I kept seeing the towers get blown off and was getting to the point of "why bother" when I noticed that they were rebuilding. Still many miles out I noticed that the cell had a foot even if little precipitation yet. That was enough to keep me going NW, a bit later the foot fell apart and recycled and then I noticed that even the upper clouds seemed to hint of rotation.
Numerous miles later I managed to get caught up with it still West of Herington for some awesome structure shots. The rotation was amazing.
Me being the structure fan I was heading out for better structure when it first produced so I had just left the action area and missed the better position for shots of the funnel. Supposedly this was the tornado but a hill would have kept me from seeing any ground rotation and though the condensation funnel did reach much farther than this shot though very thinly I didn't see contact so funnel it is.
Continuing on for structure and the sunset.
The structure remained amazing with it spinning like a top even through its eventual death in Geary County.
More photos of the progression of this beast on my Flickr
You can buy prints of these photos at Kansas Horizons
That is simply stunning!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It was some awesome structure.
ReplyDeleteFantastic Jim! What an amazing cell!
ReplyDeleteFantastic images, Jim!
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