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MESO footage of May 12 Silverton, TX tornadoes:
Classic Texas tornado from funnel to touchdown
Maturing tornado west of Highway 207, Silverton, TX
F2 - F3 tornado crossing 207 and eventually roping out
RFD dust crossing the road towards tornadic area
Second tornado with large hail moving in
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5/7: 2005 Chase Team: Allan Detrich, John Griswold, Jason Sebastian, Greg Ramon, Radar, Nancy Bose, Chris Howell, and Josh Jans. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/7: A spectacular sunset with a crespular ray shining through cumulus congestus tops in Grand Island, NE. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/7: A couple of geese in the foreground of an anvil at sunset near Grand Island, NE. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/9: Chris Rozoff and Greg Elsaesser look at model forecasts for the next day. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/9: Sunset in North Platte, NE. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/10: Russ Schumacher, Brian McNoldy, and Wes Terwey point out features of developing storms near Central City, NE. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/10: Brian Gunsolley from News5 in Hastings, NE shoots footage of MESO members and ECHO. He and Adam Krueger interviewed Allan Detrich and Brian McNoldy for a story about our team. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/10: A strongly rotating supercell near Chapman, NE. (Photo: B. McNoldy) |
5/10: Mesocyclone near Grand Island, NE as the sun sets. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/10: An arcus cloud leading a violent RFD wrapping around the Chapman supercell. (Photo: B. McNoldy) |
5/10: A likely tornado touchdown along Rt 281 near Grand Island, NE. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/10: An empty work trailer is flipped and mangled as the tornado passes over it. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/10: Beautiful twilight mammatus clouds from the storm west of Grand Island. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/10: Giant "mothership" mesocyclone at night near York, NE. (Photo: B. McNoldy) |
5/11: Looking south from Scott City, KS toward a developing supercell over Garden City. (Photo: B. McNoldy) |
5/11: Looking west from Scott City, KS toward the base of an LP supercell. (Photo: B. McNoldy) |
5/11: The same supercell at sunset. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/11: An incredible lightning display highlights a mesocyclone embedded in a tornadic supercell over Garden City, KS. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/12: A tornado forms over an open field near Silverton, TX. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/12: The tornado strengthens and develops a huge debris cloud as it crosses SR 207 south of Silverton. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/12: Still strengthening, but the debris cloud is smaller after the tornado crosses the highway. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/12: The same supercell spawns another tornado nearby on SR 207. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
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5/13: A huge mature supercell near Childress, TX. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/13: The first tornado near Knox City, TX. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/13: Second tornado near Knox City. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/13: Third tornado near Knox City. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/13: Forth tornado near Knox City, TX. (Photo: N. Bose) |
5/13: Brilliant CG lightning bolt south of Childress, TX. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/13: Same storm south of Childress forms a beautiful rotating wall cloud. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/17: Bright white hail shaft in a severe thunderstorm northeast of North Platte, NE. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
5/17: A rotating wall cloud spins up some dust from the ground in the storm near North Platte. (Photo: A. Detrich) |
