May 28th: Central Kansas Wedge Tornado
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Isolated storm fires in an environment of high CAPE and good shear along a stationary front north of Salina, Kansas.
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Cone tornado forms near the small town of Bennington.
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It widens about five miles west of my position but is obscured by rain.
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I'm far enough away to enjoy an impressive storm structure.
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Large, nearly stationary wedge-shaped tornado (width is greater than height).
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Rotating thunderstorm with large, intense tornado.
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Zoomed-in view of one of the most stunning sights in nature.
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Wide-angle view of rain-wrapped wedge tornado. At this point I'm thinking that one storm like this makes the entire season worthwhile.
May 30th: Southern Oklahoma Wall Clouds
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Supercell develops near Anadarko, 40 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. It's a hot, humid afternoon with plenty of fuel for storms.
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I set up near Rush Springs as another supercell strengthens to my west.
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Threatening wall cloud, but outflow from the storm soon undercuts the updraft.
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Ragged lowering is now cut off from the warm inflow into the storm.
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Another wall cloud forms underneath a new updraft that formed further southeast, but it also is undercut. Weak surface winds and lack of low-level rotation are preventing the sustained updrafts necessary to form tornadoes.
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New wall cloud just west of Marlow.
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Tornado sirens are going off, but outflow from the storm will once again interfere with the surface-based updraft.
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Impressive structure on a day with an outbreak of benign wall clouds.
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Cold air begins to destroy the wall cloud.
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Another spectacle of nature.
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New storm intensifies further north. It will soon be dark, so I let it go.
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Behind the storm.