Day 6 Pratt, KS

An insane day today. High-tailed it all the way up into E Kansas and picked up a large supercell moving out from Colorado late afternoon. from a distance this thing had super structure with a large backing anvil and downdraft bulges. Up close and personal though it got a bit nasty. On the I50 at Kinsley, east of Dodge City, we got caught in the notch between the cell we were chasing and another developing behind us. With lightning all over the place and suspicious lowerings in abundance we ejected southwards on a gravel road and picked up the I54 west of Pratt, with many other chasers also keeping a wary eye on things. Saw some golf-ball sized hail and one particularly 'exciting' wedge-shaped wall cloud, backlit by lightning. A more leisurely move back east tomorrow (Ben's 40th birthday) to pick up on possible action over towards Arkansas on Saturday.