{"id":11247,"date":"2014-06-01T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=11247"},"modified":"2014-09-12T15:11:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T23:11:20","slug":"june-1-2014-meade-county-ks-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2014\/06\/01\/june-1-2014-meade-county-ks-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"June 1, 2014 Meade County, KS supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The newly oriented Tour 5 group was herded into the vans, and Tempest guides Chuck, Woody, Brian, Justin and I abandoned Oklahoma City midday for southwestern Kansas.\u00a0 By late afternoon we were watching some new high-based storm towers struggle some in the Sublette, KS, area.<\/p>\n

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New storm development eventually drew us eastward into a somewhat moister low-level air mass, and one or two storms started to get a good look to them.\u00a0 These were near Meade, KS, looking northeast.<\/p>\n

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This impressive supercell dumped tennis-ball-sized hail on Fowler.\u00a0 Instead of getting involved with the core of the storm by going east on 160 from Meade, we dropped south and then east on unpaved roads through southern Meade County to keep the nice structure in view.\u00a0 We stopped near the Meade\/Clark county line near sunset and observed a menacing wall cloud to the north and a colorful sky.<\/p>\n

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\"140601_7945_Meade_KS_\"<\/a> \"140601_7957_Meade_KS_\"<\/a> \"140601_7960_Meade_KS_\"<\/a> \"140601_7964_Meade_KS_\"<\/a>\"140601_1690_Meade_KS_\"<\/a> \"140601_1693_Meade_KS_\"<\/a>\"140601_7970_Meade_KS_\"<\/a> \"140601_7972_Meade_KS_\"<\/a> \"140601_7979_Meade_KS_\"<\/a> \"140601_7981_Meade_KS_\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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During this time frame I was a complete nervous wreck.\u00a0 It was game 7 between the Kings and the Black Hawks, conference finals!\u00a0 Both teams were one win away from advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals.\u00a0 I was listening to the game on my iphone, and the Kings were struggling and behind most of the game.\u00a0 We finally tied the game up in the 3rd period, and it went into overtime!\u00a0 I reserved a bunch of rooms in Dodge City and we headed north on U.S. 283 for the night.\u00a0 My phone\/radio connection was intermittent.\u00a0 Maybe I would be able to watch the end of the game in Dodge City!\u00a0 My dumb iphone was quiet for two minutes, and then it came back on.\u00a0 Nick Nixon, the Kings radio announcer, was ecstatic, the Kings had just won the game in overtime!!\u00a0 YES!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Now how about this for coincidence:<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Kings have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals by winning deciding games on three separate days in their team history, which began in 1967.\u00a0 In late May of 1993, the Kings beat Toronto in Game 7 to advance.\u00a0 I was able to watch the end of the game at a motel in Ness City, Kansas, following a chase.\u00a0 Yes, I was screaming and crying tears of joy.\u00a0 In June, 2012, the Kings dispatched Phoenix to advance to the finals.\u00a0 I listened to the last part of the game on my computer from a motel in Wakeeney, KS.\u00a0 And this day, the Kings advanced to the finals while I am headed to Dodge City from Minneola, Kansas.\u00a0 Now, it is not unusual for me to be on the Plains and in chase mode during the last few rounds of the NHL playoffs.\u00a0 But, what are the odds that for each of the ONLY three times the Kings have advanced to the Stanley\u00a0 Cup finals that I, a Kings fan from the beginning, a guy from Los Angeles and still lives there, is in western Kansas, and along U.S. 283??!!<\/p>\n

The answer:\u00a0\u00a0 a zillion to one.<\/p>\n

I suppose the moral of this story is to make certain that I am in Norton or Hill City or Jetmore the next time the Kings need to win a game to go to the Stanley Cup finals.<\/p>\n

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