2012-03-02 REPORTS: IN/KY/TN/AL/IL/MO

[Nick Slone]

I, as well, was in the same parking lot as Skip and Simon, I just happened to be down in the field in front of them. Incredible, to say the least, I've never seen anything like this storm. I started targeting the Henryville cell while it was still forming (as the "3" cells before they congealed together) and made it to the parking lot with about 5 mins to spare after a 5 hr drive from near Tiffin, OH. I started to get genuinely worried before we went North into Indiana about the terrain. There's no way we were going to see anything in Kentucky without also being run over by it. Got ran over by the 2nd cell in the line and lost the driver side mirror to hail, couldn't get South fast enough for the 3rd cell, ended up getting cored and missed the hook by 5-10 mins. Called the chase after that. Amazing from the footage standpoint, best I've shot to this point.

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[James Gustina]

Caught one of less-viewed tornadoes near Long Ridge, Kentucky on the second supercell (I think Adam may have seen the same one?). We had originally attempted to catch the first supercell in the line as we dropped down from Cincinnati, but we got delayed by a semi that had gone driving into a ditch on 71 south. We slipped off at Glencoe and let the first storm go. We then drove south on US 127 to get into the cage of the second storm. We had the tornado pass just south of us and do EF2 damage to a barn and a house (thankfully, only minor injuries). Chase was ended as we waited for emergency vehicles to show up: