Brian Morganti

Tornado “Rope Out” – Waldo, Kansas – May 28, 2019

Artist: Brian Morganti

After sitting in Hays, Kansas for hours trying to decide where I wanted to go, I finally decided to head east on I-70 towards central Kansas. When I was about 50 miles east of Hays I learned of a rapidly developing storm with a land-spout tornado that had formed---right back at Hays! I relocated to a high spot north of the interstate and could see the tops of the supercell well back to my west. I plotted an intercept course back towards the northeast moving storm and was able to intercept a large tornado near Waldo, Kansas. I then watched this tornado transition through several stages, including this classic “rope out” stage as it moved rapidly northeast across the western Kansas prairie.

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