April 20, 2007 Moorefield, Nebraska Tornadic Supercell
Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 20:33 Written by Roger Hill
Since April 20th was my birthday and there was a respectable chance for severe storms, Caryn and I headed out on i-76 towards Imperial, Nebraska to play the strong upslope flow with good shear, but marginal moisture. Dewpoints were expected to increase as the evening progressed, but what we ended up with was much more than I had planned on! A couple of LPish type storms developed around 6 PM and then just before dark, a tornadic beast emerged from the tail end of the complex and produced several tornadoes that caused considerable damage between Moorefield and Gothenburg. Pics are below! Click on the small image for a larger version. ENJOY!
Updraft of developing LP storm. Left and right split.
Pretty structure on this LP Closer shot shows the rotation
supercell. in the low and mid levels of the storm.
Pretty sunlit updraft of a cell Tail end storm developing a nice
just to our east. lowering.
Looking south towards the Zoomed in shot of the wall cloud
intensifying supercell northeast as it continued to lower and get better
of McCook. (Video capture) organized. (Video capture)
Beautifully structured supercell Funnel continues to descend.
with rotating low level meso and
funnel extending halfway to the ground!
Intense tornado in progress Another shot over exposed
near Moorefield, NE. to highlight the large tornado.
Very large tornado heads Beautiful cone lit by lightning
towards Gothenburg. continues after 20 minutes on the ground!
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