5-18-2010 Timelapse Video From TX Panhandle

[John Gnuechtel]

Since it's been more than a week and I already posted in reports, I figured this would be the most appropriate place to link up my video of the event. Head on over to the Youtubes for 10 minutes of action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uw1xx2uuP8

Shot with Canon HV30 and put together in Premiere. Current version they have up looks to be low def, but the source video is 720p, and the site says it'll be higher res when they're done processing.

Edit: 720p version is up on the Youtubes now.

 

[Jared Orr]

Stunning...Simply stunning. It's so neat seeing these atmospheric dynamics in fast-motion.

5 stars

 

[KatieVanfleet]

Thanks for sharing! Great video.

 

[Mike Moore]

Sweet!

Great job on the time lapse.

 

[bvassmer]

Wow. Was this recorded in real time, then sped up in post? Over about how long was this entire video?

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Tony Cook]

Very nice. I'd also be interested in seeing the timeline- would be cool if you could dub it in unobtrusively in the video, but I am sure that is much easier said than done.

It is cool to see the storm from this vantage point. After about the one minute mark of your video, I was mostly under or near the meso for the rest of the day. Would love to compare what I was seeing from my position with your view.

Kudos!
TonyC

 

[John Gnuechtel]

Video is 4x normal speed. I actually got about 45 minutes of video that day, and crammed it all down to 9. ;P I've been wanting to figure out a good way to add a clock in there to show what time it actually was. Will be investigating it.

 

[Larry J. Kosch]

Any RFDs??

Hey great time lapse video!! Thought for a minute you were going to get a double funnel treat!! Hey question for you...did you see any evidence or feel any RFDs in your area? I can see you were in several different positions during the chase sequence. I can also see from the grass and dandylions swaying in the winds, but the winds appears to be moving toward the storm structure. Also were there any tornado(s) reported with this storm? Or was it just tornado-warned due to radar indication of a TVS? Thanks. LJK.

 

[John Gnuechtel]

I'd imagine there was RFD, but I wasn't in it. I thought all supercells had 'em...maybe I'm wrong. As soon as I detect that wind change coming, that's my queue to move. So almost everything you ever see from me will usually be shot from the main inflow region. Actually, getting to that position and having the wind at my back while I watch the action is what I use to determine if a chase day was successful or not.

Pretty sure there were tornadoes reported with this one. About 30 seconds into my video, a suspect tendril reaches down and moves against the general storm motion very briefly (it goes from left to right in the video). It's small, but very definitively the only thing that connects the clouds to the ground during that opening sequence. The actual event was no longer than 10 seconds, but I remember being pretty excited about it when I was there that day. I dunno if I'd count it as a tornado or not.

 

[Tony Cook]

Hartley/Dumas/Stinnet supercell/tornado links

Larry,

KAMA logged 6 tornadoes with the Dumas supercell, including the first 5 near Dumas. I witnessed a couple of the ones they mention, and a couple of others that are not in their reports. There was definite RFD with this supercell. Here are the links:

KAMA survey - might be time-sensitive, so you may have to page back to May 18th using the Version links at the top of that page.

Wikipedia page - including the Dumas supercell (the first 6 tornadoes listed on May 18th)- looks pretty close to what KAMA has in their reports.

My chase report for this event

The Stormtrack Reports page - Several other ST'ers were on this cell. There are a lot of good looks at it here.

TonyC