My story
This is another account that ended in disappointment.
I'm just getting into chasing. I don't have a meteorological background and I have much to learn. My family and I set out from Buhler (NE of Hutchinson) about 6:30, heading for the Kingman/Pratt area, armed with a hand-held scanner, mini-DV, and digital camera. We reached Kingman about 7:15 and had heard about the Medicine Lodge tornado. We were north of all the storms and once we got about 10 miles west of Kingman, started hearing about the Sharon tornado on KFDI radio. (KFDI-FM is a great station to listen to when severe weather is in the Wichita area. They also simulcast with KWCH-12, the local CBS affiliate)
We went south toward Zenda. Part way there we noticed a lowering to the SW, which must have been the one S of Pratt. We pulled over and I got some video. The rotation wasn't very intense and it disapated rather quickly so we continued heading south. When we reached Zenda, reports were coming in about the Attica tornado, so we plotted our course for Attica and would be approaching from the NW. Part way there, we hit heavy rain and small hail. We pulled off at an intersection on a curve to decide where to go. When we decided to continue on to Attica, a line of chasers, including a LE vehicle followed us. (This felt a little weird, being such an amateur.)
Once we were due north of Attica, we all turned south and after a few miles began to see several chasers on the side of the road. We stopped too and observed the cloud movement going on around us. After a few minutes we continued south and after a couple of miles we topped a hill and came across numerous vehicles, including what appeared to be a storm-tour group (3 white vans). We got out, did some more filming then continued south again. We hit the north edge of Attica when quarter-size hail began to fall. We followed the lead of others who headed back north. We let about 10 minutes pass and attempted to go south again to catch 160 east. Again, we got pelted with large hail. It was getting dark about this time, and not being comfortable chasing after dark, decided to head back home.
The storms, while not tornadic at that time, were still intense with heavy rain and hail. When we hit Kingman, it really poured and saw some localized flooding at a few intersection on 54 in the town.
While it was the most exciting chase I've been on in my young chasing career, it was disappointing to be so close, but arrive too late to get a good, southerly view of the storms.