Friday, May 30, 2008

May 29....does it again


May 29, 2004 was a fantastic day for Tour 2......May 29, 2008 was great!!!!! We targeted a storm near Kearney, NE. Mike Theiss said he saw a power flash. We pulled over and watched. John said there was a wedge in there, he could see the right edge. With that we broke the record for most tornado chases in one tour. That record was set in 2004 by non- other than tour 2!! Soon the storm began to gust out, so we turned and went south into Kansas. We targeted the "Tail-end Charlie" storm. We drove through Glen Elder, KS to get a better look at the storm. We watched a tornado as it would go up and reform. We drove back though Glen Elder as it became too dark to see. We saw damage and realized the tornado went through the town of Glen Elder. The town had tree and powerline damage. We had to turn around beacuse of power lines across the road. Today all in all was a great day, with the exception of the town getting hit.

1 comment:

Thad said...

Yeah, it WAS another great day! And to have FIVE tornado days in one tour?!?! WOW!!!