DtJIp-6nieF4F83WPwWYr7NF2aPYoDDNlUWP1BtHocnCm1Pmt1w2JHbqatrLQ-eJYuHwJe7MzHZb2Tq_lEPgvHqMm44i-7d1kAjstEsWrHJmimrm8PUFFXiy8Z/s1600/Skinner+6.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612987271879768258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYiyoIcitPTl2NltQX0DtJIp-6nieF4F83WPwWYr7NF2aPYoDDNlUWP1BtHocnCm1Pmt1w2JHbqatrLQ-eJYuHwJe7MzHZb2Tq_lEPgvHqMm44i-7d1kAjstEsWrHJmimrm8PUFFXiy8Z/s320/Skinner+6.JPG" /></a><br />Let me start with this. Unforgettable chase by far in my season, not because of tornadoes, but instead close to softball sized hail and my closest friends. Leaving around 4AM in Greeley, we had lots of ground to make up for today’s chase day in Oklahoma with Brad Duncan and Stephanie Baker.<br />Skipping all the parts of the drive we reach Canadian, TX and see towering cu’s along the dry line in western Oklahoma. It was only a matter of time when we would reach Elk City to pick up our Oklahomans ;) Shep and I were cutting it close and hoping for another hour and half to get in position. The cell in northcental OK was beginning to come together and was going to make for a long afternoon. We get to Brad’s house in anticipation and head on our way to Clinton, OK.<br />Getting to Clinton, OK, I was getting discouraged because I knew the cells were good, but we were in for catch up the whole time. Seeing cells strengthen on the dry line to our south, Shep and I decided to see if this would collectively merge into a nice supercell. In fact as we drove south we could see the updraft was impressive and it was very uplifting. Finally in position, I get out of the car and play around in the marble to golf ball hail. The hail stone that told me to stop was this massive first hailstone of the day, half of a tennis ball. Putting on my helmet cam and Skinner personality kicked in. I loved it! Just sitting out there and watching hail fall outside. As we waited we could see some structuring looking south on the cell we were sitting underneath. As it began to create this base, we knew we were in for a show!<br />I got back in the car and wanted to get south before it started to rain too hard on the north side. Pretty much there was no hurry for anything, so the chase was just perfect timing in every aspect. As we drove closer to the base, the hail furry began. I drove through it and decided to go back to get some hail samples, which I fail to do a lot of times because a lot of the times I’m always in a hurry. So we drove back into the white hail streaks and softball season started! Watching individual baseball to softball fall on the road and flat wheat, dirt field was something I’ve been waiting for my whole chase career. The sound banging on the car and the road is something I’ll never forget.<br />With my helmet ready to go, I witnessed Brad getting out of the vehicle and grabbing a softball sized hail stone just outside his door. Joy and laughter. I was so excited to watch all the hail bouncing outside and they kept getting bigger. I ran outside around the car to the grassy ditch and grabbed a handful of baseball, hen, softball sized hail. My adrenaline was kicking soooo hard, best feeling ever, specially when a softball sized hail stone smashes into the side of the vehicle while picking up monster hail. I was hoping to get hit by one just to have a wound of some sort to show off :) Yea, I’m passionate crazy!<br />Jumping back in the vehicle, I totally lost breath from all the excitement. Than I took deep breaths and we were at it again watching hailstones falling more and more. It was beautiful to see white stones slowly getting smaller but with more frequency falling so violent happy.<br />Now turning around to get back into the SE quadrant of the now supercell structured storm, we watched the dark base create some intense backside RFD creating massive gustandoes. The base was rotating but there was no signs of funneling just yet. The supercell was now taking a SE direction therefore sucking up more of that wonderful warm moist SE flow. Another favorite moment as we stood there watching its birth. Stop and drive, stop and drive, stop and drive until we got near some hills of Oklahoma, the meso base and clear air notch was trying very hard to tornado, but leaving instead with a beautiful funnel in front of us. We watched and marveled as a group, as it began to break down and weaken. This is where Shep told me to pull over to get what I think is an award winning photograph! This would be the end of our wonderful chase as things dwindle leaving behind an outflow boundary for tomorrow’s setup :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MN-SgqJZO3rWLyKqRSbpCqr1Orrfomca3dvs5lCHumRy3mB4_WSoBPv0bRZiQ35gEfyejT8WCQgb9Cvz9JND7ZoTEkH2aiWX1iSS5v1fCwbooWk42wbK1q-1gpp-3VDxXSkSFo_7j42t/s1600/RFD+begins.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612986709829280482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MN-SgqJZO3rWLyKqRSbpCqr1Orrfomca3dvs5lCHumRy3mB4_WSoBPv0bRZiQ35gEfyejT8WCQgb9Cvz9JND7ZoTEkH2aiWX1iSS5v1fCwbooWk42wbK1q-1gpp-3VDxXSkSFo_7j42t/s320/RFD+begins.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsbMLnZ5ihfUjVY5M2H2HGKyogM3xw36_DKmA_lKaUjj-9Mz3EHbou83E8_krWS-1EkFnZPcYhRomcLUT7ZqET0Vuylv-v7nPQyRtzgCFHtdYXTExLLQCGcXEWNkcQuToOjK09yOhyLe4/s1600/gustanado.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612986705359624802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsbMLnZ5ihfUjVY5M2H2HGKyogM3xw36_DKmA_lKaUjj-9Mz3EHbou83E8_krWS-1EkFnZPcYhRomcLUT7ZqET0Vuylv-v7nPQyRtzgCFHtdYXTExLLQCGcXEWNkcQuToOjK09yOhyLe4/s320/gustanado.png" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsQ2AP_09JlED0gqgVavZDcsiN1NYPBdu32KP-RGO6XsY1_azb3LJCmBbfiKSdukZCBlj1R-E833GR4cDaZsVwGq9G2KgQcWUOXp8R721zFI8JXfBSJZLDGzkPSXb0YwSsnx091ZiLrDY/s1600/Steph+%2526+Brad.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612986693045725026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsQ2AP_09JlED0gqgVavZDcsiN1NYPBdu32KP-RGO6XsY1_azb3LJCmBbfiKSdukZCBlj1R-E833GR4cDaZsVwGq9G2KgQcWUOXp8R721zFI8JXfBSJZLDGzkPSXb0YwSsnx091ZiLrDY/s320/Steph+%2526+Brad.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACo2OIVFDjEaW5dkD1NDN6pNhthNq1WUINOV9OIEzfWy3z6qNwcxfauDM5aJtw8l8uxmVsUjGJnZgvtuGv8O7vFTn6wGSVPT7yACITGRF6qBe2FBBTfO6S3iGQDT6YQP3W7A-oAvxfV6W/s1600/wall+cloud.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612986683560600194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACo2OIVFDjEaW5dkD1NDN6pNhthNq1WUINOV9OIEzfWy3z6qNwcxfauDM5aJtw8l8uxmVsUjGJnZgvtuGv8O7vFTn6wGSVPT7yACITGRF6qBe2FBBTfO6S3iGQDT6YQP3W7A-oAvxfV6W/s320/wall+cloud.png" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGjiZNDeV-0MYYcSMwb73VRS5ErOTImtovzSdWzlHWxxV-U7frOAXvP0ar93-OQf0mZ3z_IhwSpZm_pNACDFbh8HDZF30TLsjIwnTsNtQRETapDL1ZEKV4lOhbtv07Mv8AULz-Ym9Shcs/s1600/Funnel.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612986658002562466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGjiZNDeV-0MYYcSMwb73VRS5ErOTImtovzSdWzlHWxxV-U7frOAXvP0ar93-OQf0mZ3z_IhwSpZm_pNACDFbh8HDZF30TLsjIwnTsNtQRETapDL1ZEKV4lOhbtv07Mv8AULz-Ym9Shcs/s320/Funnel.png" /></a><br /><br />Reports:<br />Half Dollar, Golfball, Tennis, Baseball, Softball Sized Hail<br />Funnel<br /><br />Mileage: 757<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBf3NRIrcnJnZ9sVUcTSTc9o1NYhYNvPKuin4U8xkQi4bJE8iAsrrV0jaiIhFGbT_B8IahuXxiq52amZGz2tiIHMUKQl20pU6ej6yTjweRXNPhpDFuE-qMIItq5ttooPDU-4flNUrlgrmB/s1600/Chase+%25236+Map.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 274px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612988155283755026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBf3NRIrcnJnZ9sVUcTSTc9o1NYhYNvPKuin4U8xkQi4bJE8iAsrrV0jaiIhFGbT_B8IahuXxiq52amZGz2tiIHMUKQl20pU6ej6yTjweRXNPhpDFuE-qMIItq5ttooPDU-4flNUrlgrmB/s320/Chase+%25236+Map.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Here is a Video of the whole chase journey in full! Very Fun to watch! <br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tpSSVHGXQto" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-65910167698816057982011-05-27T17:35:00.007-06:002011-05-27T18:15:07.091-06:00Chase 5 May 20th North Central Kansas Outflow Beauty<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinECg6xsf3-bHXVL_Z510869Y_etbSYeB7E1SRNBwFZuBR-ezAHME-IeswCv8NP5o6XHSIvzXx78ghKR-3oPk_ZHg69LRNS_pVX_mjV9I03o4rc6bakYDJtDK9XW4nrOOoRJ9ApXbxBI0Y/s1600/May+20th+Russell+KS+initiation.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinECg6xsf3-bHXVL_Z510869Y_etbSYeB7E1SRNBwFZuBR-ezAHME-IeswCv8NP5o6XHSIvzXx78ghKR-3oPk_ZHg69LRNS_pVX_mjV9I03o4rc6bakYDJtDK9XW4nrOOoRJ9ApXbxBI0Y/s320/May+20th+Russell+KS+initiation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611551381730955442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjH5JvMLNedBiRhuBOEcMU1c9hL4KKHdNTjLquMD7x9I8-wjDVaUOzE3VKlVT2FbUHQ7VxE8wm6l2tFdb9YxJHgZqAgOMUpf0lvUojGN2SshR_PZcUdgZXEhIxO_3w-UsTVFW25G5i3P3b/s1600/Weather+Channel+Chasers.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjH5JvMLNedBiRhuBOEcMU1c9hL4KKHdNTjLquMD7x9I8-wjDVaUOzE3VKlVT2FbUHQ7VxE8wm6l2tFdb9YxJHgZqAgOMUpf0lvUojGN2SshR_PZcUdgZXEhIxO_3w-UsTVFW25G5i3P3b/s320/Weather+Channel+Chasers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611551382575910290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvmK0lBDgBDfgVuD0FDUH21Br2vZxd3NRkZRSiOcs2uuYq8p3r9k19j-HhI30gfnenfQUFByiyYfs_XZsEilqAjgn8KbD0BPL2x6En-lTsriu9wFpEQKC6DI_df76DjFRQb1iyaB4O_Eu/s1600/May+20th+2nd+cell+outflow+dominate.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvmK0lBDgBDfgVuD0FDUH21Br2vZxd3NRkZRSiOcs2uuYq8p3r9k19j-HhI30gfnenfQUFByiyYfs_XZsEilqAjgn8KbD0BPL2x6En-lTsriu9wFpEQKC6DI_df76DjFRQb1iyaB4O_Eu/s320/May+20th+2nd+cell+outflow+dominate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611550256527827634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2oOZud82fF7kAMlDIbj1Eg7Ui0SvwoFPPr0ULow_uEBdCpZHkVJ8BzO0hSW_2tNSeLeqhdUjrV-5XiFLnexj8ibwK5-CAUcOlklZvNp4iWgP5paT386dwRGvvf-zp7vmZLasufr1hk9y/s1600/May+20th+2nd+cell+supercooled+air+ahead+of+outflow.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2oOZud82fF7kAMlDIbj1Eg7Ui0SvwoFPPr0ULow_uEBdCpZHkVJ8BzO0hSW_2tNSeLeqhdUjrV-5XiFLnexj8ibwK5-CAUcOlklZvNp4iWgP5paT386dwRGvvf-zp7vmZLasufr1hk9y/s320/May+20th+2nd+cell+supercooled+air+ahead+of+outflow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611550254293864610" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjYT3clS8SZjZ_t955hyphenhyphenlKTsUt12ItB473IRy5z8st38MarwzxUezfFbbkNg_m3CUpU_XvyJ7GrqVdYM_3-igInhlGDcfHbhVoE-uzFgWq0BV0U2traKcPtPA6bc6e7IlY7tEXVrIDgTm/s1600/May+20th+2nd+cell+turn+sign.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjYT3clS8SZjZ_t955hyphenhyphenlKTsUt12ItB473IRy5z8st38MarwzxUezfFbbkNg_m3CUpU_XvyJ7GrqVdYM_3-igInhlGDcfHbhVoE-uzFgWq0BV0U2traKcPtPA6bc6e7IlY7tEXVrIDgTm/s320/May+20th+2nd+cell+turn+sign.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611550251523917842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWFrLQgBLlYAdukxlweJqoH9X_lvd-kl592Y_maP2xA94zvbmlfM9264sqJHevM2drwBTIGAJRzdqLcPLqYApVotsys0qJnU9dyFe4JMjBv42lRPnEsLEl_PSmQaC17TwiF_FtbKXuS6d/s1600/Vad+%2526+Outflow+storm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWFrLQgBLlYAdukxlweJqoH9X_lvd-kl592Y_maP2xA94zvbmlfM9264sqJHevM2drwBTIGAJRzdqLcPLqYApVotsys0qJnU9dyFe4JMjBv42lRPnEsLEl_PSmQaC17TwiF_FtbKXuS6d/s320/Vad+%2526+Outflow+storm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611550246044181042" /></a><br />Driving down the muddy road with nothing to look at in front of you but a nice big green tractor is by far the best way to start your day. Shep and I woke up with the intention of driving home the following day, knowing full aware we had severe weather setup once again for the area over our heads. After Shep got the call of being off work for the night, we both looked at each other and said so we’re chasing today too. Driving west we watched cu’s towering towards the Russell, KS area. We stopped for lunch in Russell and knew we were going to be at it again. The environment was favorable for possible supercells in central to north central Kansas today. The conditions looked much better in the south, but didn’t want to drive down there when cells were already converging to the north.<br />After lunch, Shep and I ran into the Weather Channel Tornado Hunters just on the outskirts of Russell. Pretty cool to watch meteorologists Mike Bettes and Dr. Forbes oogle over the convection to our west and east. We booked it out to get north as the convection was converging. The towering CU’s were quite phenomenonal to watch in Kansas as always. We watched and hoped one would go severe, but we chased some pretty intense lowering clouds as it was converging, but learned it was beginning to rain out. This in turn produced a marvelous feeder cloud feeding into an already developing cell to our south back towards Russell again. Choking looked to be the game today if this pattern kept up, as any storm that produced would outflow or be choked by super cooled rain air feeding the storm.<br />Looking southwest we watched the slow moving cell moving towards Lucas, KS. As it was maturely turning into a professional outflow dominant HP storm. We headed south on 232 driving around Wilson Lake watching the beast swallow and precipitate lots of rain. This would be the end of our chase, as the severe thunderstorm to the south near Great Bends, KS was just out of our reach. It was a gorgeous day of scenery and outflow convective storms in Kansas. Now it was time to descend homebound to Colorado.<br /><br />Reports:<br />None<br /><br />Total Miles: 186<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmDMtmct-9uWCApZuUMbKQjbHDLIWPG_UlHgvv48ODUO9a2Q9EKpvXa5s8MM5AXdZTwjCFUnu_JsWSYCluuaV729kBWjBPHAVpg1YYFYg7v9zCZI5kyzl5X1NoC_gxb0MGmF1Y2BRBhxc/s1600/Chase+%25235+Map.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmDMtmct-9uWCApZuUMbKQjbHDLIWPG_UlHgvv48ODUO9a2Q9EKpvXa5s8MM5AXdZTwjCFUnu_JsWSYCluuaV729kBWjBPHAVpg1YYFYg7v9zCZI5kyzl5X1NoC_gxb0MGmF1Y2BRBhxc/s320/Chase+%25235+Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611551946265811394" /></a>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438451470790318806.post-72079832894338862872011-05-27T14:46:00.004-06:002011-05-27T15:17:28.442-06:00Chase 4 May 19th Kansas MUD Tornadic Supercell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZtXPPZSrj3JgM3Q7uNPdV_lfKU42xISDf50RRTETWK_xfNAzGK2qW3T0ossCuLxfFzyzQn4zr6sbmxrMqrGudHIGgYOkDw0rOQUfC5wqTJcOa7FQ42ZoJ0NHk-jKZEV1pnzby31AD44N/s1600/May+19th+Skinner+%2526+Car+Trouble.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZtXPPZSrj3JgM3Q7uNPdV_lfKU42xISDf50RRTETWK_xfNAzGK2qW3T0ossCuLxfFzyzQn4zr6sbmxrMqrGudHIGgYOkDw0rOQUfC5wqTJcOa7FQ42ZoJ0NHk-jKZEV1pnzby31AD44N/s320/May+19th+Skinner+%2526+Car+Trouble.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611505980496691506" /></a><br />Yes I actually had car engine light trouble, my car wanted OIL!!!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VFeIgNoCugkft9_ySGnYoFBtZty_9u5I697dQNWa9VTmXXFr4TEka_JMKCw58oDJS4tMWMcRitkr4fhQNwuEH2NrV6-OemXfAk3o9gt3yEZjEEhax0qIyM3kpc4UN3xAnEW1a-BWf45m/s1600/May+19th+Ness+City+Towering+CU%2527s.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VFeIgNoCugkft9_ySGnYoFBtZty_9u5I697dQNWa9VTmXXFr4TEka_JMKCw58oDJS4tMWMcRitkr4fhQNwuEH2NrV6-OemXfAk3o9gt3yEZjEEhax0qIyM3kpc4UN3xAnEW1a-BWf45m/s320/May+19th+Ness+City+Towering+CU%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611503872567275778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aHyXicEE2WoyHeFa8hVvtPWsg0CNzOoAkD9g-aN1mWMN1F5mFOX3o5F7fHqNNa9F3xiV_s73hECJC9YQzn6iAxTA5GPbpJi4-73wohsIJ4nMENQMaob0wqRtxth5hu0sOdq9AEGPlXJP/s1600/May+19th+Meso+Green.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aHyXicEE2WoyHeFa8hVvtPWsg0CNzOoAkD9g-aN1mWMN1F5mFOX3o5F7fHqNNa9F3xiV_s73hECJC9YQzn6iAxTA5GPbpJi4-73wohsIJ4nMENQMaob0wqRtxth5hu0sOdq9AEGPlXJP/s320/May+19th+Meso+Green.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611503867203312290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFG07gvH_90U_MEEIrDutTGkBXrehTGjsM1g0RPn7MBWnsUBVtx__ZKW7X2uxnmLrlGGONhHlpI-Cw4_5jYgcSCRYXZw9f0kbEvilv6VLS72JErqykqFKG08QciRdbMYVQ9U2EbekbJUq/s1600/May+19th+Meso+Brown+Green.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFG07gvH_90U_MEEIrDutTGkBXrehTGjsM1g0RPn7MBWnsUBVtx__ZKW7X2uxnmLrlGGONhHlpI-Cw4_5jYgcSCRYXZw9f0kbEvilv6VLS72JErqykqFKG08QciRdbMYVQ9U2EbekbJUq/s320/May+19th+Meso+Brown+Green.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611503864156931570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmzDCKZhXYSDjRevqm9RA_cIcMHo8MPZxwdtIaRImoqvh8bi5hgh1PPBEBpclgvTq4NSb5qzWdFNJZ5rusXEH4P2DIgIG3ZyNp8nBWLJACGXPzGURbMMC4aaPOEOSuCtKby3CfNCnol2z/s1600/May+19th+Driving+parallel+to+rotating+meso.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmzDCKZhXYSDjRevqm9RA_cIcMHo8MPZxwdtIaRImoqvh8bi5hgh1PPBEBpclgvTq4NSb5qzWdFNJZ5rusXEH4P2DIgIG3ZyNp8nBWLJACGXPzGURbMMC4aaPOEOSuCtKby3CfNCnol2z/s320/May+19th+Driving+parallel+to+rotating+meso.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611503859365036306" /></a><br />Bound for central Kansas target for tornadic severe weather, Shep and I were delighted to be chasing in the VAD - Velocity Azimuth Doppler, my car, for gas price reasons and nobody else was able to go. I was really excited to be smelling the Kansas dewpoint, and just chasing (period). We got to Oakley, KS and could see convection beginning to pop along the boundary, but remaining capped. We began heading south hwy 83 to Scott City to drive east to Great Bend, where we finally intercepted a developing linear embedded cell along the line of convection. It was impressive only for a short period of time when it was all dieing as they would rain out moving north northeast. Shep watched the tornado warned cell up north of I-70, and both decided since it had an easterly component and was the only thing worth of notice to chase. We drove up and intercepted some crazy looking shear along with greenish skies along the rolling hills of north central Kansas. We played around coring the storm as it was going through pouring rain cycles.<br />Following this cell as it continued to spawn tornado warning, we enjoyed ourselves in some flooding and impressive backside updrafts. In Lincoln Center, KS we drove through some rising waters and than headed east on hwy 18 to get in front of the cell again. Finally getting in front we saw it regaining potential and the chase caravan initiated once again driving north on 106 towards Minneapolis, KS. We could see ahead of us mesocyclonic structure with wall cloud attempts, mostly scuds. <br />Once arriving in Minneapolis, KS, we began driving north to intercept a very well pronounced meso moving slowly eastward. I remember only because of the video we captured the dialogue of our conversation as we were about to enter into a state of unknown vulnerability. Passing unknown decisions back between Shep & I, we still found ourselves driving east on a dirt road called Oxbow to get to hwy 81. At least we thought we would get to hwy 81. While driving on Oxbow Road, it was a steady dirt road, just a little wet from normal precipitation, but as we kept going it only got worse. Boating mode was set on my Saturn from this point forward. Just as we reached what seemed to be a bridge my Saturn was beginning to lose rear traction causing me to slide to the right. And into the cropping ditch I went sliding to officially get stuck. The backside precipitation was following us as is was wrapping into the meso moving northeast. So we had to wait till we could get outside to attempt for what would be 3 to 4 hours outside trying every idea that we could come up with until it was hopeless. Thankful my car didn’t die after so many attempts driving back and forth in the mud to get to the center of the road. Attempts to call Triple AAA, but with these conditions, it was helpless. My only concern at this point was the lack of oxygen since I wear oxygen now when I sleep. Stress, anxiety, and extertion are not very helpful in this situation so I just stayed in the car and did what I could as Shep went out and attacked the wheat, mud and Kansas river forest. My appreciation for him doing everything he could to get us out. It was than he got back in my car around midnight that we would have to wait it out till morning. An MCS was heading our direction which would bring more rain and lots of lightning all around us as we slept the night stuck in MUD. It was actually very soothing to hear through the night, and I was able to rest somewhat which was another blessing. The next morning Shep called Josh Wiest, the savior of the situation. He used Google map to look up houses around our vicinity to see if they had a tractor since we were surrounded by beautiful wheat fields. Josh was able to contact a farmer who willingly drove the tractor easily down the deep enriched muddy road. Thanx Josh. Once again "what an ordeal." <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTtg2rGb6egdPMNx1E8Jrv8gnLc-_oPgbIGu0yvwGw-XNfbeW-qd0uIeYWmy3MkhmURW7Fc23HbsP3wpnySGzNNrEIeAol1TV6VNwRLPt7EwEB_dXSf4XABrLGOkp_w15iikCEH405Sp6/s1600/VAD+Tire+in+mud.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTtg2rGb6egdPMNx1E8Jrv8gnLc-_oPgbIGu0yvwGw-XNfbeW-qd0uIeYWmy3MkhmURW7Fc23HbsP3wpnySGzNNrEIeAol1TV6VNwRLPt7EwEB_dXSf4XABrLGOkp_w15iikCEH405Sp6/s320/VAD+Tire+in+mud.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611505994359240626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ95_TPWcDrjqM7MAsRyMkK2w_SDDXVkjEujXuEPxTk2QXyajeNS5JIzr5zc7z06I78rB8s6Qpkg8x6NGygAbQrwIbRTtu3SOxKmSk5PfbEUsghj0l1cqudvqdux5o-n_6c_bpyvAkQzYI/s1600/Shep+Mudded.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ95_TPWcDrjqM7MAsRyMkK2w_SDDXVkjEujXuEPxTk2QXyajeNS5JIzr5zc7z06I78rB8s6Qpkg8x6NGygAbQrwIbRTtu3SOxKmSk5PfbEUsghj0l1cqudvqdux5o-n_6c_bpyvAkQzYI/s320/Shep+Mudded.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611505991899149426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Amj8Gn3a7tq9pQi3JfQlqXU7ohTLg4ZVw65Ifsl0ynP4mG6uBIsJJTvbfrKg3sby37Il0AB8R7TYQ3sh1ltqWIUwGjvMoo8lJ_gB2SsMo4bhTeqfK5Iw1KPS08IOG4Izeiq_dxbQQHv1/s1600/Tractor+pulling+Saturn+out.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Amj8Gn3a7tq9pQi3JfQlqXU7ohTLg4ZVw65Ifsl0ynP4mG6uBIsJJTvbfrKg3sby37Il0AB8R7TYQ3sh1ltqWIUwGjvMoo8lJ_gB2SsMo4bhTeqfK5Iw1KPS08IOG4Izeiq_dxbQQHv1/s320/Tractor+pulling+Saturn+out.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611507618520016018" /></a><br /><br /><br />Reports<br />Flash flooding<br /><br />Total Miles: 563<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-G5ALUC6FmhJN6tiZxrUShtm_yFvlEGI4P1DiVHNlC59EstEOW7FRmA0bgExEpTvTliSqdX0C8WchHcmS6d28nj02hjnRphaTg7oD_Y9M6jrmuoDqlKSCzPRf-nDw3KfG9xaejCCiPUMd/s1600/Chase+%25234+map.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-G5ALUC6FmhJN6tiZxrUShtm_yFvlEGI4P1DiVHNlC59EstEOW7FRmA0bgExEpTvTliSqdX0C8WchHcmS6d28nj02hjnRphaTg7oD_Y9M6jrmuoDqlKSCzPRf-nDw3KfG9xaejCCiPUMd/s320/Chase+%25234+map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611503854920730898" /></a>sknr31http://www.blogger.com/profile/12756460855454248796noreply@blogger.com0