On May 25th 2016, a very complex forecast was evident across the Plains
And at 11:29 AM the Storm Prediction Center issued a slight risk over a broad area.
By 2:55pm a slight increase for tomatoes was issued in Kansas
After a mesoscale discussion cited a very unstable atmosphere.
By 5pm, isolated convection was developing at the triple point
and by 5:38pm the first bolts of lightning reached the Earth.
Time is 5:49
Got a State Trooper here going 65 in a 75.
Looks like he got this guy.
Alright we got a funnel cloud in there.
It's not a tornado that i can tell. It's roping out right now
It might have been the final stage of a tomato.
Time is 6:49
(speaking softly) We better get out of here. this road is terrible.
(eerie piano music)
Yep, better get out of here.
The previous day's downpours turned the roads close to the Soloman River into mud
with several sketchy crossings.
I reluctantly left the storm for a paved crossing to the South.
But would later learn colleges in a 4-wheel drive would get stuck gambling on a muddy passage.
There it is, Tornado.
Right when I left it.
Got a pretty shot from here.
(eerie soft piano music)
Epic tornado
Wow
(music stops. Engine revs)
oh... chill.
Need to stop and shoot it now.
There's gotta be a shot around here.
Gotta get out of all these trees.
Awe here we go.
As I drive into the shadow of Death...
I will try not to fear no Evil.
I need a hill...
And we'll be done with it.
and that's my hill right there.
(wind whooshing)
(wind howling)
Beast rain-wrapped tornado...
Obviously.
(birds chirping)
(distant tornado softly roars / birds chirping)
I'm far away from this...
and I can hear it.
Ok, wha'ts my plan...
alright, we're gonna go...
get right on the edge of that Bear's cage...
if possible.
But every road is...
might be a dead end up here. Let's see whats going on.
That's kind of a good shot there...
When it's not being bounced all over hell and back.
(creepy piano music returns)
There it is.
(engine revving / Rocks clacking car)
Oh geez
That's not good.
This burrito smells like death
Oh man... that is...
sick.
(horn honks)
(engine revs)
(rain pelting windshield)
Oh wow look at that
Sweet, we got a break in the rain.
I love when that happens
It could change direction in a second.
(whispering) oh wow
We're gonna go back to that road...
Trees are probably down