April 21, 2011 Hawley, TX Supercell and Tornado
Written by Roger Hill
A surprise for me this day as I didn't expect much. By late afternoon a storm formed at the triple point near Sweetwater, TX. This storm quickly anchored and spun like crazy! Some of the most amazing inflow bands I have ever seen developed and made for spectacular photography! To my surprise, just after dark, the storm produced an 8 minute long elephant trunk tornado just west of Hawley. Pardon the blurriness from the tornado shots, as a high ISO and 15 second plus exposure made the photo blurry due to storm and tornado motion. All in all, an extremely satisfying day and witnessing the only tornado in the US! Click on the photo for a larger image.
Very wild panoramic image. 6 photos are combined in this shot.
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| Single image as the supercell became tornado warned. Insane inflow bands! |
Fairly stout HP supercell. Nice sunset looking west/northwest in this shot. |
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| Tornado near Hawley, TX. 8:55 pm. | Another shot as the elephant trunk tornado strengthened a bit. |
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