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Scorpion Stinger Tornado

2015-02-21 By Roger Edwards

Scorpion Sting Tornado

Underneath some striking supercell structure, the Phillips tornado’s condensation funnel evolved swiftly from a stubby bump to this contorted form resembling the painful end of a scorpion.  The small debris cloud beneath the “stinger” confirmed its status as full tornado.  Although this vortex wasn’t very long-lived, it would have made a fine finale for a productive storm-observing day, just on its own merit. Instead, the succeeding vortex near Aurora stole the thunder (pun intended).

5 ESE Phillips NE (17 Jun 9) Looking W
40.8729, -98.1325

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Filed Under: Tornadoes Tagged With: clouds, Great Plains, highways, Nebraska, Phillips, storms, supercells, 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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