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Saturday, 12 June 2004 |
| June 12 2004 |
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Multiple tornadoes in S Kansas
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Myself, Kristal Kissinger, Al Williams (from the UK), and Grant Johnson met up with Steve Miller and Steve Bluford on hwy 412 at hwy 18 in Oklahoma, then caravanned to Wichita. Followed shortly by Dan Robinson, Pete and Tammy McConnell, and Andy Fabel. Two of Steve M's friends showed up, Mike Lewis and Sean O'Connor. We sat W of Wichita briefly eyeing the storm to our N near Hutchinson. Briefly. The best ingredients were between Wichita and Hwy 412 in N Oklahoma, so, we broke S, being about 30 miles from each storm. Once again, we chose wisely.
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| The storm actually looked to be dying out SW of Conway Springs, Kansas, as the best moisture was just E of I-35. As we crossed I-35, literally three miles E, the storm produced the first tornado. |
| This entire chase is available on our DVD! |
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| First tornado touches down about 3 miles E of I-35, just N of E 110th Ave N and between Hillside Rd and Oliver Rd. No visible condensation to the ground, but we saw the occasional piece of trees lift up, so contact was made. |
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| Nice wrapped up wall cloud and tornado. Thankfully it is a weak tornado. |
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| 2nd tornado on the ground, about 1 mile N of hwy 55, E of Udall, Ks. Images below are same tornado. |
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| Al Williams, Kristal Kissinger, and Grant Johnson watch the cone tornado about 2 miles to our north. Poor road options and lots of trees made us decide to not get as close as we have on past chases this year. |
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| Tornado begins to condense down to the ground now. |
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| Sunlight hits the tornado as it is now very much on the ground. A few homes are in the path now. |
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| Debris is visible as homes are being hit. This tornado gets an F3 rating due to damage to these homes. |
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| Tornado begins to rope out now. Video of this entire tornado. |
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| Several miles E of the previous tornado, to the W of Rock, Kansas, the storm cycles again and produces a wall cloud and our third tornado of the day. This tornado moved to the W, was rated F0, as no damage was observed by NWS surveys. |
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| Third tornado begins to rope out now. Video of this entire tornado |
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| Below are a few video captures of the incredible lightning display during the 2nd tornado, and also before the tornadoes began. |
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