We started the day in central Oklahoma. Southern Kansas was our first guess, not wanting to get too close to the boundary. Storms formed around midday in western Oklahoma and northwestern Texas. We were not fooled into turning around, but it was a bit of a surprise. As the afternoon wore on in Pratt it became evident that the area was not ready, while satellite pix showed a good boundary from near Russell into Wichita. As we left Great Bend a couple of cells formed. There were already storms up, north of the boundary north of I-70. A storm northwest of Great Bend improved and hailed on the Bunker Hill interchange. Someone claimed there was a tornado near Dorrance but we did not see it.
We went east to in exit of I-70 that went up to Wilson Lake. The storm showed some rotation and a couple more tornadoes were reported that may or may not have been real. The inflow as we skirted the lake was terrific. We stopped on the north side of Sylvan Grove and watched a meso come right to us. The motion was incredible and we had everything but flying livestock. The circulation wrapped up in precip northeast of Sylvan Grove and reportedly hit the ground, though there are no pictures from the hordes present. It just wasn't that kind of day for a long-track tornado. We checked out a couple of more circulations but saw no tornadoes.