May 11th, 2000 Blackhawk County, IA Tornadoes
Last Updated on Sunday, 10 January 2010 01:47 Written by Roger Hill
This page contains several more photos of tornadoes and storm structure from the Waterloo/Blackhawk county, Iowa tornadic supercell of May 11, 2000. After extensive review of my video, I have confirmed 7 tornadoes from this supercell. Images of all 7 tornadoes are contained on my Iowa pages. So, please check out all the pages, and enjoy!
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Tornado #3 begins to form 4 miles east of Dunkerton.
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Small funnel becomes visible.
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Funnel grows and is within 1/2 mile of us.
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Gorgeous tornado now visible!!!!
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Wide angle shot of the tornado.
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"Real life" shot of debris cloud. This was very close.
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Small satellite tornado forms to the east and rotates around the main tornado.
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We moved east as the tornado widened about 2 miles to our north.
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AWESOME low hanging wall or possible tornado.
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Small needle tornado occurs.
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Large multivortex tornado visible with small tornado to the east.
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Close in shot of the small tornado with debris cloud visible.
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Another shot of the small east side tornado.
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Wide angle shot of the dissipating large tornado and small tornado to its east.
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At dusk, the storm structure was easily seen. Check out this mesocyclone.
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Nearly 2 hours after the first tornado, another tornado develops at dark as shown by the lightning.
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