June 17, 2009 Central Nebraska Tornadoes
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:03 Written by Roger Hill
June 17th was certainly a day I will never forget. All parameters pointed to a triple point boundary in central Nebraska, just north of Kearney. By late afternoon, an intense tornadic supercell developed and tracked eastward through Grand Island and Aurora, producing a large and destructive tornado just west of Aurora. We would witness half dozen tornadoes this day, culminating with the Aurora, Nebraska monster. I only put photos up here and no video stills, thus only 2 tornadoes are in photos. Here is a wild 5 minute video from this event:
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View of the tornadic supercell looking northwest. Amazing structure and overturning convection in the anvil. |
Wide shot of the updraft, wall cloud and newly developing tornado. |
Closer shot of the mesocyclone, wall cloud and tornado. |
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Just west of Aurora, Nebraska, the structure of this monster tells all. There IS a tapered cone funnel under the updraft here! |
Increasingly large and destructive tornado forms one quarter mile to my north. Shot as wide as my 17MM lens will go! |
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Bit tighter shot of this impressive tornado just north of me.
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After the tornado passes to my east, it is still a very strong tornado with large debris cloud. |
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