Often opaquely to densely rain-wrapped, this brief thinning of precipitation orbiting the tornado defined it nicely for visual identification during a relatively early, thick stage. Surrounding storm structure, as you can see, was amazing. Unfortunately, this tornado killed two people near Cole, despite being both in a tornado watch, and well-warned. The visual form of this stout tornado, during this stage, reminded me a lot of the Campo/Pritchett, Colorado vortex from two years before.
1 NE Washington OK (19 Apr 23) Looking WNW
35.071, -97.477