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Menace after Merger

2019-01-04 By Roger Edwards

Menace after Merger

Complicated things happen in supercells! After the original (and most substantial) tornado of this storm finally dissipated, a newer storm formed to its southwest and merged with the original, rendering the whole thing a mess with little visual storm structure. However, the tornado work wasn’t finished. As we relocated southward through town to seek another high vantage, in response to the backbuilding process, a brief, distant, fuzzy, tornadic spinup occurred under the newer updraft. Several minutes elapsed before we found a good overlook, soon after which this better-defined third tornado developed from the same mesocyclone. This vortex immediately commenced moving southward to southwestward (right to left) beneath a turquoise cloud tone, and amidst a nearly stationary and elongated supercell complex.

1 SSW Canadian TX (27 May 15) Looking WNW
35.8882 -100.3959

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Filed Under: Tornadoes Tagged With: Canadian, clouds, convection, Great Plains, landscapes, supercells, Texas, Texas Panhandle, thunderstorms, tornado, wall clouds, weather

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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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