The dryline did its thing to our north, and once again we were playing catch-up. Mad and frustrated. We expected storms to go all the way down the line, but that wasn't the way it was to go. So we forayed into southeast Kansas, and could never catch up with the storm. Exasperated and vexed. We were close for a long time but it kept accelerating.
We got to the outskirts of Joplin, MO, about 2 miles behind the tornado. We couldn't see it but a) it looked scary on Doppler, and b) we would have to go through a bunch of large hail to catch it. So we bailed south. Terrified at times.
After much south driving, we got to a storm that was gathering strength but we couldn't get to it because of the terrain and lack of roads. Sad and mad.
Then there was another storm we could sort of get to, and we watched it produce a tornado after sunset--we barely saw it. Longing.
We stopped for some lightning pictures along the way. Happiness.
On the way back to the hotel, now, we're hearing reports of major damage and deaths in Joplin. Horrified.
What an exhausting day.
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