Panhandle Magic
Tornado forming near Miami, TX 5/28/94
Photo by Thom Trimble
The tornado (view to due west) formed at around 8PM CDT and was
about 8 kilometers away from the camera at this point. The parent
thunderstorm had developed on the south-facing slope of the Caprock
in the Canadian River Valley northeast of Amarillo. Great structure
is evident in the wall-cloud with the cloud striations indicative
of a mesocyclone.
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See Bruce Haynie's excellent
photo showing this storm at a distance. Excellent view of
the structure from a different perspective. |
Rope-stage of Tornado on the Prarie Near Miami, TX
5/28/94
Photo by Thom Trimble
This shows the tornado at around 8:25 PM CDT. The bell-shaped
wall-cloud was impressive throughout its life-history, but never
more so than at this moment. Note the abrupt vertical wall on
the right (northeast) side of the cloud structure. Note also the
rain and some large hail which had been wrapping around the back
side of the mesocyclone.
Tornado near Miami, TX 5/28/94
Photo by Thom Trimble
This photo (view to northwest)shows the tornado at around 8:18
CDT in a weakening state just prior to the large picture above.
Note the bell-shaped wall cloud with the abrupt vertical edge
on the northeastern (right) side.
The storm originally was a Low Precipitation (LP) supercell,
but became more "classic" with considerable precipitation
in the forward flank just prior to tornadogenesis.
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