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Sunlit Tornadic Finale through Rain

2026-09-20 By Roger Edwards

Sunlit Tornadic Finale through Rain
The long-lived Wellfleet tornado became secluded in the final couple minutes of its lifespan, and would not last more than a minute or so after this.  With the parent supercell right-moving slowly toward the SSE, the forward-flank core gradually was covering more of my position, after being on its edge for some time.  Fortunately the sporadic hail stayed subsevere to marginally severe here, and I was able to remain at the good vantage.  Still, the numerous raindrops account for the speckled or blotchy texture of the scene, and render an uncommon foreground:  enough rain to see the rain, but not to hide the vortex.  Crepuscular rays cut through the back side of the supercell and illuminated the upper right edge of the condensation funnel from this angle.

1 NW Wellfleet NE (16 Jun 25) Looking WSW
40.7716, -100.741

Filed Under: Tornadoes, Visual Effects Tagged With: clouds, convection, crepuscular rays, fractocumulus, Great Plains, landscapes, Nebraska, rain, scud, storms, supercells, thunderstorms, tornado, weather, Wellfleet

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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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