Small hail and shelf cloud, Olathe , KS

It's been 3 in a row of at least slight threatening weather for someplace in Kansas or nearby. Since I teach, I can't run off and have to hope things will wait until later. But the weather is cooperates or not.
On Wed 4/23/2008, school ended and I heard the heavy rain. I went to a window and saw it was hailing. The first hailstones I could see of the 2008 Spring!
I ran out to my car, got my Canon camera and started shooting and examining hail size. Most were very small pea sized but a few were a little bigger. (Later I heard there was bigger sized ones in Independence , MO). The hail pretty much melted away in 10 minutes.
Riding around Olathe and then Overland Park,KS I could see the tops of a shelf cloud (that could be seen by other chasers near Ottawa further west) . But things were pretty much over. Since the weather was not that threatening anymore and subsiding I just went to workout.
Here are some hail shots.

Severe Weather Symposium Lawrence, KS (2/23/08) was great!

The Symposium was well attended and the presentations and the panel were superb.

The line up included



Jennifer Stark (Storm based warning system)
Jon Davies (Greensburg tornado photos and setup of the day)- nice booklet he has authored called Storm Chasers ! on the trail of Twisters - very visual and comprehensive = congrats Jon (see pic with Shawna)
Chris Novy (multifaceted presentation on "careful when you chase" with lots of multimedia)
Mike Umscheid ( great information about Greensburg tornado etc)
Round table (Bryan Busby, rest of people above etc)- see pic

Great visuals, great information, informative, insightful