Here’s a zoomed-in view just a minute or less after the previous, wide-angle shot of the deeply occluded, tornadic Chugwater supercell’s mesocyclone. Even in its final gasps, now well secluded from the main updraft area (and location of the new, nontornadic mesocyclone) in the foreground, the vortex was heaving forth many tons of dirt and brush, and capable of damage were there anything man-made to strike at this stage. The tornado soon would undergo a worm-like rope stage before finally expiring. Supercells commonly shed shriveling old mesocyclones to their farthest rear reaches, sometimes while still tornadic, like this.
12 E Chugwater WY (20 Jun 10) Looking WSW
41.7405, -104.595