Wichita, Kansas severe storms 5/30/2022 — Bryce Kintigh

Published on May 30, 2022

We started the day in Manhattan, Kansas, with the idea of targeting the Marion, Kansas area. Storms quickly developed around 4 pm, the first near Herington, Kansas. We continued to drop south to Butler County and stopped near Burns for a few minutes of storm monitoring.

The view looking west from Burns, Kansas.

Storm mode was expected to be more Supercellular, but the storms took more of a linear mode fairly quickly.

The skies got dark and storms continued to track northeast. Most storms were heavy rain and wind producers, as we did not encounter any hail.

At sunset, the mammatus created a glorious view.

The sky from Winfield, Kansas as the sun started to set.

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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