With what soon became a tornadic supercell located over an hour to our north, moving away, and our storms further down the dryline in a phase of heaving severe downdraft winds well before themselves, it was a decidedly disappointing chase day. Still, this ranks as one of the fiercest outflow-dust events I’ve experienced, barely able to stand to shoot, interesting in its own right when subtracting the rest of the day’s events from thought. While not something I’d drive 225 miles to south of Protection, KS, to experience on its own merit, I was here, and it was what it was. My camera, clothes and hair needed dutiful cleaning after this episode.
8 WSW Buttermilk KS (18 May 13) Looking E
37.062, -99.4692Outflow Dust Blast
With what soon became a tornadic supercell located over an hour to our north, moving away, and our storms further down the dryline in a phase of heaving severe downdraft winds well before themselves, it was a decidedly disappointing chase day. Still, this ranks as one of the fiercest outflow-dust events I’ve experienced, barely able to stand to shoot, interesting in its own right when subtracting the rest of the day’s events from thought. While not something I’d drive 225 miles to south of Protection, KS, to experience on its own merit, I was here, and it was what it was. My camera, clothes and hair needed dutiful cleaning after this episode.
8 WSW Buttermilk KS (18 May 13) Looking E
37.062, -99.4692