May 22, 2007 Chase
Saint Peter, Kansas tornado event

Another overhyped day in the 2007 tornado season (like the April 24, 2007 Nickerson tornado) as chasers everywhere were focused on rural Kansas for another day of tornado excitement. I followed this storm as the first supercell was developing near the I-70 town of Collyer. The first supercell went on to produce a brief funnel cloud as it tracked northeastward towards Saint Peter and Hill City.

The first supercell fizzled out as the second one was developing to the southwest of it. These supercells were high based and produced very beautiful mesos. As the second supercell fizzled, a third supercell developed to the southwest of it. This supercell was the magic one as it produced a nice cone tornado between Saint Peter and US Highway 283. I was at a slight disadvantage distance-wise when it came to the tornado along with being out to lunch on my photography skills, but in all a very interesting chase and very lucky to escape 2"+ hail by about a minute.

Pictures
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	Looking northwest from near Collyer at the first supercell. 5:31PM
	Out of focus shot at a funnel on the first supercell. Contrast enhanced. 5:39PM
	Beautiful looking meso. 5:52PM
	Distant winds and rain. 5:59PM
	Rotation to the northwest with reports of 2" hail falling. 6:30PM
	Heavy rain with hail and a rain free base on the 3rd supercell. 6:37PM
	Large hail on the road to Saint Peter. 6:45PM
	Out of focus shot of cone tornado to the northeast. Contrast enhanced. 7:03PM
	Looking northeast at the tornado. Slight contrast enhanced. 7:05PM
	Weakening tornado. Contrast enhanced. 7:06PM
	Roping out funnel. Contrast enhanced. 7:09PM