April 24, 2007 Nickerson, KS Tornadic Supercell
Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 20:39 Written by Roger Hill
April 24th was a day that held great promise. SPC had a large MODERATE RISK all across the central and southern plains. I decided to play the area along the dryline/warm front intersection in central Kansas. We waited and waited and waited for things to finally get going. Every updraft that went up suffered from entrainment issues and finally the tail end updraft near Nickerson went crazy. This storm developed beautiful structure and produced at least a half dozen weak tornadoes. Click on the image below for a larger image. ENJOY!
First tornado touchdown! It was still about 10 miles from us. |
Wider shot with pencil tornado on the ground and another funnel (soon to be tornadic!) to its right. |
What incredible structure from this classic supercell!!! |
Another weak tornado forms. |
One of my favorite shots with the sun trying to peak through the vault region precip and hail. |
Funnel on the left with another two funnels forming to the right. |
Two minutes later than the last shot as one larger funnel gets its act together. |
Wider shot of the structure and funnel. |
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