May 19, 2025    

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After the long chase deep into the night and our brief hotel stay in Hutchinson, Kansas, we were back on the road for our second day of our two-day storm chase.  The Storm Prediction Center once again put out a Moderate Risk with a 15% hatched area for Tornadoes.

After some discussion about whether to play the storms along the Interstate 70 corridor or along the Interstate 44 corridor as the storm system worked its way into Missouri.  We chose the Interstate 44 corridor.  We knew the viewing was better along Interstate 70, but the storm parameters were better in the Moderate risk along Interstate 44.

We worked our way east, and then south as we moved toward Interstate 44.  We stopped in Iola, Kansas, grabbed lunch at the Sonic, and found a Riverside Park to enjoy the sandwich as we watched the radar.  A storm that we had been watching approached with a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. 



As nothing appeared to be close to Tornadic, we followed the storm and drove through the backside of the core to see what size hail it was producing.  There were many 1.00", but there were some 1.25" hailstones.  The rain was so intense with the falling hail, no clear pictures were gotten.

We continued on toward Interstate 44 weaving through some backroads east and south as the storm system just turned into a line of heavy rain.  The rain continued to expand as we hit the Interstate making for a very wet trip home.

After we arrived home, Tornadic storms developed in the counties to the south of St. Louis with several confirmed touchdowns.

Entire Trip Log
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11 Hours  -  515 Miles

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