USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 29 April, 2009
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I have so many photos here, I'll be brief.
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Texas!
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Clouds.
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More clouds.
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Much more clouds :)
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Ok.... One big cloud.
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Lets try that again.. One VERY big
cloud.
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Did I not mention Tennis ball sized hail.
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Make that baseball.
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Oh.. and it's heading this way.. IE.
Towards me.
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Looking in the other direction.. You would
think this side looks all nice and safe eh?
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Oh.. Much closer.
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Err... MUCH closer.
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Time to leave.
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Other storm chasers..
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Storm getting bigger.
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MUCH BIGGER.
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Other storms in the distance.
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My Storm.
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Nice shot!
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Some rotation.. This is where the tornado
would appear..
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Yes.. Close.. But not TOO CLOSE.
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Let's wait a while.
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Some low angle stuff.
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Another storm chaser evacuating.
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Some stock photography.
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Outflow.
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Err... Close outflow.
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Looking back at where I was once parked.
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Nice.
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Cool.. TIV move over.. You have
competition.
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HA!.. I want one of these.. (With a hummer
engine)
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NOT a TORNADO.. Just outflow winds.
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Looks scary eh? It's strong enough at times
to take a roof off.
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Like about now.
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Nice.
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Another one...
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Base rotation... Just not quite fast enough to
produce a tornado in full.
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It's trying.
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A shot of the inflow / storm structure.
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My Car..
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In my car.
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Outside my car standing on the road.
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Again.. more chasers.
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Texas Soil (You've seen this stuff wet..)
refer to 2006 trip.
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The back end of the storm. (Actually the
front end).
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Very low base.
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More outflow winds.
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Stuck in the outflow winds.
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REALLY stuck in the outflow winds.
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Driving through the outflow winds.
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Inside the OFW.
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Nice.
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An official spotter.
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A scared tourist.
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A torn.... Not quite.
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It's trying.. It did produce a rope tornado
20 minutes ago.. Wrapped in rain. Too dangerous to see.
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Storm threatening town.
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Sun blocked.
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....
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Out of comments.
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Road.
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Cars
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Errr.. Guess? YEP.. Dan
is almost under the tornadic area.. Got some great video of this.
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Backed off to a safer location.
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Did I not mention, this storm was tornado
warned for over 4 hours.
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Night time.. Open shutter.
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Looking back to safety.
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Cool.
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Lightning show.
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More...
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Anvil Crawlers.. (Joe... Take note).. I
know you're reading this. :)
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Scared yet?
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It is open shutter after all.
RADAR IMAGES
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Start of the storm you have been looking at.
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Severe warned.
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Getting scary now.
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Picture in picture.. Hope this helps you
understand the structure.
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Other storms in the distance.
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I'm in a nice safe place. Kind of.
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Just got out of there in time.. (Remember,
I'm the little dot in the small circle)
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In a very safe position, with roads going
south in case the storm shifts.
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A wise decision later.
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STORM IS SHIFTING SOUTH.
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Was not expecting it, but planned for it.
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Other chasers stuck.. (piggy in the middle)
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Would you believe the entire storm started
moving backwards at 12mph..
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Watched carefully.
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Submitted my report of a rotation event
and got back.
What a day..