We started the day in Kansas City. Our target for the day was in the vicinity between Emporium, KS and Salina. We stopped to watch the towers build to our west. We also downloaded data. It became apparent that the storm to our SW would be in a better environment and in an area of better roads. We drove down to intercept it. Just as we caught up with the base and watched the meso start to get organized, we turned around to follow it. We drove into a strange fog and soon realized that it was a chemical spill from a derailed train. We turned around and got out of there. By that time our storm got away from us. We then targeted the next storm to the south. We turned east on 54 and watched as the storm got very well organized. We watched a very strong meso just north of the road and crossed an area of badly damaged trees where a large tornado had crossed about 7 miles west of Yates Center. We knew that there was a tornado that was wrapped in rain just ahead of us. We were able to get ahead of it and then turn north on a road to Neosho Falls. The tornado became visible and soon we had a nice high contrast view of it. Jim rushed up the road to within 1/3 of a mile south of it as it crossed the road ahead him. His video is incredible!
