Dave Fick, Eric Nguyen, Scott Currens, and I got on the Harper/Sumner County storm before it crossed into Kansas from Oklahoma - somewhere northwest of Alva. It was high-based for a long time, but had some incredible structure. Even though we were dejected for awhile as we heard one tornado warning after another on the storm to the south, we figured our storm might eventually get its act together once it hit the better moisture and stronger surface winds closer to I-35.
We were actually very close to the Attica/Anthony tornado as it first developed, and managed to drive up fairly close on the immediate south side as it touched down. As it took off to the north, Dave and I gave chase, eventually finding ourselves on some seriously muddy roads northeast of Attica. This cost Dave and I the Argonia wedge, but Eric and Scott at least got in position to get some great video from fairly close.
Once we made it back on 160, we blasted east, catching sight of the dissipating wedge north of Argonia. Eventually, we ended up stopping to watch the Conway Springs tornado develop and sit in one place against a vivid orange sky. As darkness fell, we made an attempt to get closer on some dirt roads southeast of town, the tornado morphing into a nice cone with a sustained satellite tornado to its east. At one point, a new funnel developed almost overhead (to the southwest of the main tornado), and touched down briefly, giving us three tornadoes on the ground at once (if you want to count satellites as tornadoes). All in all, we probably saw five or six tornadoes total...I wasn't keeping careful count.
But, honestly, seeing this made my chase season:
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It's the PERFECT tornado.
I stashed a few stills
here for the time being.