A serious gamblePosted May22, 2007 at 12:55 AMWe weren't sure we had a bird in the hand with expected severe weather in the Dakotas on Monday, but even if we did, we still would have probably let it go for a whole flock of birds in the bush here in Kansas. By mid-afternoon Monday, our group of 12 storm chasers made a decision to entirely forego chasing in the Dakotas in order to get an early jump on placing ourselves in Kansas for what may be a big severe weather event, with the potential for powerful supercells and tornadoes, today. So Monday became a travel day, and we arrived at Hays, Kansas, late Monday. We'll likely travel a bit more southward toward Dodge City or so today as we set up in the best place where instability, wind shear and moisture will be maximized. This could be a huge storm day ... or a huge bust day. So it is when you follow the whims of weather. NOTE: We seem to be having some trouble getting our location to show on the tracking map. We're unsure what the problem is. Hopefully, this can be corrected later today as we get near more digital repeaters that would pick up our signal. Today's tornado potential from Storm Prediction Center
Audio: Click the play button to hear Dwayne Yancey talk with Kevin Myatt about chasing storms in Kansas. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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