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| Meteorologist George Flickinger's Storm Chasing Pictures and Southern Plains Forecasts |
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| Meteorologist George Flickinger's Storm Chasing Pictures and Southern Plains Forecasts |
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| Our crew witnessed several tornadoes this day including the classic example of tornado formation. Presenting Harper County in Southern Kansas from May 29, 2004: |
| Looking from the West, this developing storm shows a new circulation between the arrows. We've been following this cloud since birth for an hour, and the jagged lowering is organizing. |
| We continue eastward as the storm travels north of us. Looking from south to north, a funnel emerges from the wall cloud. The cows don't seemed to concerned. |
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| Picture #7 shows this beautiful tornado about 3 miles north. It's a perfect setup as it's in rural Kansas. The tornado is tracking away from us, so we jump back in the car to go get it! |
| After a 5 minute drive, we're west of the tornado. The circulation begins a slow death as it detachs itself from the parent circulation in the cloud. |
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| The sun reappears, illuminating the wheat. The tornado is slowly weakening but will live on for another 10 minutes! |
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| uh oh, a house is in the way. ..The tornado is 2 miles east of us, and in the process of swallowing a home. |
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| Rescue crews beat us to the house. Looking down the dirt road we spot the damaged farm house. Power lines are draped across the road in front of us. |
| Dave Williams and I provided info and pics to the Wichita NWS to assist with the tornado survey. Originally rated "F0", the rating was changed to an F1 tornado which travelled about 5 miles from SW to NE during a near 30 minute life cycle. |
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| These pics are taken about 1 minutes apart. Though it took a while for the visible condensation funnel to reach the ground, the tornado had a longish lifespan-- we watched for over 20 minutes! |
