May is peak tornado season. Here’s to the chasers who bring us the ‘ground truth’ of deadly storms.

By: Max McCoy

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 3, 2026

Words: 2,238

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Something told Lanny Dean to hit the brakes.

The battered Honda CR-V skidded to a stop on the wet black pavement of U.S. 183, its array of antennas quivering. The anemometer poking above the roof was twirling madly, driven by the 50-mph rush of air being sucked into a massive, wedge-shaped tornado less than a mile ahead. As Dean watched, the twister crossed the highway and began chewing up an electrical substation at the southwestern …

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