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This was a true treat. I found this little guy early and watched and watched as it struggled. At one point what reflectivity there was showing up on radar trended way down to nearly nothing. I jumped up and down and gave it hell for a while, since I was out there all alone. Then I saw the new plume go up on the back side and got filled with hope. The rest is as follows. |
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I shot nearly one hour of time lapse video from this location with the tornado forming about 20 minutes into it. |
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Only one guy and his kid drove by the whole time I was there on that road. Other than that I never saw a soul. Not only did I not see a soul after that or before I could not see any houses even. It really was very cool feeling completely alone with a nice little supercell. The area only added to this encounter. |
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It inally clears that big rock formation(I'm near or in the badlands of sw SD) so I can see under the base better. |
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Tornado too!? |
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That first real tornado of the year is always special. I'd had one before on May 7 but personally never saw below the treeline so it didn't exactly count for much. |
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I'm starting to get too se of the storm so I leave and try to get east or northeast of it again. |
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Northeast of it now, to the south of Kadoka SD.
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You can see the bubbling mammatus forming on the left side of the pic now. I'm looking ssw here and starting to get hailed on. |
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The core really picks up on radar now. I think there were reports of baseball hail in Kadoka shortly after this pic. The big stuff was on my heals as I got through and went east. |
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East of Kadoka looking sw. |
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Some town east of Kadoka a few miles, looking sw. |
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Nice supercell crossing the interstate now. |
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The rest are video captures. I'm getting gas in Murdo now. The line behind the supercell has now caught up with it. |
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I should have raced east as I'm guessing the structure of this shelf got even more amazing. |
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Here she comes! |
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Dirt racing east under the shelf. |
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Now for the horizontal rain. This guy was trying to use the canopy as a sheild but the gusting winds weren't letting it happen. That is the only reason I can figure he was standing where he was. What is wrong with the inside of the vehicle I do not know. Parking under the canopy probably wasn't the brightest thing to do. A convective line likely isn't going to produce real nasty hail. I should have been more concerned with the wind than any hail, and therefor not parked under a swaying canopy(I did end up moving to the south side of a motel). |
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