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22 April 2010

Eastern TX Panhandle tornadoes.

Date: 04/23/2010 Owner: Chumpson Size: 20 items
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Updraft base (view to the WSW) from near Jericho, TX along I-40 in the eastern TX Panhandle.

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2756
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Developing mesocyclone.

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2376
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Early stages of the first tornado we observed (funnel cloud to the left), with newer rotating wall cloud forming to the right.

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2402
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Well-formed funnel cloud, and new mesocyclone to the right. Images are blurred thanks to leaving my tripod at home...plus it was tough to stay still in the cool temperatures and wind!

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2451
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Two tornadoes at once. The weak tornado on the left finally showed condensation close to the ground with a small debris swirl. To the right, the next tornado was beginning to develop. The lack of the tripod killed me here!

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2567
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The second tornado is now maturing to our west. We made a mistake trying to get too close to this tornado a few minutes later, and paid for it with baseball hail and a broken windshield.

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2504
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After the chaos of having the weakening (second) Jericho tornado pass a few hundred yards to our south as we got overtaken by baseball hail, we repositioned to the north of Alanreed on FM 291 to view the rain-wrapped mesocyclone.

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2348
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This was our last view of the Jericho supercell.

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2515
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A storm SW of our first supercell became the new target (not sure if this storm produced the nice tornado that we couldn't see near Goodnight around 5:30 pm). The large rotating wall cloud had a menacing look, but didn't produce any tornadoes while we ha

Date: 04/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 2354
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