Steve Chambers returns from McWAR, our mobile lab. |
Nancy Bose and Dave Ott discuss plans during a short roadside break. |
Late one afternoon, John Bender reflects on the vastness of the plains. |
Markus Binapfl stares in disbelief and awe at damage from the 5/3 tornado outbreak in OKC. |
An American flag waves proudly over the wreckage left by the 5/3 OKC tornado outbreak. |
The freedom of the Great Plains offers many afternoons of casual conversion and eager waiting. |
Forecasting is critical at all stages of the chase. A valued phone line (for a modem connection) was found in a train station in rural Kansas. |
A developing supercell near Medicine Lodge, KS. |
A supercell near Coldwater, KS lights itself up from the inside. |
The light show improves as the storm becomes more intense. |
Three of our members stand respectfully in front of the approaching storm. |
Moonlit thunderstorm (with lightning) near Coldwater, KS. |
Ken Meehan observes an approaching supercell. |
Two of our vehicles stop in a field near Coldwater, KS to observe a rain/hail shaft. |
An ominous sky to the west late one afternoon in south-central Kansas. |
One of many small tornadoes that formed on 5/31 near Coldwater, KS |
One of the more powerful tornadoes near Coldwater, KS on 5/31. |
A distant thunderstorm darkens the western sky. |
Mammatus under a developing thunderstorm near Guymon, OK. |
A section of a double 180 degree rainbow near Guymon, OK on 6/2. |
Sunset near Guymon, OK on 6/2. |