I had a great chase in E Kansas yesterday in and around Ottawa. I left home at around 4pm heading for a few cells developing south of a grungy MCS along the warm front near I70. I blasted west on US56 and could see the base of a developing tail-end charlie cell near Lyndon, KS. I shot south on US59 and found a county road to go west again towards Centropolis. I found a great dirt road to pull off and watch the developing supercell to my SW. I quickly had to reposition S and E as the storm began to make a right turn. YES! The storm quickly began to obtain some nice structure and I repositioned to a paved road N of Ottawa. I found another good road to pull off on as I watched the cell produce a nice funnel that I was a bit reluctant to say was a funnel until the SN report came out. Chaser Scott Bell then showed up and we talked for a bit. Good meeting you! Just as the storm was about to go bonkers it began going back to the NE and became engulfed in the squall line. I decided to take some pics of the squall as it entered Ottawa and it was the prettiest shelf I've seen in a while. I then began to regroup and look at a new bow echo off to my west. The NWS warning text mentioned winds in excess of 80MPH so I wanted to be in that. I positioned myself on KS68 east of Pamona and got cored by the bow. I got winds maybe around 60MPH, it rocked the car a bit and wobbled the powerlines around me and I was able to get some nice stock video. I was also hoping for some large hail but all I could get was hail to maybe dime. After that I went back to Ottawa for some KFC and then I made my way back home being treated to a decent lightning show! A great local chase day for sure!
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