John MacKay
EF2
I had trouble once in between Ark City and Newkirk back in 2002 when trying to turn around after seeing the muddy road wasn't such a good idea. It reminded me to quit driving dirt road.
The other time I tried a gravel road was east of Mulvane leaving my aunt and uncle's place (5 miles E of Mulvane). They weren't home, but saw the first tornado as I got back to the car. Could not go north (I wanted to get back home to see a radar) because I would have been close to getting cored. I decided to go east on a gravel road about a mile until the previous storms moisture made the road uncomfortable, more in the rut sense than the slippery sense. If I hadn't turned back, I would have missed some of the most destructive tornado's duration (the tornado known as the Mulvane tornado). I ended up going south on an asphalt road out of the storm's path and watched the whole duration of that tornado.
Sometimes it works out.
The other time I tried a gravel road was east of Mulvane leaving my aunt and uncle's place (5 miles E of Mulvane). They weren't home, but saw the first tornado as I got back to the car. Could not go north (I wanted to get back home to see a radar) because I would have been close to getting cored. I decided to go east on a gravel road about a mile until the previous storms moisture made the road uncomfortable, more in the rut sense than the slippery sense. If I hadn't turned back, I would have missed some of the most destructive tornado's duration (the tornado known as the Mulvane tornado). I ended up going south on an asphalt road out of the storm's path and watched the whole duration of that tornado.
Sometimes it works out.
