May 18, 2019 Carmen, Oklahoma — Bryce Kintigh

Published on May 18, 2019

The Forever Chasing team had little expectations for this chase day, but we figured since it was a Saturday in May, we should probably go watch the skies.

We left Wichita around 1:30 pm with the Alva, Oklahoma area as a target. As we approached Alva, we could see billowing cumulonimbus clouds just west of our location.

The Storm Prediction Center’s Day 1 Outlook for May 18, 2019.

Storms developed quite quickly. Hail was the primary hazard associated with them, but they created such a dynamic landscape.

A photo taken just east of Carmen, Oklahoma on May 18, 2019.

The sky became this dark, menacing, blue/gray/green mess as the storm continued to churn northeast. The highway near the storm was lined with chasers enjoying the particularly beautiful scenery.

A severe storm producing large hail and heavy rain near Carmen, Oklahoma on May 19, 2019

We had a great time, took many photos and had the opportunity to chat with fellow chasers that we hadn’t seen since last year.

Bryce Kintigh

Bryce has been chasing storms since 2003. Growing up on a farm in North Central Kansas, weather has always played a big role in his life. In 2018, Bryce finished his Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. His favorite weather memory would have to be seeing a large wedge tornado with a satellite tornado in 2007. When Bryce isn’t on the road chasing storms, he enjoys spending time with friends, cheering on the Kansas State Wildcats, and traveling. He hopes to visit every National Weather Service radar site in the nation, visiting over 135 thus far. Bryce is often heard on KAKE-TV, tracking storms all across Kansas and the Midwest.

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