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Gallery 2010 chases 18 May 2010 near Dumas TX
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18 May 2010 near Dumas TX

Roger and I watched a tornadic supercell from its inception near Channing TX to sunset near Stinnett TX.

Date: 05/21/2010 Owner: Chumpson Size: 24 items
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Early stages of supercell updraft a few miles NNW of Channing TX.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2765
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Initial stages of lowering base and wall cloud formation.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2297
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Ragged, rotating wall cloud to our WNW.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2455
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Concentrated lowering with rather strong rotation, as evidenced by the curvature in the cloud tags.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 3451
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Tight rotation continues to our NNW.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2500
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The rest of the updraft base and mesocyclone to our N-NNE.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2451
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Strong cloud motion very close to the ground. This may have been a weak tornado, though weak ground kept us from having a ready source of dust.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2265
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The tight rotation took on a more laminar appearance, with what appeared to be a brief funnel.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2297
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After losing patience and attempting to reposition, the deeply occluded updraft (now wrapped in some rain) finally produced a weak tornado. I believe Roger has a picture that is more of a zoomed image showing dust poofs beneath the funnel.

Date: 05/18/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2291
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