Suction vortices in a Tornado in Ellis County, Oklahoma on May 4, 2007

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Ellis County, OK tornado of May 4, 2007. Photos courtesy of Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor of TornadoVideos.net. The tornado is approximately 100 meters from the camera. Suction vortices are evident at the base of the condensation funnel.





Ellis County, OK tornado of May 4, 2007. Photos courtesy of Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor of TornadoVideos.net. Image (a) is from approximately 1 km away, a few minutes before the viewing at approximately 100 m in the (b) image. Suction vortices are evident at the base of the condensation funnel.