TOTAL TORNADIC DESTRUCTION INSANITY CAPTURED "CLOSE RANGE" - - - APRIL 18th 2009
 
 
         

Absolute Insanity in Kalvesta, Kansas April 18, 2009... The video below shows all (8) tornadoes that touched down out of this AMAZING TORNADIC EVENT. Planning and positioning was really good for our team as we gathering strong facts toward our scientific research objective. A HUGE plus for SWS being close range to tornadic ground circulation getting measurements and data.

INCREDIBLE CAPTURE BY SWS CREW OF THIS ENTIRE STORM

A SPECIAL EPISODE ON WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SCENE THAT DAY WITH SWS CREW. AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, THE SWS PLANNING, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. A RARE TORNADO DESTRUCTION CAPTURE.. TUNE IN.

"THE RANCH BUILDINGS WERE "FLOATING DEBRIS" AT CLOSE RANGE"

This was our third day of storm interception the encounter was an absolute score for gathering some close range research. The crew got in really good position to get some hi-contrast tornadoes. Also witnessed a total destruction of a ranch property buildings with debris flying several hundred feet in the air. SWS did an interview with the people that lived at the destroyed property.. A couple of news interviews were done on site. No one was injured in the destroyed ranch buildings. See the video below.. Insane footage of multiple touchdowns In Kalvesta, Kansas.
 
 
 
         
The tornadogenesis in action prior to the large tornado that hit the ranch. and the aftermath.. the reports.. and the radar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shown here is what the hook echo looked like on radar as this was all going on.. and the final tornado reports for this chase day... notice the concentration of the reports in this southwestern Kansas event.

LOOKING FORWARD

DURING SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS, WE ARE HARD AT WORK TO GATHER DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE EVENTS. SINCE 2007 THERE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE DATA OBTAINED. CONTINUED RESEARCH HAS CONTINUED WITH SUCCESS TO 2021. FROM THIS POINT ON, SWS PRESENCE FOCUSES ON SELECT SEVERE EVENTS.