Your Favorite Type of Tornado

[Danny Neal]

My dream shot is Mulvane. I have gotten every tornado shape and size, but never a dramatic shot like Mulvane. Of course my favorite would be up close and personal with a violent tornado. Whether it is a large cone or a wedge. I think my favorite though would be the large cone with swirling multiple vorticies. I like seeing the inner works of a tornado.

My "sunlit" rope shot:

My favorite type of tornado:

 

[Chad Cowan]

It's going to be hard to beat this Minnesota drill bit, but I'll be looking for an angle with better lighting next time.

 

[James Gustina]

My favorite would probably be a stovepipe under a mothership/stack of plates. Preferably a little HP to give it that menacing look of success

 

[Nathan Edwards]

The high based drillbit tornadoes are my favourite. Elie, Manitoba is an especially beautiful tornado before it goes mad with crazy vortex breakdown towards the end of it's life. I love the smaller sub vortices visible occasionally towards the edge of the visible funnel... a much more intense version of what I saw with the first tornado after the Bowdle wedge this year!


I'm sure most of you are familiar with this video but it's one of the best from that day!

 

[Kevin Crawmer]

I love the high contrast tornadoes. There was one pic that Jason Boggs had of the March 28, 2007 tornadoes in west TX that I loved. Campo (his work and others) was amazing. Bowdle and Dupree were amazing. Obviously, Mulvane would be a dream shot for me. I also think the Great Bend tornado from 8-30-74 was an absolute scary looking monster.

For me, Bowdle encompassed a lot for me. I got my dusty cone, monster wedge, backlit needle, and multivortex serpantine tornadoes all within an hour.

I will give a shameless plug for some friends: the tornadoes in Minnesota on June 17th of this year were spectacular. The picture Danny has above is of the one close to Albert Lea, MN. I will say that Convective Addiction's video: Minnesota Mayhem documents these storms and that Albert Lea tornado was unbelievable! The structure, colors, contrast, etc were all one could wish for.

 

[Adam Reagan]

Multi-Vortex tornadoes especially those that do a majestic dance around the main funnel, my lone tornado was multi-vortex however trees were blocking my view and I was only able to see it as a wedge and eventually stovepipe as it weakened.

 

[Marcus Diaz]

My favorite tornado is one that's in my target area. Any one that isn't in an HP mess and last for a few minutes are also on my favorite list!

 

[Jeff Hawkins]

It's going to be hard to beat this Minnesota drill bit, but I'll be looking for an angle with better lighting next time.

That looks almost ***EXACTLY*** like the tornado I saw in Omaha on Easter Sunday in 1966 at age 2....marked me as a tornado geek for life!!
So I'd say that's the kind I'd love to see again, but with my score of zero so far, any tor will do.

 

[ELY M.]

My favorite type of tornadoes is wedge type with horizontal vortices around it.
Tuscaloosa, Cullman, and Salina tornadoes are my favorite examples.

I will be happy to see any tornadoes as they happens on my chases.

in OP's post. in Van Wert 2002 video, I can see horizontal vortice going around the parent at 1:30 to 1:50