Photos from the
2004 chase season
(All
images copyright Cailyn Lloyd and Jennie Lloyd.
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reserved. Absolutely no reproduction
without
express written consent of Cailyn Lloyd or Jennie Lloyd)
May 24th near
Deschler Nebraska
Five tornadoes, three
at once
Second
tornado from this storm touches down
Now
there are two!
Second
tornado dissipates, third has a loudspout appearance
Third
tornado intensfies
And
begins to dissipate
Now
there are three! One does not have visible condensation
funnel
Closer
view of number five
Later
view of numbers three and five
Number
five takes on a barrelled appearance
And
develops into a slender funnel
Quite
delicate now
Long
thin rope still stirring debris on ground
Nearly
gone, just top and bottom visible as fine filaments
Next
meso evolution, large rotating meso with small tail cloud
Evolves
to well-defined funnel and clear slot
Low
hanging wall cloud beneath large mesocyclone
Later,
another funnel with well-defined clear slot
Which
occludes leaving small cloud tag spinning in the middle
Beautiful
striated updraft though storm is now weakening
Wide
angle view
New
storms erupt southwest of Topeka and
the chase is on
May 21 Pierce Co Nebraska
Surprise supercell and tornado
Just when
we're ready to quit, this little tower shot up
and quickly
exploded into this beauty
RFD
beginning notch flanking line, bottom center
Wow.
Great clear slot(RFD), updraft, wallcloud
This thin
little tube spun up moments later
destroyed a
small outbuilding and dissipated
May 17 near Russell Kansas
Supercell and near tornado
Laminar
updraft with developing wallcloud
Low hanging
wallcloud which is rotating
but does
not produce a tornado
May 16 near Rockville Nebraska
Two brief tornadoes
Rotating
updraft base with clear slot
Wet RFD
wraps up and produces brief weak tornado
Next meso
produces another tornado at bottom center