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Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:13 Written by Roger Hill

2005

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June 12 had the look and feel of a decent tornadic set up in the eastern Texas panhandle. A strong dryline, coupled with an old outflow boundary from overnight convection, high dewpoints and instability would set the stage for tornadic supercells this day. We blasted from Denver all the way to east of Lubbock to catch this monster. As we arrived a strong supercell became anchored in Kent county enhancing its shear, which would help it produce numerous tornadoes. This storm did not move much at all during its life cycle. Check out the photos below for all the action!

As we stopped a large tornado developed VERY close to us. Looking west from our vantage point.	Multiple vortices rotated around the large developing tornado.
The tornado turned into a classic wedge nearly a half mile wide at the base.	Multiple vortices rapidly rotating around each other. We were only about 1/4 mile from this beast!
More vortices here, with the left side one hitting some structure and throwing debris in the air.	Another vortex that is now TOO close for us! Time to get out of harms way.
From a distance another tornado shows itself with a pronounced clear slot to the left (south).	Classic tapered cone tornado.
This photo was enhanced to see the tornado better. This was from another supercell that formed about 30 miles south. This shot was zoomed in from 20 miles away!!	Structure of the last tornadic supercell that produced the tornado from the previous photo.