Southern Kansas 05-12-04
Photographs by Melanie Metz and Peggy Willenberg
Brief tornado developing near Pratt KS as it heads directly towards us
Waiting for initiation
Cells begin to fire
Hard convection
Two cells physically merge before our eyes
Brief tornado develops
Funnel above us (as we drive away)
We finally got south of the cells at sunset
sunset
Lightning at the end of the chase
