May 23rd, 2007 Texas Panhandle Supercells and Tornado
Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 20:46 Written by Roger Hill
May 23rd looked like a classic Texas panhandle day, with the exception of fairly weak flow at anvil level, which proved to be fatal for viewable tornadoes. SPC put out a PDS tornado watch box by midafternoon and things looked pretty interesting. Rapidly developing supercells formed by 4 PM and became quite a messy situation as too many storms formed. It was virtually impossible to get a glimpse of any tornado for a long period of time as they wrapped with rain quickly.
Check out the photos and video stills below:
Beastly rotating supercell updraft. Notice the tilt and striations. This was northwest of Miami, TX. |
Hard to see in this video still, but there is a rather large dark tornado in the middle of the photo below the power lines. Very hard to see tornadoes this day. |
Intense supercell in Hutchinson county, looking west. |
Monster HP supercell, spinning like a top! |
Tornado (enhanced in low light) in the notch of this supercell. |
Another shot of the tornado. |
Closeup shot, with a bit of enhancement to bring out the tornado. |
Supercell is almost upon us. We blasted south to get out of the way of the baseball size hail that was starting to fall. |
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