Wow, I had successfully forgotten that this day ever occurred, and now I am forced to think about what happened. Or what did not happen. We began in Beatrice, NE, and I elected to target western Illinois. Overall potential looked to be better in the trees and hills of southern Missouri, but I did not want to chase in such a lousy chase area. It looked like there could be some severe weather just east of the Mississippi River around Quincy, as storm cells moved quickly northeast out of MO. We observed a handful of these pathetic and junky thunderstorms in the Liberty and Pittsfield area. Nothing looked particularly organized, much less photogenic. I guess that this is the norm this far east —- the great storm structure one might routinely see on the High Plains is difficult to come by in the Corn Belt. By suppertime we were blasting south towards St. Louis to try to salvage something. A tornado-warned cell was menacing the south side of the city, and we arrived in time to see some lightning after dark. Big whoop. And, when I say “after dark”, I actually mean “after light”, because it was dark out. I took the camera out for this sunset shot.
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