![](McWar_and_Steve_sm.gif) Steve Chambers returns from McWAR, our mobile lab. |
![](Meeting_of_minds_sm.jpg) Nancy Bose and Dave Ott discuss plans during a short roadside break. |
![](John_and_McWar_sm.jpg) Late one afternoon, John Bender reflects on the vastness of the plains. |
![](reaction_to_okc_sm.gif) Markus Binapfl stares in disbelief and awe at damage from the 5/3 tornado outbreak in OKC. |
![](Long_may_she_wave_sm.jpg) An American flag waves proudly over the wreckage left by the 5/3 OKC tornado outbreak. |
![](mesoChasers_sm.gif) The freedom of the Great Plains offers many afternoons of casual conversion and eager waiting. |
![](train_station_sm.gif) 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. |
![](supercows_sm.gif) A developing supercell near Medicine Lodge, KS. |
![](Night_Meso3_sm.gif) A supercell near Coldwater, KS lights itself up from the inside. |
![](Night_storm2_sm.gif) The light show improves as the storm becomes more intense. |
![](Night_storm1_sm.gif) Three of our members stand respectfully in front of the approaching storm. |
![](Night_MesoL1_sm.gif) Moonlit thunderstorm (with lightning) near Coldwater, KS. |
![](standing_in_field_sm.gif) Ken Meehan observes an approaching supercell. |
![](infield_sm.gif) Two of our vehicles stop in a field near Coldwater, KS to observe a rain/hail shaft. |
![](darksky_sm.gif) An ominous sky to the west late one afternoon in south-central Kansas. |
![](tornado_sm.gif) One of many small tornadoes that formed on 5/31 near Coldwater, KS |
![](Twister_sm.gif) One of the more powerful tornadoes near Coldwater, KS on 5/31. |
![](Roll_cloud_sm.gif) A distant thunderstorm darkens the western sky. |
![](mammatus_sm.gif) Mammatus under a developing thunderstorm near Guymon, OK. |
![](Double_Rainbow_sm.jpg) A section of a double 180 degree rainbow near Guymon, OK on 6/2. |
![](sunset_sm.gif) Sunset near Guymon, OK on 6/2. |