Thunderstorms developed in western Kansas north of Garden City, KS around 2:00pm and began producing several drill bit and rope tornadoes around 4:00pm.
Excellent work Basehunters. I was traveling west on I-70 on May 27 at around 4pm. I was about half way between Hays and Colby and maybe 25 miles north of Dighton when I saw two funnels that look very, very close to the activity at the beginning of this video. Same shape and distance apart from my viewpoint and they dissipated in about a minute as your video shows. I'm thinking if I saw what you folks video taped it was too far over the horizon for me to see the quick touchdown. It's possible I saw the dissipation but not the reformation and within seconds I was on my way doing about 85 hoping to by pass the major part of the storm which I did. I would love to know the angle you filmed from. Best I can guess, I was looking south or SSW when I saw the funnels. I would appreciate it very much if you could tell me what direction you were facing as you were filming. If it's south or south-southwest I would venture to say that I witnessed the same activity you filmed in the first minute or two of this most excellent video. Thank you for posting it, you guys rock.
Best videos of tornadoes, as usual! Great job guys!
Excellent work Basehunters. I was traveling west on I-70 on May 27 at around 4pm. I was about half way between Hays and Colby and maybe 25 miles north of Dighton when I saw two funnels that look very, very close to the activity at the beginning of this video. Same shape and distance apart from my viewpoint and they dissipated in about a minute as your video shows. I'm thinking if I saw what you folks video taped it was too far over the horizon for me to see the quick touchdown. It's possible I saw the dissipation but not the reformation and within seconds I was on my way doing about 85 hoping to by pass the major part of the storm which I did.
I would love to know the angle you filmed from. Best I can guess, I was looking south or SSW when I saw the funnels. I would appreciate it very much if you could tell me what direction you were facing as you were filming. If it's south or south-southwest I would venture to say that I witnessed the same activity you filmed in the first minute or two of this most excellent video. Thank you for posting it, you guys rock.