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6/11/08: Manhattan, KS Tornado Video
New up-close tornado video from 5/23/08 in NW KS!!
Weather radios save lives, every household should have one! Never go outside to see the storm or tornado!!!!!!!We have been chasing for 6 seasons [years, inside joke ;) ] now and only do so at a distance we feel comfortable with. If you are interested in storm chasing/spotting, learn everything you can about storm structure/behavior and REGULARLY attend spotter training classes put on by your local National Weather Service each Winter/Spring!!!
6/12/08: Darin, Lexi, and Dick intercepted a tornado-warned supercell near Cottonwood Falls, KS and watched a rotating wall cloud within 1/4 mile and watched it produce a funnel halfway to the ground at close range, but no tornado.
6/11/08: We intercept 3 supercells, the first two failing to produce tornadoes, but HIGHLY photogenic, including the most amazing structure Jordan and Dick have ever witnessed. We waited for a developing tornadic supercell as it approached Salina, KS and witnessed several power flashes in Salina (and we reported them to the National Weather Service as always) and then fell behind it as it moved to the east/northeast at 50 mph. This supercell ended up hitting Chapman, KS killing 1 and destroying 60 percent of the town (rated EF-3). We caught back up to it as it was approaching Junction City, but they were spared as this tornadic supercell was cycling. It then produced another tornado near Ogden moving E/NE, and we watched helplessly (but still reporting power flashes) as it impacted the city of Manhattan. Thankfully, no one was killed or seriously injured in the Little Apple. This tornado was given an EF-4 rating, but would continue to produce tornadoes till almost midnight and killing one more person in a mobile home in Soldier, KS. A very sobering night, as this year continues to produce deadly tornadoes across the country.
6/5/08: A high risk day that we didn't really want to chase, but did anyways, resulting in tornadic storms that were very HP, no tornadoes, but had very photogenic shelf clouds.
6/4/08: Once again, multiple target day and we choose the "less favorable" target and it pays off with a cyclic supercell producing at least 3 tornadoes near dusk in SW IA.
6/3/08: We intercept a tornado-warned storm that displays amazing structure, and a memorable lightning show for hours on end.
5/29/08: We target NC KS trying to stay away from the chaser crowds, and it pays off big time with TornadoPalooza 08' and probably one of the best supercells ever witnessed structure-wise, and tornadoes in every shape/form for nearly 4 hours straight. Jordan and others sustain a direct hit mistaking the condensation funnel lifting as a ropeout, and debris hits them knocking out their side window. Meanwhile TornadoVideos.Net, successfully deploys the HD camera probe and 2 other mesonet vehicles record the pressure drop as it hit them.
5/25/08: We intercept a very weak landspout and witness amazing structure in NW Barton county, KS.
5/24/08: Cap bust, turkey towers in NC KS and SC NE.
5/23/08: We intercept 2-3 tornadoes and chase for nearly 12 hours solid, one tornado up close near Park (Quinter) Kansas, Ness City and then ended our chase near Greensburg/Great Bend.
5/22/08: We intercept several spinups and two tornadoes near Dighton, Ness City, and Wakeeney, KS
5/10/08: We intercept a brief cone tornado until the infamous Picher, OK supercell forms literally in minutes and chokes our storm. After trying to punch the core and dealing with closed highways, we also intercept the ropeout stage and drive through the damage path that claims the lives of 4 people near Joplin, MO...23 people total.
5/1/08: A moderate risk day with the theme of 2008...: unidirectional and veered surface flow that produces very photogenic supercells and tornadoes, the most impressive in NE OK, but we blow the storms off...and it turns out to be a huge mistake.
4/24/08: We get a tan in SW KS as the cap wins, but refused to go home empty handed and intercept a supercell that produces a few "if-nadoes" and then produces EF-2 damage north of Beloit, KS. We chased it until 2 a.m., the longest chase for tornado-warned storms we've ever done.
4/19/08: TornadoLive.Com and TornadoVideos.Net have teamed up this Spring to stream LIVE VIDEO for every storm chase! Not only is there LIVE VIDEO, but we also have a live GPS tracker overlayed onto Google maps with radar...and many more features coming soon!
4/15/08: Darin and Dick were interviewed for a documentary about the Greensburg, KS tornado that leveled 95% of the town and unfortunately took the lives of 12 people. It will air on Sunday, May 4th at 7 p.m. on PBS in Kansas. Visit, GreensburgFilm.Com for more info.
Our Greensburg footage will also be on the new 13 part series on the Discovery Channel, called "Ecotown" for at least the first two episodes.
In 2007, we successfully broadcasted at least 3 tornadoes on 3 separate chase days!
TornadoLive is the Photography/Video Outlet for storm chasers Darin Brunin, Dick McGowan, Matt Jacobs and Jordan Wrecke. Located in Lawrence, KS and Kansas City.. We are some of the most hardcore chasers in the world, traveling tens of thousands of miles every year in search of the best and worst, that mother nature has to offer.
Successful chase days in 2007 with multiple tornadoes: 3/28, 4/21, 5/4, 5/5 and 5/22
I love your website. Your pictures and videos are amazing. When I was about 5 or 6 we had a tornado touchdown across my street. I remember the lightning and thunder and the sound from the tornado. I LOVE storms and i'm working on becoming a meterologist when I graduate college. Good luck chasing and be safe out there!!!
You hunt tornados and I hunt ghosts! LOL! You guys be careful out there. I saw the tornado that hit K-Mart back in 1979, we lived at the trailer park on Harper. Watched it going east. There was only room for about 30 ppl in the shelter so I didn't even go in there! But that was the first tornado I ever saw! ~ Audrey
Hey TornadoLive, Thank's for the ADD, You have an Awesome site !!! I just love storms,thunder and lightining, dark clouds and tornados. I don't storm chase, but had thought about it. I watch storm chasers every chanse I get, usually on the Travel Channel. Well, you have Happy and Safe Hunting ! Later, Cheryl
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Thanks for the add. When I was born a tornado hit and I had to be born with emergency lights, and since then I have been mesmerized and infatuated with tornadoes.
