Brinkman, Oklahoma, Supercell on May 26, 2000
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Tower goes up along dryline in southwestern Oklahoma (near Texas border), but the storm is nearly stationary and struggles to develop.
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More action towards the east, but nothing worth chasing.
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Late in the afternoon, strong convection begins just to the south. The tower is leaning northeast due to shear from strong mid-level southwest winds.
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Again looking south, just a few minutes later.
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Strong convection to the east.
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Looking east again, the atmosphere is starting to boil.
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A closer look.
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An hour later, the various cells merged into an HP supercell. This is the southwestern edge of the storm.
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Looking north into heart of storm about the time it is dropping softball size hail near Brinkman.
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A few minutes later.
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As the storm weakened, an amazing looking detached shelf cloud develops within about 30 or 40 minutes, caused by rain-cooled outflow lifting warm, moist air flowing in from the south.
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A two-photo view of the same cloud. Very UFO-like.
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Rear of supercell.
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Looking nearly straight up, at edge of supercell. This one storm, though devoid of wall clouds and tornadoes, provided enough awe-inspiring views to make me commit to spend much more time in the Plains each spring.