Stephen Locke
EF3
1993 revisited
I remember the summer of 1993 starting out
kinda normal weather-wise. By July 1st it was
dryish in my neighbourhood (Kansas City) and I recall
the lawn was even going into summer dormancy do
to heat and low moisture. The night of July 4th we had
a thunderstorm and the rest of the summer went into
the history books.
I have included a small gallery of pictures here. They are not
my all-time favourites but they have historical meaning to me.
They were shot in the northern Flint Hills of Kansas.
The storm in this gallery was the final one prior to the
Corps of Engineers releasing the Tuttle Creek dam flood gates
for the first time in history. The gates were open for 28 days and
resulted in the excavation of the Tuttle Creek Canyon north of
Manhattan, Kansas. Opening the gates on Tuttle Creek had
an enormous effect down stream, eventually contributing to
the Great Flood of 1993 in Kansas City.
Gallery by Stephen Locke; images circa July, 1993
I would invite anyone to contribute to the thread with storm images they
may have from the Summer of 1993. The storms that summer are
well known for the incessant precipitation. I wonder if anyone
shot tornados that summer as well.
I remember the summer of 1993 starting out
kinda normal weather-wise. By July 1st it was
dryish in my neighbourhood (Kansas City) and I recall
the lawn was even going into summer dormancy do
to heat and low moisture. The night of July 4th we had
a thunderstorm and the rest of the summer went into
the history books.
I have included a small gallery of pictures here. They are not
my all-time favourites but they have historical meaning to me.
They were shot in the northern Flint Hills of Kansas.
The storm in this gallery was the final one prior to the
Corps of Engineers releasing the Tuttle Creek dam flood gates
for the first time in history. The gates were open for 28 days and
resulted in the excavation of the Tuttle Creek Canyon north of
Manhattan, Kansas. Opening the gates on Tuttle Creek had
an enormous effect down stream, eventually contributing to
the Great Flood of 1993 in Kansas City.
Gallery by Stephen Locke; images circa July, 1993
I would invite anyone to contribute to the thread with storm images they
may have from the Summer of 1993. The storms that summer are
well known for the incessant precipitation. I wonder if anyone
shot tornados that summer as well.
