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Roadless Rope

2025-04-23 By Roger Edwards

Roadless Rope
A pretty little west Texas tornado “ropes out” near the end of its lifespan, after traversing remote mesquite range many miles from any public roads.  No person was harmed in the atmosphere’s making of this vortex. Jackrabbits, rattlesnakes, and mesquite bushes may have been, however.  The bent-back old updraft, cleaving off the back side of the supercell, had eroded to a ragged nub, and the tornado itself would last no more than another 10–20 seconds.  This is a mechanism I’ve seen produce tornadoes on several occasions away from the newer, stronger, primary mesocyclone, including another west Texas event and another tube not far northeast of Denver.

23 SSW Sterling City, TX (19 Apr 25) Looking NW
31.5126, -101.0893

 

Filed Under: Tornadoes Tagged With: clouds, convection, landscapes, Sterling City, storms, supercells, Texas, thunderstorms, tornado, 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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