May 18th Harper, Sumner and Sedgwick Counties of Kansas

Killing time in Oklahoma with Joel Lampe, Theresa Caspers, and Miah Johnson.

Initiation near Anthony, KS

Starts to look better with a well defined base and small hail starting to fall.  Weak shear.

Storm begins to thicken.  Doesn't look like much on the WXWorks though.

Sun setting under the base on the outskirts of Wichita, KS.

Small but persistent wall cloud entering the west side of Wichita.

Action area continues to exhibit strong rising motion but too far to see if rotating.

Horrible contrast.  Still shows strong rising motion as it sucks scud in.

Continues to show motion as it enters the city of Wichita, KS.

Low base with evident vault area passes just to the west.

Base with updraft area and rising scud at the zoo in Wichita, KS.

One last look at the base before we dump the storm due to the metro area.

A stormy night in Kansas.

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