Monday, June 30, 2014

Best Video of Multi-Vortex Tornado I Have Seen



Suggest going to full screen mode (lower right icon). The amazing "suction spots" (Ted Fujita coined the term for what we now know is a "multi vortex" tornado) starts after :50. The white suction spots rotate around the main circulation which is what we define as a tornado. We see one of the suction spots destroy a barn.

Suction spots are part of the reason why two homes are heavily damages and the one in between is lightly damaged.

Just after the 4 minute mark, they talk about the tornado's "smell." That is something I discuss in Warnings. Tornadoes have a unique, foul smell. If you are unfortunate enough to take in their aroma, you won't soon forget it.

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