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First Warm-Frontal Tornado

2021-08-07 By Roger Edwards

First Warm-Frontal Tornado

Having been initially out of position for earlier supercells forming near an outflow-reinforced warm front and producing a brief tornado or two each, we zipped north from the Channing area to see if newer and nearer towers, visible to our north, could grow into a storm and achieve the same feat.  They most certainly did, and then some.  The resulting supercell became the longest-lived “anchor storm” of the lot, and produced the most tornadoes.  Here was its first, about 30 seconds after visible development, sporting a fuzzy but unmistakable condensation cone fully in ground contact, with wildflowers and a center-pivot irrigator in the foreground.   This tornado would assume multiple-vortex form briefly, followed by two more tornadoes seen from the same spot.

4 W Conlen TX (30 May 21) Looking NW
36.2351, -102.3135

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Filed Under: Tornadoes Tagged With: clouds, Conlen, convection, Great Plains, landscapes, storms, supercells, Texas, Texas Panhandle, thunderstorms, tornado, weather, wildflowers

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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