Thursday, May 12, 2011

Post date: May 12, 2011 12:16:20 PM

0700 CDT: Sorry for the delay with my updates! After we got into Colorado on yesterday's chase, I had some power-related problems and lost my Internet access. Then, after we saw some nice development on a cell north of Burlington, CO (including lots of pea-size to nickel-size hail... and Van 1 getting stuck in the mud), we headed back east. We needed to position ourselves for today's chase, and that looked to be somewhere along the eastern side of Kansas/Oklahoma, so we had to put some miles behind us. We ended up spending the night in Hays, KS, and are up early this morning to continue heading east.

For some pictures from the day, go to THIS LINK.

And here's the SPC graphic for tornado probabilities today:

...and yesterday's travel map:

More updates as time (and Internet connectivity) permits...

0930 CDT: We're heading east out of Hays, KS, bound for the interior regions of Missouri. In the meantime, here's a panorama of a supercell that we tracked yesterday in Colorado.

1230 CDT: Here's the latest update from the SPC...

1330 CDT: We've made it into Missouri now... Heading through Kansas City and then we'll head a little farther southeast. Then we will reassess the conditions.

Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 1530 CDT: So much for our visit to Missouri... Now we're headed for Nebraska!