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Mon, June 5, 2006
NW Kansas/East Colorado
1630z SPC Outlook: MODERATE
Chase Partners
None
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Chase Miles: 690
Career Miles:
Storm Intercepts: 2
Tornado Count: 0
Largest Hail: None
Flooding: None
Other Chaser Reports
None
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A very scenic chase trip which brought me back to Colorado! |
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This was kind of my half-assed attempt at chasing. The day before, I had driven all the way out to Topeka, Kansas to retrieve my van after getting her transmission rebuilt. I was to return home on this day and fortunately there was a moderate risk for severe weather along my route home. I left Topeka for Hays where I headed north into extreme Southern Nebraska where I attemped to intercept some storms that were forming ahead of the main line. None of those storms survived and I turned my attention to the tornado-warned storm coming out of Sterling. At this point, I had admitted defeat as I knew I had two hours before I could make that storm. None-the-less, I hurried south to I-70 in Colby and blasted west to the CO/KS border where I caught up with the weakening storm. By then, the main show was over, so I settled with some scenic shots before continuing west for home.
What SPC was forecasting to be sitting between me in Topeka and getting home to Denver; this graphic issued as their second Day 2 the day before the event.
Sitting at a great, shadey wifi spot at a cheapo hotel in Phillipsburg, Kansas with my recently reaquired van and its new transmission.
The storms near McCook went up and quickly weakened. I abandoned the hopes up there in favor of making an intercept on the way home.
One of several daytime lightning shots I nabbed from the side of I-70 just inside the Colorado state line.
 
A couple more daytime shots from I-70. These were shot on 2 second exposures to give you an idea of the luck involved.
Mammatus at sunset.
More incredible mammatus!
The view through my windshield as I headed west back home.
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