USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 14 May, 2008
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Nice storm
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Wall cloud heading to the left.
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Dangerous storm.
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A bird soon to be sucked into the inflow.
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Bird gone!
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Its like watching a giant vacuum cleaner at
work.
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Rain shower taking over the supercell.
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There was some tennis ball sized hail in
this storm.
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It's like a scary movie.
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Caught in a small part of the storm driving
through a town.
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Hurricane Force Winds..
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Water on road.... errr.. I mean river
on road.
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Slippery when wet... (Especially with an
80mph crosswind)
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Cows eating away... much like sitting
ducks.
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Pea sized hail catching up with the car.
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A river letting loose on the recent
drenching.
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Power lines waiting to be hit by
lightning..
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errr.. Charles.. I think
there's a BSC coming...
(Big Scary Cloud)
Actually... this cloud is rotating.. We are waiting for a Tornado to drop down
in front of us. (or on us)
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A little rotation showing on the left.
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There it is... C'mon... Drop a
tornado..
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This photo was taken about 40 seconds
before a lightning bolt hit across the other side of the road.
George said on the radio.. "Yep.. This storm is actively trying to kill us"
Link to YouTube Video... Credit to Mark from the UK for this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOB7OfdRwtI
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The radar showing the rotation on the
supercell.. we are the white dot and circle thing on the map (near the
brown road)
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Looking back at the storm... (Now chasing
us)
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Unbelievably after the first near strike,
we all get out once again.
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I'm near the van this time, so I can duck
in for cover quickly..
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The rotating supercell drawing nearer.
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Closer..
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Looking back at our team...
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Here we have Scott McPartland happily
filming away.
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The storm did not take long to get to us.
Click Here to watch Time Lapse Video of this location
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We managed to find a great vantage spot to
watch the storm hit a small city.
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Rotation above the town on the tornado
warned storm... Sirens blaring..
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The back edge of the storm.
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What a shot..
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Hail hitting the city.
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Now comes the hurricane CAT1 winds.
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Recovering and sharing stories of the near
death lightning strike today.