May 5th, 2002 Texas Panhandle Magic
Last Updated on Sunday, 10 January 2010 00:24 Written by Roger Hill
May 5th was an incredible day. Two very large tornadic supercells developed in the Texas panhandle. Since I was on my way to Oklahoma City to join David Gold and Silver Lining Tours, I took the northern route through the northern Texas panhandle. By mid afternoon a supercell developed near Dumas and tracked east/northeast through the panhandle. This storm produced a very large tornado about 10 miles east of Pringle, Texas, and another beautiful tornado just south of Higgins, Texas. Check out the photos below.
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Supercell develops.
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Clear slot forms on western side of updraft.
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Tornado develops rapidly under a rotating wall cloud east of Pringle.
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Tornado continues to strengthen.
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Large, violently rotating tornado!!!
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Second tornado forms 2 hours later near Higgins, Texas.
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Awesome cone tornado!!!
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Still a circulation on the ground.
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Tornado ropes out.
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