Dodge City, KS Large Tornadoes On The Ground – 5/29/2018

On May 29, 2018, supercells spawned three tornadoes in the Dodge City, KS area, including a stovepipe tornado near Ensign and a large, shape-shifting tornado near Ford that went from a multi-vortex to a rain-wrapped wedge over its lifespan.
Shot Description

Shot 1. Wall cloud on initial supercell north of Dodge City, KS (wide)
Shot 2. Wall cloud on initial supercell north of Dodge City (medium)
Shot 3. Cone tornado over Ensign from north Dodge City (medium)
Shot 4. Stovepipe tornado near Ensign from Dodge City (medium)
Shot 5. Storm structure and wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (wide)
Shot 6. Wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (medium)
Shot 7. Storm structure and wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (wide)
Shot 8. Wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (tight)
Shot 9. Cone funnel near Ford (medium)
Shot 10. Cone funnel near Ford (medium)
Shot 11. Cone funnel near Ford (tight)
Shot 12. Cone funnel near Ford (tight)
Shot 13. Extremely large mesocyclone/wall cloud near Ford (tight)
Shot 14. Extremely large mesocyclone/wall cloud and funnel cloud near Ford (tight)
Shot 15. Funnel cloud near Ford (tight)
Shot 16. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud and possible multi-vortex tornado underneath near Ford (medium)
Shot 17. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud near Ford (medium)
Shot 18. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud and potential ground circulation near Ford (tight)
Shot 19. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud and potential ground circulation near Ford (wide)
Shot 20. Storm structure, large mesocyclone/wall cloud and tornado near Ford (wide)
Shot 21. Multi-vortex tornado near Ford (tight)
Shot 22. Extremely large multi-vortex tornado and storm structure near Ford (wide)
Shot 23. Extremely large multi-vortex tornado and storm structure near Ford (medium)
Shot 24. Extremely large multi-vortex tornado and storm structure near Ford (medium)
Shot 25. Large rain-wrapped wedge tornado near Ford (tight)
Shot 26. Rain-wrapped tornado near Ford (medium)
Shot 27. Rain-wrapped tornado near Ford (tight)
Shot 28. Rain-wrapped tornado and storm structure near Ford (wide)

SID: Trey GreenwoodOn May 29, 2018, supercells spawned three tornadoes in the Dodge City, KS area, including a stovepipe tornado near Ensign and a large, shape-shifting tornado near Ford that went from a multi-vortex to a rain-wrapped wedge over its lifespan.
Shot Description

Shot 1. Wall cloud on initial supercell north of Dodge City, KS (wide)
Shot 2. Wall cloud on initial supercell north of Dodge City (medium)
Shot 3. Cone tornado over Ensign from north Dodge City (medium)
Shot 4. Stovepipe tornado near Ensign from Dodge City (medium)
Shot 5. Storm structure and wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (wide)
Shot 6. Wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (medium)
Shot 7. Storm structure and wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (wide)
Shot 8. Wall cloud southeast of Dodge City (tight)
Shot 9. Cone funnel near Ford (medium)
Shot 10. Cone funnel near Ford (medium)
Shot 11. Cone funnel near Ford (tight)
Shot 12. Cone funnel near Ford (tight)
Shot 13. Extremely large mesocyclone/wall cloud near Ford (tight)
Shot 14. Extremely large mesocyclone/wall cloud and funnel cloud near Ford (tight)
Shot 15. Funnel cloud near Ford (tight)
Shot 16. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud and possible multi-vortex tornado underneath near Ford (medium)
Shot 17. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud near Ford (medium)
Shot 18. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud and potential ground circulation near Ford (tight)
Shot 19. Large mesocyclone/wall cloud and potential ground circulation near Ford (wide)
Shot 20. Storm structure, large mesocyclone/wall cloud and tornado near Ford (wide)
Shot 21. Multi-vortex tornado near Ford (tight)
Shot 22. Extremely large multi-vortex tornado and storm structure near Ford (wide)
Shot 23. Extremely large multi-vortex tornado and storm structure near Ford (medium)
Shot 24. Extremely large multi-vortex tornado and storm structure near Ford (medium)
Shot 25. Large rain-wrapped wedge tornado near Ford (tight)
Shot 26. Rain-wrapped tornado near Ford (medium)
Shot 27. Rain-wrapped tornado near Ford (tight)
Shot 28. Rain-wrapped tornado and storm structure near Ford (wide)

SID: Trey Greenwood

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