The OCTANE cloud top divergence product offered situational awareness in the development of a severe thunderstorm north of Kansas City. While the pink and purple values in the cloud top divergence increased, radar data at the base tilts showed little signal of intensification. There were signs of intensification aloft on the KEAX radar, but the OCTANE product allowed for a more easily available signal of growth aloft if the forecaster wasn’t moving through the radar tilts at the time. About 10 minutes after the first image below, a warning was issued as the storm aloft fully matured.