Left Minneapolis later then I hoped but was able to catch up to the Wessington Springs or Huron storm (nearest big city) as it moved down towards Mitchell.
The outflow in front of the storm was pretty cool with all the dust but then after some good hail, the storm just died near Mitchell. Did not get to see the tube as I was playing the wrong side of the cell thinking it would be the one lone cell that exploded... After that storm I saw a new cell back north by Watertown and the stuff to the south near Yankton. Picked the stuff to the north since I could follow it all the way home because all the storms looked as if they were not going to produce anything special.
Got up north to Watertown and the stuff I was looking at turned to junk but a new cell was getting together east of Aberdeen so I went for it.
Not long after I went after that it was tornado warned. A little more navigating and trying to find a spot and I was right in front of this dying cell. It did reform and put down a nice wall cloud with the classic box lowering and some wispy stuff that I would not call funnels. It was actually after the cell split then tried to merge with another one that was just starting that it dropped the box. About 15 minutes later it was now junk too the headed home.
The storms were cool but the best part of the chase was being attacked by half breed wolf puppies.
Yes, I said attacked by puppies... As I found the perfect spot to shoot the weak meso, across the road was a pack of puppies with their mom in the front yard. They saw me and came over to check out what I was doing. A few nips to the ankels and it was time to pack up the gear and head home.
A really poor day of chasing compared to what it looked to be forecasted. Just more upset that I missed out on some scuba diving.
On a funny note, Click Here My "Deep Thoughts" About This Year...
Scuba Doug