What a great start to the season this chase was, in fact me and Tyler said this chase was probably better than nearly all of last seasons chases combined!  This chase was also a great example of why not to put all of your confidence into the weather models, they can be wrong.  Nearly all of the weather models had shown that Eastern KS and Oklahoma were going to be nearly void of storms because of a stout capping inversion, this did not end up being the case as weather soundings from Oklahoma City were showing.  We began this chase at around 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon, headed west out of Pittsburg, KS to near Howard, KS where we observed a super cell approaching the Oklahoma/Kansas Border which we decided to attempt to intercept.  This ended up being a great decision and we ended up with some great video and still of a weak tornado forming and coming to the ground north of Grainola, OK right on top of the Oklahoma/Kansas Border.  We kept up with this cell and chased it back toward the home base of Pittsburg, at many times this cell regained a very strong looking couplet but it does not appear it ever produced a tornado again.  The storms began to speed up once we were into the overnight hours and it was impossible to keep up with them.  There ended up being one more tornado warned cell that approached Baxter Springs, KS from the West we were able to intercept but it never produced.  This was a very rewarding chase, and one not that far from home.  I wish all of our chases were this successful!

TOTAL MILES TRAVELED:  400

LEFT HOME: 2:00 PM

ARRIVED HOME: 11:00 PM