June 5, 2009: The chase team heads north out of Pine Bluff, WY (just west of the Nebraska border)
June 5, 2009: The Nebraska Vortex Intercept Team (NEVIT) storm and tornado photos.
All Photos © K. Dewey.
June 5, 2009: The chase team heads
north out of Pine Bluff, WY (just west of the Nebraska border)
June 5, 2009: The wall cloud begins to rotate
and lower itself
June 5, 2009: A needle funnel works its way
to the ground
June 5, 2009: The tornado lasted from 4:02 PM MDST
to 4:48 PM MDST
June 5, 2009: Keeping safe with on-board live
radar in one of the chase vehicles
June 5, 2009: We parked safely off the road
June 5, 2009: For many of the students, it
was their first time seeing a tornado
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June 5, 2009: The tornado constantly changed
its size and shape throughout its lifetime
June 5, 2009: The tornado begins to dissipate
June 5, 2009: This is the beginning of the
"rope" stage
June 5, 2009: We always stay a safe distance
from the tornadoes
June 5, 2009: The tornado is near the end of
its lifecycle
June 5, 2009: Monitoring radar, we then know
which storm to next intercept
June 5, 2009: One of the stranger shapes
during the dissipation stage
June 5, 2009: Another strange shape as the
tornado dies
June 5, 2009: Doing a video capture of the
tornado for the media
June 5, 2009: Only a small portion of the
tornado remains
June 5, 2009: VORTEX2 was with us on this
tornado intercept as was the Weather Channel
June 5, 2009: Part of the VORTEX2 Armada
June 5, 2009: one of the instrument arrays
that were placed around the area to collect data for VORTEX2
June 5, 2009: late afternoon near Barnes, NE
in the panhandle
June 5, 2009: we enjoyed photographing these
storms in the panhandle
June 5, 2009: VORTEX2 continued their data
collection well into the evening and right up until it got dark
June 5, 2009: Shortly after this photo,
another small tornado formed, but it was too dark to photograph it
June 5, 2009: standing in front of the TIV
(Tornado Intercept Vehcile)
June 5, 2009: Visiting with Sean Casey who is
in charge of the TIV project
June 5, 2009: Inside the very cramped space
of the TIV