After the long-lived, nearly stationary brute had formed, widened, and widened more, the Bennington tornado wrapped and unwrapped precipitation a couple of times. This wide-angle view shows the second such stage, as the tornado retreated back to the WNW very slowly and we lost its audible sound. A deep occlusion-downdraft process was underway as evident in the “clear” (actually less-cloudy) slot being carved around the east side of the parent mesocyclone. This stage also represented the only interval where we clearly saw multiple vortices, though they probably occurred at other times buried inside the larger condensation funnel.
1 NW Bennington KS (28 May 13) Looking W
39.0409, -97.6126