This is my favorite of many enjoyable views and shots of the Midland/Odessa tornadic supercell from 2024. It’s not hard to see why: a well-developed and likely strong tornado (ultimately rated EF3), situated classically in a mesocyclone with a rear-flank/occlusion downdraft and clear slot, a low-level tail cloud back toward the forward-flank core, some texturing of the boundary layer by tornadic, inflow and outflow dust for good measure, and best of all, utterly stunning storm structure overhead. It was quite difficult to get around this storm to the inflow side, coming from a northwesterly approach through Odessa, but well worth all the time and trouble once here! Moments like this, of incalculable power and grandeur that render in us a smallness of influence but a vastness of appreciation, are why I go storm observing on the Great Plains every year.
8 WSW Midkiff TX (30 May 24) Looking WNW
31.6089, -101.9775