June 30, 1999

Date: 6/30/99
Parthers: Tim Love(driver), myself, Rachel Carlson and April Strout.
Miles: about 534
Summary: We hoped things would pan out nicely again up north, but it didn't quite work out this time.
The Chase: Well we only had so much good luck for late June in the southern plains. We headed NW on highway 3 again. We stopped in Woodward for a radar check, and saw storms up NNW, SE of Goodland, KS, which was too far away to go. We decided to hear north to Sitka, KS, and hope the cells would hold together since thewy were moving fairly quickly. We were under a tornado watch, and saw an anvil. We followed under the anvil, and only found it had lost its updraft. Quickly we realized this wasn;t going to work out, so we returned home to Norman. We stopped at a fireworks stand just SE of Woodward since Rachel and April had never been to one before. The ramaining highlight of the chase was a comment by April. In reference to a freshman who had a crush on her when she was a junior or senior in high school, "I figured he thought the world of me, so I couldn't say no." Oh my, Tim just about drove off the road laughing so hard. I had tears pouring down my face for a while after that one. Great comic relief after a long busted chase.

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