May 23 Chase

Several Updates will be posted within this post, the posts will be in chronological order with the most recent update being first. The time of the posts will be shown in bold for ease of use (All times are CDT).

12:45 AM Update: Another late update after another amazing day, at least 3 tornadoes (likely more) around the town of Quinter, KS. We began with a nice cone to the south and west of Quinter, which included a satellite tornado. We then captured at least two more tornadoes north of Quinter which included some intense moments with a strong RFD gust that came around and wrap around this tornado. Once this occurred, we were left with a large tornado in front of us in which was at least a mile wide if not greater. Once we managed to get out of that situation, we ended up not having any great road options to other storms to the south and were left with only some nice views of potential RFD's, etc... I'm sure there is plenty of video/pictures of all of those tornadoes that we captured as well. Today's chase facts included a total of 9 hours, 10 minutes of chasing and 269 total miles. Tornado count for the two-day adventure thus far is 7, potentially up to 9 after video review. More to go as at least two more days of chasing is left to go.

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3:15 PM Update: First tornado warning of the day to the south of Gove, KS once again. We are just north and getting ready to turn south to intercept the storm, very large hail is going to be a concern today. But, the bigger concern will undoubtedly be the tornadoes that are likely throughout the I70 corridor. Updates are not likely until we reach the end of the day now...

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12:15 PM Update: Just fueling up in Hays, KS and getting ready to depart and head northwest on I70 back fairly close to where we began the day yesterday. Today once again looks like a high quality chase day, with a dryline draped across western Kansas and a warm front across Kansas from northwest to southeast. The best threat of tornadoes looks to extend across Kansas, specifically northwest and north-central; then also over parts of western Nebraska. Spent the morning getting the car cleaned out after an adventure in mud, rain, etc... (Another story that I didn't mention last night). As for yesterday, if you are interested in some greater detail of what myself and a few others saw you can check out Chris Karstens Blog. That'll be it for this update, time to check out some maps for today and pick out a nice target, and also find some food.