No, this isn’t about the rock band of the ’80s to early ’90s (whose music was remarkably good). They were one word. This is two. As for the tornado, the cloud portion bears a decidedly serpentine form, right down to the striking head with the open-mouth appearance at the bottom of the condensation funnel. Yes, this is a true tornado, in contact with ground, as evident in the dust plume below the “snake’s mouth”. Outflow from the background core stretched the vortex for most of this tornado’s 7–10-minute lifespan (it formed gradually with an uncertain true-beginning time). That process both displaced the ground circulation well southeast of the ambient cloud base, and likely intensified the vortex through stretching. This was the beautiful, yet dangerous, result. A small, secondary, non-tornadic funnel cloud appears in the storm above and behind the middle part of the tornadic tube. Another shot shows this tornado in the context of its broader parent circulation.
4 S Prospect Valley CO (19 Jun 18) Looking NE
40.0152, -104.4178
RADARWhite Snake Tornado
No, this isn’t about the rock band of the ’80s to early ’90s (whose music was remarkably good). They were one word. This is two. As for the tornado, the cloud portion bears a decidedly serpentine form, right down to the striking head with the open-mouth appearance at the bottom of the condensation funnel. Yes, this is a true tornado, in contact with ground, as evident in the dust plume below the “snake’s mouth”. Outflow from the background core stretched the vortex for most of this tornado’s 7–10-minute lifespan (it formed gradually with an uncertain true-beginning time). That process both displaced the ground circulation well southeast of the ambient cloud base, and likely intensified the vortex through stretching. This was the beautiful, yet dangerous, result. A small, secondary, non-tornadic funnel cloud appears in the storm above and behind the middle part of the tornadic tube. Another shot shows this tornado in the context of its broader parent circulation.
4 S Prospect Valley CO (19 Jun 18) Looking NE
40.0152, -104.4178
RADAR