2024--day 7

A semi-early start from Woodward, OK, as we aim for Nebraska, some six hours away.  Along the way we ran into some morning thunderstorms with beautiful CG lightning, and some cool asperatus clouds in Wright and Jetmore, Kansas. 

Quite an exciting day, after all.  After getting to Broken Bow, Nebraska, we didn't have to wait very long for a supercell to develop.  We were able to stay with it (and it with us, on occasion) for quite some time, moving southeast through the state.  It was one of the most picturesque storms I've ever seen.  Honestly, it's hard for me to fathom that this was an HP supercell.  It was tornado-warned at one point, but I don't think it ever produced an actual tornado.  At least one of the videos will show how it rotated.

After we decided that between the waning daylight and the general ugliness of the thunderstorms we were basically surrounded by, we headed east and north towards York, Nebraska.  One cell basically developed right over us and converged with others to make for tropical rainfall that plagued us for pretty much the entire slog to York.  It was coupled with some of the most electric displays of lightning we'd seen since Sunday.  The video doesn't do it justice.

The rain finally and thankfully let up in York in time to be snubbed by a McDonald's that was apparently uninterested in our patronage.  

Tally for the day: 508 miles in three states.  All in all, the best chase day that didn't include a tornado. It was the meteorological equivalent of reading Playboy for the articles.