May 10, 2010 Medford, Oklahoma Tornado
by Benjamin Tillotson
Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 2:10pm
Luke and I chased the Setup in Northern OK/Southern KS. We got to the Medford, OK storm just as it put down an incredible multi-vortex tornado. I didn't have the camera ready at that point so I missed some of the best action.
Very strong inflow at this point. This at 10mm and 1/50 sec. and was still blurry. Not sure if the tripod would have worked any better.
Anything zoomed in from 10mm was blurry. This is at 22mm. Also found out later that the focus was off a bit which added to the softness. They're ok I guess...
Some pretty intense action under that base.
RFD was closing in fast.
Tornado forms off to the north of Hwy 11.
I really wish these 22mm shots turned out sharper...
Storm went further off to the north and got rain wrapped. Not sure if it produced much more after this. It didn't look that great on radar so we dropped south to catch a storm crossing I35 south of Ponca City.
Drove through an intense core too see this.
We saw a very brief tube on this storm just before this shot. I'm not sure if it touched down or not.
Followed this weakening storm to Independence, KS.
This was deffinitly the best chase we've had this year. It was well worth the 1000 miles traveled. Hopefully there will be good setups like this closer to home though.
Tue, May 11, 2010, 5:06pmSarah Your composition in the 9th picture is great!! You're learning! ;) lol
Tue, May 11, 2010, 6:47pmAmyCool! :)
Tue, May 11, 2010, 9:16pmSethThat would have been fun! I wish I could have been in town to go on such an exciting storm chase! But alas, I will be patiently awaiting the next one.
Tue, May 11, 2010, 11:11pmLesSounds like you had a great chase! The 9th photo is my favorite.
Sat, May 15, 2010, 5:06pmAddieI like the pictures! They are really neat and it sounds like you had a lot of fun!
Mon, May 17, 2010, 10:50pmEste You have to have a passion for sutch things - God greated everything amazing!!! You have lots of courage boy's!!
Very good pictures - we enjoy the pictures
Thu, May 20, 2010, 10:03amufcstari hope my grandma and grandpa got killed r something so that i wont hafta visot them anymore....
jk
Thu, May 20, 2010, 8:32pmLesWow Peter. I know I will miss my grandparents terribly someday when they're no longer around!
Tue, May 25, 2010, 9:37amRevege30Nice pictures I like the last one! :D
