Hannah.Taylor
EF4
In preparation for Sunday 5-19-2013's chase, I decided to play Central KS solo. I departed Denver at approximately 8:15 Mountain Time, and made way to Colby, KS.
I saw this Phased Array Radar Truck while eating my sandwhich
After topping off my fuel, grabbing a bite to eat and checking radar, forecasts and seeing where the radical number of chasers were at and were headed, I head east to Wakeeney on I-70. As I progressed eastward I saw towers going up in the direction of Ness City.
At Wakeeney I dove south to Hwy 4 and cut east to Hwy 147 where I sat and patiently observed the storm progress it's way towards me.
It was the only play in the area at the time and for 3 1/2 beautiful hours I watched this monster grow through several stages of storm development. It spit out gorgeous mammatus, numerous mesos and wall clouds. From my vantage point I never did see hail or any tornadoes, although it was reported (99.5 FM in Ellis County, KS) to have had tennis ball size hail and put down a confirmed tornado.
Despite the lack of visual on a tornado, I rather enjoyed this storm, it was a beauty!
I was amazed at the amount of updraft it was pulling into the storm as evidenced by this photo (note the dust being sucked into the front of the storm)
I followed this storm up to Hays, but I didn't want to go further north, so instead I attempted to get to Great Bend to intercept a storm coming out of Larned, KS that had a chaser confirmed tornado on the ground, but I was too late. Got a 2nd chase though when a 2nd tornado formed and was on 56W to intercept and according to my P3yckl radar it should have been breathing right down neck but I didn't see any funnels or any tornado.
Pulled over and got some fun lighting and sunset shots and then headed south to OKC in preparation for Sunday's chase. I'll be chasing with Marcus Diaz, James Siler and Brady Kendrick!
Great Bend at 70th Ave & 56W around 8:40 pm central time
While this was a FUN and AMAZING day for me, and my first serious chase in over 2 years, I am notably disappointed that I didn't get a tornado on this day and it was plenty disheartening to see most of my friends out chasing bagged tornadoes.
But I am to remain optimistic that 5-19-2013 will yield results in the form of a tornado!
I saw this Phased Array Radar Truck while eating my sandwhich
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After topping off my fuel, grabbing a bite to eat and checking radar, forecasts and seeing where the radical number of chasers were at and were headed, I head east to Wakeeney on I-70. As I progressed eastward I saw towers going up in the direction of Ness City.
![964143_192246427595382_988352084_o.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn2%2F964143_192246427595382_988352084_o.jpg&hash=7aac514ccef88d3e35cd77d37f700d9a)
At Wakeeney I dove south to Hwy 4 and cut east to Hwy 147 where I sat and patiently observed the storm progress it's way towards me.
It was the only play in the area at the time and for 3 1/2 beautiful hours I watched this monster grow through several stages of storm development. It spit out gorgeous mammatus, numerous mesos and wall clouds. From my vantage point I never did see hail or any tornadoes, although it was reported (99.5 FM in Ellis County, KS) to have had tennis ball size hail and put down a confirmed tornado.
Despite the lack of visual on a tornado, I rather enjoyed this storm, it was a beauty!
![964788_192246534262038_890764653_o.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn2%2F964788_192246534262038_890764653_o.jpg&hash=38d2ce54aca22ae34f898fcbe4be1107)
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I was amazed at the amount of updraft it was pulling into the storm as evidenced by this photo (note the dust being sucked into the front of the storm)
![976273_192246594262032_1645465914_o.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-frc3%2F976273_192246594262032_1645465914_o.jpg&hash=bfce0c103e77183298b4e1edba9f11a2)
I followed this storm up to Hays, but I didn't want to go further north, so instead I attempted to get to Great Bend to intercept a storm coming out of Larned, KS that had a chaser confirmed tornado on the ground, but I was too late. Got a 2nd chase though when a 2nd tornado formed and was on 56W to intercept and according to my P3yckl radar it should have been breathing right down neck but I didn't see any funnels or any tornado.
Pulled over and got some fun lighting and sunset shots and then headed south to OKC in preparation for Sunday's chase. I'll be chasing with Marcus Diaz, James Siler and Brady Kendrick!
Great Bend at 70th Ave & 56W around 8:40 pm central time
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While this was a FUN and AMAZING day for me, and my first serious chase in over 2 years, I am notably disappointed that I didn't get a tornado on this day and it was plenty disheartening to see most of my friends out chasing bagged tornadoes.
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