 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. |