Updraft and anvil viewed from the south. (click picture)
 

Chase Account by: Brian Thalken
 
 I chased with a few friends targeting the Dodge City, KS area on May 4, 2007.  We arrived in the Larned, KS area, just to the north of Greensburg, KS around 4pm.  We waited for initiation and waited.  Starting to have doubts now we still waited.  Then we saw a cell to our north that started to look interesting, so we took off on HWY 183 to the north.  The cell started to develop a strong updraft and soon started an anvil.  



As we approached the town of Gaylord, KS we pulled over and took some photos and shot some video, it had some rotation.  The rotation started to tighten up and then a small funnel started to appear.  The storm fast approached our location and we unfortunately made a bad road decision and ended up in part of the core, that part wasn't fun.  More chase details to come...plus more photos and video.

Lincoln Nebraska's special Urban Search and Rescue team helps rescue efforts in devastated Greensburg, KS after the first ever EF-5 tornado.  
Nebraska Task Force One

 Funnel forming just to the east of Gaylord, KS. (click picture)