A Partial List of Amazing Intercepts:
Tornado Alley Safari
Tornadic
Activity
Seven Tornado
Touchdowns, including a two-block wide F-2 approximately two blocks away;
Alfalfa, Co. OK; May '98. We intercept this supercell from birth.
Several Funnel
Clouds within
a few hundred feet of touchdown; McCook, NB; June '99. Includes funnel
directly overhead and another within 1/2 mile of us. We intercept this
supercell from birth.
Huge Black Rotating Wall
Cloud hanging just above earth a couple of miles away; Kit Carson, CO; May
'97.
Funnel Cloud One Block
Away, illumined by lightning revealing scud clouds shooting up into
it. Just several stories from earth; Dora, NM; May '99. We intercept
this supercell from birth.
Large Horizontal Funnel
Spins practically directly overhead; El Reno, OK; June '98.
Entire Sky Rotates;
Caldwell, OK; June '96.
Volcanic Supercell Rear
Rotating Like Merry-Go-Round, one mile away; Syracuse, KS; June '99.
Huge "Beaver's Tail
Practically Touching Earth; eerie blue-green glow; Oberlin, KS area; June
'99.
Electrical
Displays
150-Mile Nighttime Drive in Sci-Fi-Like
Pyrotechnics; NW KS; SW NB; June '99.
Disco Light Sky Turning Earth and
Horizon to Day; Colby-Oakley, KS; June '99.
Every Horizon Seethes with Lightning
while Stars Shine; Dora, NM; May '99.
Dragon Fire Stabs Horizon and Explodes
Overhead; Two nights in June '99; W. TX
Three-Hour Nonstop Natural Fireworks
Display; Paul's Valley, OK; June '98.
Supercell Lightning Bolts Shooting Out
of Cloudtop into Clear Sky; May '97; Little Rock, AR
Four-Hour Explosion that Includes
Tornado Sirens; Leavenworth, KS; June '96.
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