Where: Initially
Western Iowa/Eastern Nebraska - wound up in SE KS/NE OK.
Mileage: 1,460
round trip
Route traveled: I 55 S to I 80 W to I 35 S to US 75 S, to US 166 W, back
to 166 E, to
US 69 S, to I 44 W, to I 55 N.
Hours: 28 1/2
Arrival: 800 AM - November 6th.
Summary:
Left Chicago at 3:30 AM on chase day for hopes of hitting Western Iowa
by 10 AM to set up and adjust where necessary. Ended up in southeast
Kansas chasing tornado warned supercells that failed to produce. After
bailing at 7 PM for home, we arrived at 8 AM the next morning.
Rainbow from the
early morning elevated convection on westbound I-80 in Iowa
.
The beautiful Kansas
prairie of Fredonia, Kansas... lol
Initial view of the first warned cell just west of Sedan, KS
.
Wall cloud partially
visible tucked behind the core crossing 166
.
Dick Mc Gowan, Darin
Brunin, and gang down the road from us taking in the events, before
Darin was mauled by outflow lol
RFD hitting us as 1st
storm wall cloud passes to our north.
Outflow winds blowing
in my face, whales mouth, yet a tornado warning is issued and a
lowering appears to the SSW heading towards us
Tornado warned area
of the storm passing with-in a mile of us. No rotation noted.
Tornado warned
portion of storm passing very near. Notice a lot of turbulence but zero
rotation
On the ride home the
next morning were treated to a beautiful sun-rise
November 5th, 2008 - Sedan, KS
