Cameron Venable, CBM KAKE
@CamVenableKAKE
Weather runs my life. Weekend Meteorologist & Storm Chaser- KAKE | CBM #933 | I post weather & sometimes news information. Tweets are my own.
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: <.75 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Polk, York [NE] till 9:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: &lt;.75 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Polk, York [NE] till 9:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwllrscW8AANS2y.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [damage threat: CONSIDERABLE, wind: 70 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: <.75 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York [NE] till 9:00 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [damage threat: CONSIDERABLE, wind: 70 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: &lt;.75 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York [NE] till 9:00 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlbuIkWcAAX_V0.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 0.75 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Howard, Valley [NE] till 8:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 0.75 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Howard, Valley [NE] till 8:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlYwAQWEAAsuOT.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [damage threat: CONSIDERABLE, wind: 70 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance [NE] till 8:30 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [damage threat: CONSIDERABLE, wind: 70 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance [NE] till 8:30 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlVEwqWMAADFM9.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Howard, Sherman [NE] till 8:00 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Howard, Sherman [NE] till 8:00 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlQcJ5XIAA8zHk.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [damage threat: CONSIDERABLE, wind: 70 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Sherman [NE] till 7:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [damage threat: CONSIDERABLE, wind: 70 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Sherman [NE] till 7:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlMqF4XwAEDjtN.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps, Sherman [NE] till 7:15 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps, Sherman [NE] till 7:15 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlGQevWwAAY99P.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance [NE] till 7:15 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance [NE] till 7:15 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlFngaXAAIxCws.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps [NE] till 6:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps [NE] till 6:45 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gwk-z4QWAAAsWue.png)
GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [tornado: POSSIBLE, wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Valley [NE] till 5:30 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GID issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [tornado: POSSIBLE, wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Valley [NE] till 5:30 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gwkq9gLW4AApTz9.png)
Hanging out where the Smoky Hill river crosses underneath K-4, just NE of Assaria. It’s quite high, strongly flowing & there’s quite a bit of debris in the river. Smoky Hill is the river that’s responsible for flooding near Salina & New Cambria as well as other surrounding areas.

GLD issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Hitchcock, Red Willow [NE] till 4:30 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
![CamVenableKAKE's tweet image. GLD issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning [wind: 60 MPH (RADAR INDICATED), hail: 1.00 IN (RADAR INDICATED)] for Hitchcock, Red Willow [NE] till 4:30 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwkgeFBWMAEtyBL.png)
Finally got around to looking over footage from my July 16th chase. Couple decent bolts but nothing overly impressive. Lightning has really been lacking this year. And of course I missed an incredible lightning storm yesterday...Hopefully I'll see something cool this week.


Big time rains in North Central KAKEland yesterday. Much needed rain but also way too much in a short period of time. Some spots got 4-9" of rain! Sadly most of the heaviest rain fell outside the Cheney watershed.

Still wild to think numerical weather models didn't catch a huge thunderstorm complex (mesoscale convective system) like this one...Some good news, the line of storms is starting to lose steam.

Been off the grid a bit today. Another line of severe storms taking aim at Wichita. Fun fact, numerical models did NOT show any of the action today else I would have been out chasing. Numerical models are at their worst in terms of accuracy. Gotta love Summer time…
