May 23, 2010 Leoti, KS
Chased with Katie Burtis, Scott Blair, and Amos Magliocco today. Began the day in O’neille, NE and made the long trip with Amos to Garden City, KS. We arrived there by mid afternoon to observe healthy cu development across far southwest KS. A few storms soon developed, and we followed the initial cell up to near Dighton, KS before poor road options left us heading back west. We decided to abandon the northern storms and focus on a new storm developing to our southwest. We intercepted this new storm along Hwy. 25 north of Leoti, KS. The initial appearance showed a nice lowering beneath a well defined meso. Soon, a RFD cut into the low level circulation, tightening the evident rotation. The storm soon lost its organization and we called it a day, heading back to Colby for the night.
