This was one of the busiest years for storm chasing, and comes remarkably close to the 2004 season in terms of tornado frequency. The storms were also, concomitantly, some of the less overall photogenic I've seen, but were experientially amazing and occasionally completely unfamiliar to me (I've never witnessed a more long-tracked, violent, tornado for example, as the one that struck Trego County (Quinter), KS, on May 23, 2008). The 2008 season was also the deadliest I've chased with multiple fatalities occuring across long stretches of the MidWest sometimes including storms I, myself, had been on (such as the May 23, 2008, tornadic storms that ripped through central Kansas obtaining an EF4 rating (highly destructive). A reasonable summary of those events is available on Wikipedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2008_Plains_tornado_outbreak. The year is also unique in that this was the first time I chased along a major interstate, repeatedly, often during concomitant days...Mile markers 100-120 on I-70 in KS (near the town of Quinter, KS) were the sites of multiple different storms seen in these accounts. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PAGES OF PICTURES--BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE "NEXT PAGE" LINK TO SEE THEM ALL.
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Tornado along I-70 in Sheridan Cty, KS on 5/22/2008. This tornado formed in a very narrow area between several different cells and rain in all directions. I consider this shot a miracle in many ways: yet, I couldn't imagine a better picture. The storm was zipping fast northward at over 50mph and therefore we couldn't continue the chase much beyond this. Truly amazing.
Tornado along I-70 in Sheridan Cty, KS on 5/22/2008. This tornado formed in a very narrow area between several different cells and rain in all directions. I consider this shot a miracle in many ways: yet, I couldn't imagine a better picture. The storm was zipping fast northward at over 50mph and therefore we couldn't continue the chase much beyond this. Truly amazing.
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