Storm Chase Details
Chase Date: May 25, 2008
Miles Logged: 500
States Chased: NE, KS
Severe Risks: SPC Outlooks
Chase Recap:
Pre-Chase
We woke up on May 25 and looked over the models. There were 2 areas to chase, one of them in Iowa/Wisconsin/Minnesota and the other in Kansas.
Kansas
I wanted to chase Iowa, but John and Clay wanted to chase Kansas. Two vs one, so we headed to Kansas with a target of Hays. We ended up needing to be in Trego County as storms started to fire when we got there. We went south from WaKeeney and intercepted a Tornado Warned cell near Utica, KS. We stayed in that general vicinity for the next couple of hours before heading south towards Dodge City, KS.
South of Ness City, KS we started seeing updrafts and small landspout spinups. We watched storms firing along a boundary for an hour before heading to Dodge City and getting a hotel room for the night. Montana Mike’s steakhouse for dinner and then to bed.
