Severe storms Southeast Kansas 5/12/2023 — Bryce Kintigh

Published on May 12, 2023

A game-time decision whether to chase or not to chase – we opted to head east from Wichita and watch storms developing in the Kansas Flint Hills.

Severe storm near Climax, Kansas. @NWSWichita #kswx

Storms were initially very high-based, producing mainly small hail and heavy rains.

Severe storm looking east from Eureka, Kansas.

We eventually got east of the storm to monitor for low-level rotation.

Severe storm with rotation near Fall River, Kansas. Live stream is up at live.highwaysandhailstones.com #kswx

The timelapse video shows just how much mid-level rotation this storm had. Rotation was evident on radar, but was missing a little extra spin to get anything down to the surface.

Timelapse of a severe storm near Severy, Kansas.

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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