Tri-State Tornado Day – June 29, 1999

Odd day.  I started in Dodge City and worked my way southwestward as convection started to bubble across far Southeast Colorado.  I was near Rolla, Kansas when a tornado became visible to the distant west.  My first guess was about 15 miles away.  I called the National Weather Service in Dodge City and was surprised to hear that the tornado was actually in Colorado over 30 miles away from me!  They had been receiving calls from all over far Southwest Kansas.

The storm that produced the tornado near Walsh, Colorado moved southeast and produced another weak tornado near Eva, Oklahoma.
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The next stop was the Texas Panhandle where the storm produced numerous brief and weak tornadoes.  These were almost too numerous to count near the towns of Gruver and Morse, Texas.  In general, the tornadoes were not impressive, but the longevity of the storm was.

In addition to the fun of chasing a storm and seeing a lot of small tornadoes, this day was the closest I’ve come to being struck by lightning.  I was standing near the open door of my truck when lightning struck somewhere close behind me.  My lunge into the truck was probably more of a reaction than a physical force of the lightning, but it was close enough to make the video camera unusable after that point.  The scary thing was I had no signs that it was coming.  I didn’t get the hair standing, skin tingling experience that I’ve always heard about.  That lets me know that you might not get even the smallest of warning time with an oncoming strike.

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