Tornado Viewed from Underneath

[SparWeb]

I had fun last weekend.  Glad to say it was only fun and nothing else.
This is what a tornado looks like from underneath as it develops the funnel cloud. 
In this case, directly over my house:



I had the presence of mind to hit record on the camera before ducking back into the house to make sure everything was secure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkzOJkqS-c8

Since it also passed directly over my weather station, I thought it might have measured some interesting data.  Sorry, not really. 
The record shows that the pressure dropped very low, and then the wind "came about" a full rotation, but that doesn't tell the whole story, does it??



Anyway, all safe and sound, with only some interesting pictures to show for it.

[wbuffetjr1]

Wow That is crazy, Spar!!

[mbouwer]

If you see a tornado coming your way.
What can you do to secure your mill?

[Bruce S]

Just thing of the amount of energy needed to drop the temperature from 20C to 15C?
Wow!

[Mary B]

I had fun last weekend.  Glad to say it was only fun and nothing else.
This is what a tornado looks like from underneath as it develops the funnel cloud. 
In this case, directly over my house:

(Attachment Link)

I had the presence of mind to hit record on the camera before ducking back into the house to make sure everything was secure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkzOJkqS-c8

Since it also passed directly over my weather station, I thought it might have measured some interesting data.  Sorry, not really. 
The record shows that the pressure dropped very low, and then the wind "came about" a full rotation, but that doesn't tell the whole story, does it??

(Attachment Link)

Anyway, all safe and sound, with only some interesting pictures to show for it.

I used to storm spot and saw that to many times...

[ElSuperFantasma]

One of the most horrifying things for me is a tornado. I have seen funnel clouds touching down real close to my property. Every time weather gets crazy around this time of the year those things are pretty much embedded in terrible thunderstorms.

I will be working soon on building an above ground shelter.

Storms around here are not pretty.

TSG

[Mary B]

Yeah I am on the northern edge of tornado alley so severe weather gets my attention fast. Had one last night that the sky went green south of me. I haven't seen the hail reports yet but I am sure some farmers got hit. I had a 75mph wind gust out of it, and continuous lightning. Makes storm reporting on the ham rig fun LOL I do have lightning protection that is supposed to survive a direct hit but I don't want to find out of it works! I make really quick reports and put the mic down! I need to setup a bluetooth microphone for that radio... so I am not hanging onto a mic connected to a 17 foot tall lightning rod...

[SparWeb]

Woah!  Crank that tower down when the clouds turn green.
My camera didn't really capture the colours I was seeing but there was an intense cyan to be seen between the folds of dark cloud bottoms.

You remind me of the old aviation story, about the pilot who got in trouble, called Mayday, and crashed.  Never released his firm grip on the microphone the entire time.

[Mary B]

The 2m/70cm antenna is on a tripod on the roof over the bathroom, not on any of the towers. I don't need a lot of height from it to make contacts to 60+ miles.

[JohnMason]

Great capture!

I've lived in tornado alley all my life and have never seen one. It wasn't for lack of trying however.

Thanks for sharing