Though it was not technically a bust as all varieties of severe weather were observed, except a tornado, it was a fun chase throughout the southeastern part of the state as I observed multiple wall clouds and some decent rotation at times. I chased near the town of Fredonia, northeast to Chanute during the day. I called off the chase at 9:00PM despite the tornado warning just to my east in Allen County, because I am not much of a fan in chasing nighttime situations.
At 1:30AM, a severe storm blew through Gardner with 70-75 MPH winds (I measured a gust of 74 MPH on the Kestrel, which is a minimal hurricane). This line of storms packed a punch on the northland of the Kansas City area with some significant damage reported in Gladstone. NWS EAX will be out today performing some storm assessments to see if there was a possible tornado up there.
# posted by VORTEXpursuit.com Storm Chasing @ 5/02/2008 12:06:00 PM
