The tornado is heading right for me as I sit in my car filming the tornado.

Damage is being caused to irrigation farm equipment at this point.

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The violent winds at the base of the tornado blew dust and dirt high up above the tree line. I zoomed in closer to the base to see the twister rapidly spinning on the ground. During this time I didn't have to move my car once. I sat in the same place for at least 20 minutes making it easy to photograph. This slow tornado movement was truly a chasers dream for photographing and a rare occurrence for tornado photography.

WEATHER HISTORY: Monday, November 15th, 1988 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER FROM OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS TO NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF THE FOLLOWING DAY. THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED FORTY-FOUR TORNADOES, INCLUDING THIRTEEN IN MISSOURI, AND THERE WERE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS HIT SCOTT AND LONOKE KILLING FIVE PEOPLE, INJURING SIXTY OTHERS, AND CAUSING FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE. (Sources: the National Weather Summary, Storm Data)

Picture on left was taken from when I was zooming in with my camera enables you to clearly see that there was considerable amount of debris being created from the violent winds of the tornado. One of the comments from locals who took shelter from this tornado said they were amazed at the amount of blowing dust and dirt that it created and how high the debris went. From their viewpoint is was alarming and frightening. They took shelter, I sat in front of it and taped it. Many experiences like this are in my book, written in a way you will feel as though you are there in the action along with us.