TORNADO NUMBER 59 - Bird City, KS

Date: June 29, 2000
Location: 8 miles SSW to 10 miles SSE of Bird City, KS
Time: 1726 to 1745 CDT
Length: 5 miles
Width: 200 yards
Rated: F1
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
STORMDATA: Damage was confined to irrigation equipment and power poles.
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vid cap one - start of tornado
vid cap two
vid cap three
vid cap four - mature tornado
vid cap five - tornado/rainbow - too cool!
vid cap six - small tight circulation inside large amount of dust
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This day couldn't have turned out much better. The supercell/tornado occurred right in the middle of our target area that was about a six hour drive for us....and the show started shortly after our arrival. Lorraine Evans (from England) had been chasing with us for a few weeks and this was the last day she was going to be able to chase. The tornado formed just to our east and then moved straight down the road in front of us.