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May 4, 2003 Hastings to sw IA

 

I have a thing for playing in the dirt. I just love the blowing stuff. I decided to sit in this outflow se of Hastings. I became worried about losing all visibility and turned around. Dirt was piling in my open window as the wind ripped to the se. To think I just cleaned the dash off with armoral too.

 

 

Here is my view east as I try and get back on the highway.

 

 

Some kind of small tree branch or weed wacking the windshield with no downward movement. I would guess these winds were sustaining themselves around 60 mph. It wasn't that it was insanely strong but that it was picking up everything.

 

 

Further east looking due north.

 

 

I'm now flying north toward Lincoln NE as Ashland(north of Lincoln) is reporting winds over 100mph. Gustnado here. I was heading toward Lincoln as a supercell had formed with a nice hook and was heading ne towards Omaha.

 

 

East of Lincoln looking north.

 

 

The chief met from Channel 6 in Omaha is reporting a tornado under this at this time. The storm looked very nice at this point. The tornado however didn't, from video they showed.

 

 

Huge wide waves in the anvil. The storm wasn't all that great and got even worse as it moved into IA. The chase ended around here, in sw IA somewhere.