Kansas Severe Weather/Tornado Outbreak- May 5th, 2007

Dave and I started the day in Pratt, KS and as it turned out, Jason Pollite, a good chaser friend of ours was staying at the same motel as us. We hung around in Pratt for several hours gathering data when we finally made the decision to head a bit north and west to try and intercept storms that were firing up to our southwest. The storms were moving at 45-55mph on this day, so keeping up with them was a very difficult task to say the least! To sum it up, Dave and I intercepted several brief tornadoes near the towns of Stafford, KS & Great Bend, KS. Just trying to stay ahead of these things wiped us out. We literally were able to stop for like a minute at the most, before we had to get back on the road again to reposition. That was the story of the day, we were constantly repositioning. No time to set up tripods and what not, just shoot video for a minute, and then head on down the road.

All in all though, it was an excellent chase day! Hope you enjoy the video, and please rate, comment and subscribe if you have a few moments. Thanks!!

Scott McPartland

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[brahmancheerleader1]

theres something really sexy about guys who chase storms =]] too bad we dont get any tornados in Arizona.

[tornadovideostock]

@brahmancheerleader1 lol, that's cool to hear. To most folks the weather is boring, but to me it's pretty amazing. Thanks for watching. And while you don't see many tornadoes at all in Arizona, you do get one hell of a monsoon season at times bringing with them amazing lightning displays :)

[Marc7665]

What kind of sirens are those there at the first minute and a half? they sound really cool.

BTW GREAT video Scott -- subscribing now!

[tornadovideostock]

@Marc7665 Thanks so much for subscribing! Not sure what type of sirens they are. I'm just learning now about the different sirens out there, but there are some that are very knowledgeable about the types of sirens used, and there sounds. Thanks so much for watching!

[PiquefuckShakira]

CALIFORNIA THANK U FOR NOT GIVING US TORNADOS

[LBPFreak627]

@devster886 the creepy sounds are tornado sierns going off

[devster886]

whats with the creapy sounds

[HUGELadyGagafan01]

May 5th was the day of my brother's funeral :/

[tornadovideostock]

@MissWWE20 Sweet! I'll check it out :) Kansas certainly sees it's fair share of storms that's for sure! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[MissWWE20]

Kansas Always gets the best storms. In Missouri or the Kansas City metro area to be exect don't get very meny tornadoes . I did happen to get a funnel last year though. The video i took is on my channel.