Back in Hays after another amazing day. Tagged 6 tornadoes by nightfall; 5 around the Quinter area and one of the Ellis tornadoes as it crossed I-70. The first tornado occured south of Quinter and was a monster cone (see below). It the spawned a pencil satellite tornado before it vanished. The third tornado was the cone tornado that formed in front of the massive wedge that we saw from a safe distance looking north out of Quinter. The fifth was a tiny vortex that spun up south of the RFD fiasco on Castle Rock Road north of Quinter. The 6th was the second Ellis tornado as it crossed I-70. We were several miles souteast of this tornado and saw it only through power flashes.

So a two day total of 11 tornadoes and brings my career count to 90 with this year’s talley at 16. Tomorrow we look to move northeast, possibly breaking in Nebraska for the year. Its late, so bedtime is very close at hand.

Goodnight again from Hays, two doors down from last night.