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The storm as we approached from the east...looking very nice.
Date: 05/24/08
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We watched this wall cloud develop from nothing to the south of Dighton, Kansas.
Date: 05/24/08
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230508am04
In the space of 20 minutes, this storm went from looking garden variety to looking AWESOME.
Date: 05/24/08
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We think this may've been tornado #1 from this storm - a brief spin up as the RFD cut into the wall cloud (video should confirm)
Date: 05/24/08
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Although it looks a bit ragged here, the RFD was cutting into the wall cloud and it was beginning to rotate nicely.
Date: 05/24/08
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A close-up of the RFD cutting into the wall cloud and a tail cloud streaming from the precip on the right.
Date: 05/24/08
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230508am08
A few minutes later, the clear slot starts to become more identifiable and the wallcloud has regained more shape. Rotation was really starting to crank here.
Date: 05/24/08
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230508am09
We repositioned to the N side of Dighton. This photo was taken as we drove north just south of Dighton as the rotation reached its peak and a large multi-vortex tornado developed.
Date: 05/24/08
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The view out the driver's side window as we moved north. Dighton was lucky not to take a direct hit from this tornado although I understand the north western parts of town sustained some heavy damage.
Date: 05/24/08
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