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May 23, 2008 Randsom/Ellis, KS

By , May 23, 2008 11:55 pm

Katie Burtis and I observed 5 tornadoes near Quinter, Ransom to Ellis. Chased with Scott Blair for most of the day observing the first tornado, a stovepipe which transitioned into a wedge north of I-70 near Quinter. The second tornado developed persisted for approximately 2 min as a narrow cone with small debris whirl southeast of Ransom. The third tornado occurred as the meso began to occlude east of Ransom, with the tornadic region crossing Hwy4 while becoming rain wrapped. We headed east and then north to keep ahead of the storms as a new meso developed. A quarter to half mile wide wedge tornado soon after south of Cedar Bluff State Park. This tornado eventually wrapped in rain and crossed I-70 west of Ellis with numerous power flashed observed. The final observed tornado occurred just south of Ellis with power flashes along the south side of town, eventually forming a narrow cone.

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