Ronnie Bradley
EF1
I was watching a storm brewing west of town whilst eating at the Sonic (TMI, I know but I'm putting that in anyway ). I noticed the sky getting darker to the west and some anvil cirrus spreading overhead at my location. I then left for home to see if anything looked interesting on radar (left GR3 running while I was away...). I spotted a cell on radar in extreme Wrn White County that had a SVR TS on it due to hail. I noticed a small appendage on its SW side and it had some weak rotation so off I go with the camera, to Floyd, AR to intercept the storm. The storm was tracking ESE around 20 to 25 mph. Here are some pics...
I took this pic at a gravel quarry. The camera was facing NW toward the non rotating wall cloud. The funnel like shapes are cloud tags, not funnels (they were not rotating)
Another pic of the storm, taken at a slightly better location atop a hill, also looking NW. Rising motions were seen, but no rotation. After snapping this pic, the storm began a rather rapid downward trend and was completely gone about 30 to 40 minutes later.
Radar image, roughly the same time frame as the pics above...
I'm sure glad it was my day off and while this wasn't a full fledged supercell, beggers can't be choosers. At least I have a pic that I can call my own
TIA to all that read this post / thread
I took this pic at a gravel quarry. The camera was facing NW toward the non rotating wall cloud. The funnel like shapes are cloud tags, not funnels (they were not rotating)
Another pic of the storm, taken at a slightly better location atop a hill, also looking NW. Rising motions were seen, but no rotation. After snapping this pic, the storm began a rather rapid downward trend and was completely gone about 30 to 40 minutes later.
Radar image, roughly the same time frame as the pics above...
I'm sure glad it was my day off and while this wasn't a full fledged supercell, beggers can't be choosers. At least I have a pic that I can call my own
TIA to all that read this post / thread