Tyler Graham
EF0
We arrived to the storm as it was just west of Chouteau. My dad and I both agree there was rotation present. I talked to him yesterday and he also remembers seeing the dirt rotating and the now supposed wall cloud also rotating. Something else I forgot to mention and didn't remember until talking with my dad yesterday: another storm chaser pulled up beside us and we quickly talked. He said that he also saw a tornado touch down briefly and lift back up. He agreed it was rotation, and even agreed on the tornado. Jeff, do you have any times on that photo or video? I want to know at what point you saw the feature you are calling a shelf cloud and that I am calling rotation/wall cloud. Matt, we were facing west, to answer your question. Later re-positioned to get a better view, which was to the west-north-west, which is the direction the picture is taken in. For a brief period of time there was warm air rushing in, and then cold air as the outflow on the left of my picture came forward. It seems to me that the dirt on the ground would not be so concentrated and the "funnel" would not be so concentrated if it was just outflow. I don't know what time Jeff was on this storm, but I guess we are on opposite ends of the spectrum. And I want everyone to know that I am not just some idiot teenager. I have educated myself tremendously on severe weather and meteorology. Now, I have an extraordinary amount of things to learn, but please don't assume that I don't know what I am talking about and that chasing I just chase with my dad in an attempt to get a rush and get nothing out of it. I do it for personal enjoyment, but just read my introduction. I do it to further educate myself. And I'm not saying that anyone has said this, because no one has, but I am serious about my chasing and severe weather, and I just want everyone to know this as they read my account and accounts of the future. But no one has said this, and I deeply appreciate this. It's hard to convey your personality and life and yourself through nonverbal communication and know someone without knowing them. I thought of this and just wanted to address it to everyone.