April 29, 2009 Cedar Hill, Texas Tornadoes
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 14:30 Written by Roger Hill
April 29th took me to the Texas panhandle. Several severe storms developed along an old outflow boundary and warm front. Many spun strongly and a couple produced tornadoes. We were able to intercept the Cedar Hill storm and tornadoes from a distance of about 10 miles. We actually were chasing a tornado warned supercell just east of the Cedar Hill storm, when I saw the tornado form to our west. Due to poor road options, and muddy dirt roads, we were forced to stay east and watch from a distance. Click on an image below for a larger picture.
First supercell as we approach it from the north was tornado warned. |
Rapid cloud base rotation occurred. I thought we would get a tornado here. |
Looking west at the Cedar Hill tornado. This is a video capture. |
Another video capture. |
Still photo as we stopped to watch. |
Another digital photo, wide angle. |
Widest of shots to get the entire scene in perspective. |
Cute little funnel develops from an updraft crossing the boundary. |
Storm turns into monster HP supercell. |
Tail end supercell with rotating wall cloud. Ominous look. |
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