Rob Gardner
EF0
Chased the tornado warned cell in Bureau County. The storm went tornado warned right as we were approaching the storm going north on 40 through Bradford. Interesting enough one of the photos taken while driving shows a slightly contrasted cone underneath the base. This picture was taken almost 2 miles north of bradford and would line up with the time frame of the movement of circulation with the issued warning. It`s hard to see and way too hard to tell if it was a tornado for a brief time, but would be curious if any one else has opinions on what that looked like. I wish I had seen it at the time perhaps I could have gotten a better look.
Following this we went 2 more miles north and got east of the circulation. The circulation was lightly rain wrapped at this point and once the initial curtain of rain passed very unorganized. There was lots of rising air and some rotation but no visible RFD in behind and the base was not well defined at all..
If that was a cone in the previous image it dissipated rapidly and by the time it passed over us it was falling apart. Did observe some pretty intense winds following that, but no damage.
Here is a high contrast version of the first image....
Following this we went 2 more miles north and got east of the circulation. The circulation was lightly rain wrapped at this point and once the initial curtain of rain passed very unorganized. There was lots of rising air and some rotation but no visible RFD in behind and the base was not well defined at all..
If that was a cone in the previous image it dissipated rapidly and by the time it passed over us it was falling apart. Did observe some pretty intense winds following that, but no damage.
Here is a high contrast version of the first image....