In the final daylight cycle of a long-lived supercell, wild striations arched from nearly overhead, southwestward to what was left of the storm’s updraft base. The spectacular scene strongly resembled another strikingly banded, decaying storm I witnessed in the Nebraska Sandhills a few years before. The Nebraska storm was outflow-dominant and not an identifiable supercell at the time; but the visual resemblance is amazing, despite the differences in processes and geography. This storm seemed a far cry and a world away from both the nasty “Stormzilla” this had been shortly before, and the flatter, high-based supercell it was a mere couple of hours earlier!
1 SE Saint Jo TX (12 Apr 9) Looking WSW
33.6824, -97.4993Banded St. Jo Supercell
In the final daylight cycle of a long-lived supercell, wild striations arched from nearly overhead, southwestward to what was left of the storm’s updraft base. The spectacular scene strongly resembled another strikingly banded, decaying storm I witnessed in the Nebraska Sandhills a few years before. The Nebraska storm was outflow-dominant and not an identifiable supercell at the time; but the visual resemblance is amazing, despite the differences in processes and geography. This storm seemed a far cry and a world away from both the nasty “Stormzilla” this had been shortly before, and the flatter, high-based supercell it was a mere couple of hours earlier!
1 SE Saint Jo TX (12 Apr 9) Looking WSW
33.6824, -97.4993