After a great show of supercellular structure, the Millsap storm got messy and rainy, but a surprise emerged within that rain—a nicely formed cone tornado. When the surrounding precipitation thinned a bit, the tornado’s debris fan became visible (here), and its parent wall cloud had been cut and occluded to a size not much broader than the top of the condensation funnel. Fortunately this tornado did not cause any casualties, and remained in rural country close enough to I-20 to put on quite a spectacle for travelers without directly endangering them.
2 NW Brock TX (15 May 13) Looking WNW
32.7004, -97.9611
RADAREarly Millsap Tornado
After a great show of supercellular structure, the Millsap storm got messy and rainy, but a surprise emerged within that rain—a nicely formed cone tornado. When the surrounding precipitation thinned a bit, the tornado’s debris fan became visible (here), and its parent wall cloud had been cut and occluded to a size not much broader than the top of the condensation funnel. Fortunately this tornado did not cause any casualties, and remained in rural country close enough to I-20 to put on quite a spectacle for travelers without directly endangering them.
2 NW Brock TX (15 May 13) Looking WNW
32.7004, -97.9611
RADAR