May 19: Central Kansas Storm
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Hot, humid day in central Kansas with a warm front moving slowly north to near I-70.
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Storm towers form south of Russell.
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Elongated HP Supercell over Wilson Lake.
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Storm becomes an outflow-dominated mess as it moves east along the warm front, bringing flooding rains to the Lincoln, Kansas area.
May 20: Southern Kansas Thunderstorms
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Marginal conditions today, but still enough for a scenic storm southwest of Greensburg, Kansas.
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Storm tourists enjoy close-up view of the slow-moving cell.
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I let the storm get ahead of me so I can take a scenic drive through the Gypsum Hills.
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Storm over newly rebuilt Greensburg.
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Rich cattle-raising land of southern Kansas.
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Perfect spring day in rural Kansas.
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Well-maintained dirt road takes me behind the slow-moving line of convection.
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In the scenic Gypsum Hills region of southern Kansas.
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Looking north after crossing under the wind-shift line.
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View to the north from Barber Lake, adjacent to Medicine Lodge. Storm is over Pratt.
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Storm shows signs of weak rotation as it drops quarter-size hail.
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Near dusk.
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Another classic Great Plains scene.
May 23: Southwest Oklahoma Supercell
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Storms fire up on the dryline in western Oklahoma on a hot, humid day.
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I intercept a developing storm south of Cordell.
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LP-type structure with large hail a growing threat. I drive south through widely-scattered golfball-size hailstones falling on the highway and surrounding fields. Nothing hits me, and I'm almost clear of the hail, when a stray tennis-ball stone takes out my sunroof.
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After calling off the chase to cover the hole and make plans for a replacement the next morning, I get a pretty view of the backside of a storm.