Storm chase: Day 3

I'm a bit too worn out to write a long blog tonight (even though I most definitely could after nearly 5 hours of nonstop storm chasing).  

We wondered across far western Nebraska as cumulus clouds started popping to our west.  We ended up on some roads (more like trails) that definitely gave us the "out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere" feeling.

Yup, just us and the cows!

After filling up with gas in Torrington, we noticed a cell popping to our west that quickly went severe warned.  

We quickly made the decision we'd head that way since there didn't seem to be much going on farther south.  It strengthened pretty quick and soon had a bit of a hook on it. 

We were able to get into position and snap some shots of our first of many wall rotating wall clouds descend from the sky.

Below is a picture of the first cell wall cloud...

And another....

Another cell started forming off to the southwest of this one and we were forced to make a decision which one to go after... We opted for the most southern one since we figured the inflow would remain healthier on it.  

Once we were in position, we once again got amazing pictures of a rotating wall cloud.

At one point, we noticed lots of dust and dirt being picked up from the ground underneath it.  With it's position under the rotating wall cloud, it was possibly the beginning stages of a very weak tornado...some other chasers reported the same thing, but tough to tell with just how quickly it happened.

The spin up quickly resided but the wall cloud continued to impress.  At a few points it seemed as if it was trying to lower again and produce a funnel.

We played cat and mouse with this cell as it dived southeast...multiple times showing a lowered base before it would rise again. 

Towards late evening, the cell fell apart and we decided to call it quits and head to our hotel in silver, Colorado.. We will be within a couple hours driving distance of our chase zone in northern Colorado/southern Wyoming tomorrow.  Overall a nice day! -Hans