The storm chasing community is getting quite excited about the risk of severe weather in the plains starting on Friday. This article on accuweather gives a good summary of what we’re expecting. With the Friday outlook in mind and a slight risk of storms in Nebraska on Thursday our focus on Wednesday was on getting North and out of Texas.

First stop on the way from Abilene was Amarillo and the Big Texan

Cadillac ranch- from a distance, twice is enough for me!

Our stop for the night was Garden City Kansas 4 hours North from Amarillo; by the time we crossed the border into Oklahoma we had covered over 2000 miles in Texas during our first 4 days of chasing!

This sums up the view I had for about 8 hours on Wednesday.

Drive by storm photography.

As we crossed Oklahoma into Kansas we were treated to a handsome little thunderstorm for the last few miles of 500+ mile drive for the day!

Photo credit Vicky Brown

Today’s drive has put us right where we need to be for the next few days and the outlook for storms is good!

It looks like we’ll be heading into Nebraska for Thursday’s chase