Southwest Kansas took on a linear feature the afternoon of Saturday, May 16, 2015. The CU field that formed in western Kansas today looked to have promise and ended up being more of a squall line. The first storm that was tackled was the structure of a shelf cloud that was moving east towards Garden City, Kansas. This storm was shot south looking north.
The second storm that we approached moved into Kansas from the Guymon, Oklahoma area. This had a history of severe thunderstorm warnings. As we were driving east to get ahead of it the storm was moving to fast so we pulled over and sat through the high wind and heavy rain, which took on boarderline white out conditions.
1. Driving shot of the leading edge of the shelf cloud moving towards Garden City, KS shot from Highway 83 heading north.
2. Close up driving shot of leading edge of the shelf cloud moving towards Garden City, KS shot from Highway 83 heading north.
3. Sped up medium static shot of the shelf cloud moving towards Garden City, KS shot from Highway 83 heading north.
4. Close up shot of the bubbling clouds underneath the whales mouth of the shelf cloud
5. Driving shot of the whales mouth and rain in the distance of the severe warned thunderstorm that was approaching Garden City, KS
6. Driving shot heading east on Highway 160 trying to get out ahead of the fast moving thunderstorm
7. Medium shot of the high winds and rain creating almost white out conditions at the intersection of Highways 160 and 54 just east of Plains, Kansas
8. Medium shot of the high winds and rain creating almost white out conditions at the intersection of Highways 160 and 54 just east of Plains, Kansas with a truck towing a trailer driving through the rains
9. Medium shot of the high winds and rain creating almost white out conditions at the intersection of Highways 160 and 54 just east of Plains, Kansas with a truck towing a trailer driving through the rains
10. Close up shot of a truck stopping and turning left onto Highway 160 in heavy wind driven rain with tumble weed blowing through the frame.
11. Medium shot of the wind driven rain on the pavement on Highway 160