New found Image from June 9, 2005

[Kurt Hulst]

I had just been re-editing my video for the year and saw this for the first time and was actually able to capture it without my editor skiping the frame.

So I thouhgt I would share it with any one who wanted to see it.

 

[Darin Brunin]

That's an awesome pic Kurt.......Here is a vid grab from the opposite side of the tornadoes. I am betting that was within a minute of when you took yours.

 

[Andrew Khan]

Wow Kurt, that is such an awsome video capture/image. IT's the one of the few I saw of Nicks/Yours, that has the better visibility, as opposed to where they looked all rain wrapped and grungy around the tornado. Now all you need to do is....Watermark/Copyright it!

 

[Pat Lawrence]

Great photos, guys!

 

[nickgrillo]

That lightning flash appeared to have occured when I was still handholding my miniDV (the first minuite or so after we stopped) and the flash does appear on video, but it is virtually offscreen -- and completely messed up on my video. That's a pretty sweet image capture... Too bad I didn't start tripoding like 30 seconds before I did

By the way, were you editing with Pinnacle? It's cool how it breaks up the sequences by the lightning flashes...

<img src=http://midwestchase.com/9-June-2005/tn_692005628PM0003.jpg>

 

[Kurt Hulst]

actually all I used was WMV. suprisingly. I had been using Pinnacle before but i had a diffrent version i felt like re-arranging through WMV.

 

[Reed Timmer]

Kurt,

Do you have any frame captures of that tornado from later on. I heard it became much larger, but we lost visual after the rain wrapped around the south side. I don't know anyone else that was east of that tornado.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Well I guess I'd better post in this thread since I was chasing with Nick and Kurt on June 9

Here are a couple of grabs of the second tornado as we tried to get closer to it.

According to Mike H.'s account there was a third brief tornado that formed to the north of the second big one somewhere.

I didn't notice the second tornado for a long time becuase I was so fixed on the first one.

 

[nickgrillo]

Originally posted by Reed Timmer
Kurt,

Do you have any frame captures of that tornado from later on. I heard it became much larger, but we lost visual after the rain wrapped around the south side. I don't know anyone else that was east of that tornado.

Twister Sisters were pretty close to our position as well ( http://www.twistersisters.com/060905.htm ). Other than me, Kurt and Dan (all chasing together) and the Twister Sisters, I don't think anybody else photographed those tornadoes from that position.

A cap of the tornado (2nd) when it wedge'd out:
<img src=http://midwestchase.com/9-June-2005/tn_692005635PM0005.jpg>

 

[Reed Timmer]

NICE! Looks like an F6!

 

[nickgrillo]

Originally posted by Reed Timmer
NICE! Looks like an F6!

LOL... More like an F12 8)

 

[Robert Edmonds]

I have a rather shaky video of the last few minutes of the tornado from that day with no sound, if you want to check it out.

http://www.untitledimages.com/Default.wmv

 

[Kurt Hulst]

Cool to see who all chimed in on this one. yeah Reed, Dan and Nick put what I would of put up. Dans footage is better since he had his better camera.

Robert it looks like you had a simular angle as Mike H did that day. looking from the NE. I love seeing diffrent angles from everybody it kinda gives ya 3D or 180degree look to it.

Darin Nice shots as well. I saw your picture of that tornado well we were sitting at the construction zone. I reviewed mine as well and its really faint but I can see it. Though its not worth putting in any video.

Thanks fo sharing everyone

 

[mikedeason]

What the heck, I'll throw a couple of pics in as well:

Regards,

Mike

 

[Greg Stumpf]

Originally posted by nickgrillo
A cap of the tornado (2nd) when it wedge'd out:

Not to nit-pick, but I've seen and heard too much misuse of the term wedge. A wedge tornado is one that is visually wider (at the ground) than it is tall (with minimal obstructions to horizon). In this case, this is not a wedge. To illustrate - the cyan line is the widthof the tornado at the ground, and the magenta line the height of the tornado from ground to cloud base. I believe I was quite liberal on the width of the tornado at the ground (remove some horizon effects), and the tornado probably enters the cloud base in the foreground of the base "horizon", making it actually taller. Add foreshortening to that, and it is more likely that the width of the tornado is about 1/2 (or less) the distance from ground to cloud base.