Hi guys,
Daniel intercepted a tornado on that 2% slight risk event with the same vehicles Reed Timmer etc. He seems to be the only one that intercepted the tornado that night by the looks by staying back a little – others were on the same storm and missed the tornado apparently.
http://www.scenicphotography.com.au/severestorms/2011/20110509.htm
Hi guys,
Finally have been able to place the tornado video online – the processing required is painstaking due to the high resolution video format.
The tornado you will recognise is the one at Mabank, Texas above. The tornado occurred on 26th April 2011.
| Strong tornado complete with mesocyclone | |
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
More likely positive types Jimmy. Lack of branching gives them away. Was there any distinct continuing current associated with them and how many times did they return stroke? There's no discernable polarity type with supercells, some are highly charged, some are not. Broader scale cells usually emit more positive types than negative purely due to their structure and polarioty set up. Nice clean flashes though…tornadoes and lightning!
Hi Jimmy, I was going to mention the smooth channel lightening when I saw the first images. Very nice examples photographed.
Hi,
I wanted to comment on the lightning bolts above. I am wandering whether these may be examples of smooth channel lightning. David? Difficult to ascertain given the low bases.
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
Mike et al,
I have already returned – these images were from 5 chases – 3 days had tornadoes out of those 5. I think it may be the first time that I have had tornadoes on 3 consecutive days.
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
Beaut images, Jimmy. Now that's the kind of season you want to start with when you travel abroad!!! Spectacular turbulance in some of those images and the amount of funnels shown is very nice. Envy you guys over there, stay safe for those still there and hope to see a lot more. Could some soundings or something be shown at times when you intercept these storms. Would be interesting to see the profiles of such things as you chase them.
I wonder whether more chasers will opt to chase Dixie Tornado Alley in the future as the plains in May are getting so crowded.
That Tuscaloosa tornado looked amazing. I understand it got an EF4 rating.