May 19, 2011
Target: Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Prestorm landscape across southwest Kansas
The first storms of the day were short-lived and produced wet downbursts with 60 to 70 mph winds.
Distant towering cumulus clouds are seen from a wheat field near Jetmore, Kansas.
Mammatus clouds associated with a strong thunderstorm near Jetmore, Kansas. The storms on this day, although strong, were short-lived.
The first storms of the day were short-lived and produced wet downbursts with 60 to 70 mph winds.
HailSTONE project awaiting large hail near Coldwater, Kansas. Photo by Scott Currens