South Dakota and Minnesota Storms

September 16, 2006

Target was near Mitchell, SD

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Storm as we first arrived.

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To us, it looks outflow-dominant, but that will soon change.

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A tornado soon develops as we reach the Canistota exit on I-90.

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Tornado gets bigger but is several miles away.

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A wider shot showing the storm structure.

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Tornado is having some axisymmetrization issues here.

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Last shot before we move. Tornado is 1.5 miles southwest of us.

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Rope-out phase of the tornado as we head north from I-90.

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Second tornado viewed from a mile or two east of Chester, SD.

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Funnel cloud developing beyond wind farm near Ruthton, MN. Turbines are shut down here, even though there is a steady wind.

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Updraft barrel of another supercell near Tyler, MN.

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Same storm a few minutes later over the wind farm.

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Back of another storm to the east, which we had abandoned.

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At sunset, more of a low-precipitation (LP) storm approaches Florence, MN.

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Same storm looking farther up/left.


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