Kechi Day Fireworks

Happy 127th Birthday Kechi, Kansas.  This was another awesome show put on by Krehbiel Fireworks who operate the tent at 61st and Woodlawn.

Storms 05/08/2013 finally . . .

This seasons been quiet.  Eerily quiet.  Maybe not Eerily, more like boringly on the weather front.  Usually this would be the height of the storm chase season and this was my 3rd chase in a lame storm season.  Storms didn't seem to have much punch to them and the primary threat from the first round was 1/4" hail, with a couple interesting SCUDS floating around.  

Greenwich and 96th

Hail coming in on the right.

 Then as this storm passed to the north of Wichita.  I Another system came in from the west. This storm brought about 50 mph but not much more.

Lightning was fairly close, so I didn't use the tripod.  Notice the tiny bolt of lightning on the right.

With the large shelf cloud moving in quickly, I finally grabbed the tripod and took a quick panoramic before the winds hit.  Late April and Early May usually brings the strong storms, afterwards we have the lazy summer squall lines.

06/09/11 chase now with video

Video shot during wall cloud observation.

Frozen Fog 1/12/2010

Luckily, it wasn't slick.

The frost stayed until around 2pm when the sun finally came out.

Pictures after storm 6/7/09

I always find it interesting when my little town is mentioned. We're a little suburb on the highway, but twice this year I've heard the town's name called out for severe weather. I wished this came out a little better, in the clearing was blue sky with some great clouds building but I couldn't get it to come out in this.

Sounds like we're under Severe Thunderstorm Warning #3. More later . . .

Storms 6/7/09

Picture taken from the home base before the storm hit.