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EF-4 tornado north of Salina, Kansas. We were probably 1/4-1/2 mile away and struggling with rain and 100 mph RFD winds while trying to document this twister. It was on the ground for an hour and moving at only 2 mph. We watched it from the same spot until it turned into a wedge and got rain wrapped. I just love the rain you can see in this image whipping around the field.
To quote the driver of our chase team: "I think we may have experienced the 'second RFD' that Vortex 2 discovered. As the Bennington tornado formed we were hit with a blast of hightened RFD winds that was so intense I thought the car was going to roll over. I pulled out of our parking area and turned the front of the vehicle into the blast to keep the nose on the ground. The stop sign next to us was vibrating so fast next to us it was about to tear free."
Afterwards the car was covered in shredded grass and a spot of chrome had peeled off the front grill on the vehicle. The stop sign remained, but when we drove back to the spot we had left there was a telephone pole pushed halfway over from the winds. It's reassuring to have a low profile vehicle.

NOAA storm report: www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=top&st...

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn4VhemeACg&feature=share

Canon t2i, 17-55 f/2.8 lens

Description
EF-4 tornado north of Salina, Kansas. We were probably 1/4-1/2 mile away and struggling with rain and 100 mph RFD winds while trying to document this twister. It was on the ground for an hour and moving at only 2 mph. We watched it from the same spot until it turned into a wedge and got rain wrapped. I just love the rain you can see in this image whipping around the field.
To quote the driver of our chase team: "I think we may have experienced the 'second RFD' that Vortex 2 discovered. As the Bennington tornado formed we were hit with a blast of hightened RFD winds that was so intense I thought the car was going to roll over. I pulled out of our parking area and turned the front of the vehicle into the blast to keep the nose on the ground. The stop sign next to us was vibrating so fast next to us it was about to tear free."
Afterwards the car was covered in shredded grass and a spot of chrome had peeled off the front grill on the vehicle. The stop sign remained, but when we drove back to the spot we had left there was a telephone pole pushed halfway over from the winds. It's reassuring to have a low profile vehicle.

NOAA storm report: www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=top&st...

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn4VhemeACg&feature=share

Canon t2i, 17-55 f/2.8 lens