Today was the first full chase day with tour#1. We had high hopes and they verified!
Today's target was around the Springfield, MO area. We headed up I44 and made a gas stop in Sapulpa. We checked data and decided the best area would be north towards Bartlesville. We went north and a cell formed to our west. We continued north then east to Coffeyville. We stopped there to watch the towers build to our west. We checked data and decided to go further north to get in position for when the storms really got their act together. We watched the wall cloud form SW of Parsons and kept up with it. NE of McCune, we spotted a large tornado. It became very clear and violent as it passed to our north. We continued to keep up with it as it became rain wrapped then reemerged looking as good as ever each time. West of Liberal, MO we saw another tornado form just to our north as the first tornado moved off on the horizon to our east. As we headed north towards the tornado, the RFD blew debris right across the road in front of us. A round trampoline flew up and into the powerlines then crashed to the ground next to the vehicle on the right. The second tornado roped out and dissipated in a few minutes. The storm out ran us. We gassed up in Lamar and tried to catch the storm south of Springfield, but could catch up to it. I got some of my best video ever on this chase.
