February 28, 2012 Storm Chase

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Chaser: David Reimer

Video/Photo Summary: While it was evident the highest severe weather threat would be across Missouri and the Southeast United States overnight on February 29, there was potential for this event to begin across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Tornadoes did occur in Kansas and Nebraska, but due to time constraints, I chose to place myself in Northern Oklahoma with the goal of lightning photography. Storms were slow to develop, but finally began forming along a dryline/cold front combination just after 7 PM in Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. With my goal in mind, I placed myself just west of Blackwell, Oklahoma. This was my first real opportunity for severe weather/lightning photos while in a situation where the storms were coming at me. Sadly, my photos aren’t that good since this was my first time to take structure photos. Inflow winds into the storm were close to 50 MPH (measured on my weather station on the chase car) and the Cloud to Ground strikes were few and far between at this point in the storm’s cycle.

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