{"id":1207,"date":"2010-05-23T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2026-01-15T05:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:06:43","slug":"23-may-2010-northwest-kansas-storm-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2010\/05\/23\/23-may-2010-northwest-kansas-storm-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"23 May 2010 | Northwest Kansas | Storm Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Day 3 in Kansas was a bit of a bust for us. As we drove south through Nebraska, we found ourselves behind the TIV crew as the dryline was beginning to brew in western Kansas\/Eastern Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2010\/05\/23\/23-may-2010-northwest-kansas-storm-chase\/img2010052300_tiv\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052300_TIV.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052300_TIV.jpg 550w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052300_TIV-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we dropped south toward Hoxie, Kansas, cells were beginning to go severe. We noticed a caravan of chasers heading west toward Colby. However, a couple frames of radar convinced me not to head west, but to continue south and then east in hopes of heading off a storm that I thought was turning right. It was a huge mistake. Shortly after that last radar loop, the cell I was watching was consumed by another to its west. From then on all storms that exploded along the dryline raced almost directly north at 40 to 50 mph. By then, I had placed us 75 miles too far to the east. Soooo stupid. Meanwhile spotters were reporting tornadoes along the dryline, screaming northward. I tried to salvage the situation, heading north and west to try and catch something&#8211;anything, but it was too late. By the time we reached the conveyor belt near Atwood, the sun was setting, and it was getting to hazardous to intercept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2010\/05\/23\/23-may-2010-northwest-kansas-storm-chase\/img2010052301_inflowlg\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052301_InflowLG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052301_InflowLG.jpg 800w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052301_InflowLG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052301_InflowLG-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So we hung out on US-36 listening to radio reports and catching radar whenever we could get a connection. As night fell, a couple tornado warned supercells lit up the sky, moving up from south. As the storms crossed north of our road, we had a clear view of their structure as they were almost continuously illuminated by lightning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2010\/05\/23\/23-may-2010-northwest-kansas-storm-chase\/img2010052302_lightninglg\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052302_LightningLG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052302_LightningLG.jpg 800w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052302_LightningLG-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img2010052302_LightningLG-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Schultz Fire - Flagstaff, AZ - June 20, 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3lDMwPm4jOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although we missed out on any tornadoes, I learned some lessons about forecasting storm motion, and being cautious about how much I bet a sizable drive away from the boundary on just a couple frames of radar. And we did get a stunning light show to cap the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/exper\/archive\/events\/100523\/index.html\">SPC Report for May 23, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2010\/05\/23\/23-may-2010-northwest-kansas-storm-chase\/img20100523spc_100523_rpts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20100523spc_100523_rpts.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20100523spc_100523_rpts.png 582w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20100523spc_100523_rpts-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 in Kansas was a bit of a bust for us. As we drove south through Nebraska, we found ourselves behind the TIV crew as the dryline was beginning to brew in western Kansas\/Eastern Colorado. As we dropped south toward Hoxie, Kansas, cells were beginning to go severe. We noticed a caravan of chasers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,50,40,6],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storm-chase","tag-kansas","tag-storm-chasing","tag-storms","tag-supercell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}