6:30 p.m. – 10:24 p.m. CDT (3 hrs 54 min) (MA,DS) 59248-59390 (142 miles)

Shear was good and moisture was returning… but we would end up paying for marginal instability. One of the best parts of this chase is that for the second time this season, we never got more than about 25 or 30 miles from the house. It took most of the day for storms to get their feet under them. We noticed a storm getting organized in Custer County and planned for an intercept in Blaine County. We were having data reception problems for most of the trip there… and by the time the storm came into view, it was looking pretty pathetic. However, another storm to its south was quite severe and moving straight for us. We shifted south to Greenfield to let this left-moving supercell slide by us, and then fell in behind it to collect some hail. We found 2.19 inch hail about three miles south of Watonga. We crossed the hail swath again just east of Watonga and then watched as the storm moved quickly to our northeast with some sunset backlight on it. Other storms gave us a few lightning opportunities between Calumet and Geary… then we called it a day driving back through El Reno to Okarche.