Cool picture from Sunday in Nebraska
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:01 pm
No, I did not take this ( I wish I did), this is from the Waverly area...
WOW!!
Is that a tornado or a wall cloud?
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:45 pm
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:53 pm
That would be the mother ship! GREAT pic.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:13 pm
Fantastic Pic!
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:32 pm
Wow! 
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:55 pm
It really looks like a weird pic, but compared to this one, it appears to be the same funnel cloud. http://www.theomahachannel.com/weather/ ... etail.html
It's just odd after seeing that fake one of "Isabel" and seeing how similar the two are, my mind wanted to say this one was fake. But since the Isabel one was faked using a similar "real" pic of a cloud formation associated with a tornado (thanks, Snopes), I guess this one is the beautiful, dangerous, awesome real thing.
It's just odd after seeing that fake one of "Isabel" and seeing how similar the two are, my mind wanted to say this one was fake. But since the Isabel one was faked using a similar "real" pic of a cloud formation associated with a tornado (thanks, Snopes), I guess this one is the beautiful, dangerous, awesome real thing.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:02 pm
Wicked Cool Picture!!!!
Wish I was there..
Wish I was there..
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:45 pm
That's a rather nice pic.
--snoopj
--snoopj
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:19 am
So did this tornado hit that ball park?
Eric
Eric
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:00 am
Holy Crap! That is a kewl, yet scary picture! WOW! 
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:53 pm
Stephanie wrote:WOW!!
Is that a tornado or a wall cloud?
Classic and very large wall cloud on an LP (low-precipitation) supercell thunderstorm ... I don't see a funnel or tornado associated with that picture itself.
Absolutely breathtaking photo...
SF
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:33 pm
Stormsfury wrote:Classic and very large wall cloud on an LP (low-precipitation) supercell thunderstorm ... I don't see a funnel or tornado associated with that picture itself.
Absolutely breathtaking photo...
SF
Nice Explanation SF!
Here (for reference purposes) is a schematic of a LP or low-precipitation supercell to compare.
As SF noted, The part that you are looking at in the pic that AirmaN posted is the wall cloud (or cloud lowering associated with the rain-free base found on the inflow side of a supercell thunderstorm)
I think it is important though that everyone knows that not all wall clouds associated with supercells will rotate, however those that do, commonly precede tornado development. Persistent rotation and strong vertical motion associated with wall clouds are good indicators of tornado development.
LP supercells might also contain some very large hail, especially if environmental factors are favorable.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:09 am
Stormsfury wrote:Stephanie wrote:WOW!!
Is that a tornado or a wall cloud?
Classic and very large wall cloud on an LP (low-precipitation) supercell thunderstorm ... I don't see a funnel or tornado associated with that picture itself.
Absolutely breathtaking photo...
SF
A shot taken from another direction of that same wall cloud does reveal a tornado. Great explanations from both SF and elw(did you get that pasted pic out of the skywarn book?that is where I have seen it)!! Thanks!