JUNE 24, 2021 KANSAS: TORNADO WARNED STORM BUST AND STUCK IN THE MUD
First storm of the day developing near Marysville, Kansas as a tornado watch was being issued.
Wall cloud forming on the storm as we were looking north on Hwy 36 just west of Marysville, Kansas. Storm exhibiting some nice structure here with the spiraled bands above the low level mesocyclone.
Another shot of the wall cloud quickly becoming more mature as we continued to watch stationary at our position for the moment.
We started racing north to intercept the storm and get closer to the action area at this point to the north of Marysville.
And soon after we got stuck on a blackjack clay road north of Home, Kansas. This is Melanie Metz whom I was chasing with this day trying to clean out some of the mud from around the tires. We were stuck here for over an hour as I had to help push the vehicle a mile back up the road very slowly without going into the ditch. This was the worst I’ve ever been stuck chasing and it ended our day! Very frustrating but storms that kept moving further east really did not do much so we didn’t miss much. We could not drive the vehicle over 30 mph so were forced to drive back to Marysville and luckily found a self service car wash where we spent 3 separate instances spraying out the entire underside of the vehicle, around the tires and inside the wheel wells. Then spent the night in Marysville and chased the next day.
