Arrived Pittsburg, Kansas: 8:15 P.M. (Next Day)
Total Hours On Road: 6 Hours 33 Minutes
Total Miles Traveled: 240 Miles
2007 Mazda 3 Red 4 Door Passenger Car
Tornadoes: 00
Funnel Clouds: 00
Wall Clouds: 01
Hail: No
Flooding: No
Today started with the Storm Prediction Center putting out a "Slight Risk" of severe thunderstorms for Southeast Kansas and quite a bit of the Central Plains. I decided that I was going to stay close to home today, and it paid off.
After I hung out in the area of the Parsons Tri-City Airport, storms started firing in the early afternoon. I was treated with a severe thunderstorm west of Buffalo, Kansas that had a short-live wall cloud and some upper level rotation with it.
The wall cloud did not last very long though, as I stayed with this storm until it started being outflow dominant to the south of Yates Center, Kansas.I drove back south on Highway 75, and I waited for the next storm to move my direction. By this time, storms were developing all around me. Radar was showing that quite a few storms over Southeast Kansas were producing large hail. I sat two miles north of Buffalo, Kansas, where I experienced some nickel sized hail from my second severe storm of the day. Later on in the afternoon, I experienced more nickel sized hail south of La Harpe, Kansas, in another severe thunderstorm.
This local chase was fun for the simple fact that I was in my own chase territory, and I was familiar with the area. I also enjoyed playing more of a storm spotter role, and letting the National Weather Service know what was occurring with these mainly large hail producing severe thunderstorms. It was great getting out and experiencing some of the "power" generated by severe thunderstorms like these.
Russel Parsons
Pittsburg, Kansas
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