June 9th, 2005 North Central Kansas Tornadofest
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:11 Written by Roger Hill
June 9 had that feel to it. Everything was coming into place for a significant tornado outbreak. A triple point was situated over northwest Kansas, slowly drifting east. Very unstable, moist air was streaming in from the south, and with an approaching short wave trough, it was only a matter of time before rapid severe thunderstorm development would occur. I sat north of I-70, southwest of Hill City and watched the storm of the year develop from a small cumulus tower and become a prolific tornado producing monster. Check out the video stills below!
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Rapidly rotating wall cloud would signify what was to come.
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The first tornado touches down!
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The tornado gets bigger and very photogenic.
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Large wedge type tornado!! This tornado was on the ground almost half an hour.
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Another shot of the wedge from less than a mile east of it.
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Another beautiful tornado develops.
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We drove closer to get a better view of it.
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It crosses the muddy road directly in front of us.
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Beautiful view here! There are two tornadoes on the ground at the same time. A nice white elephant trunk in the foreground, and a brownish truncated cone in the background. What a sight!!!!
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Closest tornado ropes out.
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Nothing left but a cool segmented rope out from this tornado.
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The distant truncated cone continues to develop, but never gets very intense.
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Last tornado near I-70 west of Ellis, Kansas.
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