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Dimmitt, TexasApril 14, 2017
Impressive corkscrew shape near the surface as one of the many tornadoes southwest of Dimmitt churns across empty fields.
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References aside, this actually does look like a scene from Twister.
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What a stunning capture. I love how unfazed the cows seem. LOL
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Haha, yeah, they don't care too much about anything except food!
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Oops, time to go home! I grew up in Indiana, so seeing these, while not something that happened every year, wasn't uncommon. You know it's bad when it picks up cars and houses.
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Luckily, most tornadoes stay out in open fields. I have seen tornadoes shred houses, toss large trees, and I have unfortunately seen them kill people. They're almost all bad. It just doesn't seem like it when they're gracefully travelling across open pasture. This tornado in particular had violent motion, but it ate nothing but dirt. Dimmitt was a very lucky town.
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Is that the same cow? I'm pretty sure thats the same cow.
-Twister
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Haha, glad some people out there know Twister references!
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Haha, it's no biggy. Twister was very popular movie when it first came out XD
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It still is among storm chasers and weather nerds, haha.
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An excellent capture and a powerful image. Well done.
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Haha, I knew someone would make that reference!
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Well, I would have been surprised if nobody actually did.
Also, that tornado looks like it has a helictical structure.
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Yup. It was a very strong tornado, and it had a violent look to it at times.
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And what did you think about the wedge one, when you had it in front of you? I personally think it could have been extremely destructive if it would have struck something...
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I have no doubt that it was capable of producing EF-5 damage. It was an exceptionally violent tornado, one of the more violent ones I've seen, and would have been catastrophic if it had impacted Dimmitt instead of churning through the fields west of town.
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Yeah, I thought so. You're lucky out there in the Plains. Cities are all surrounded by miles and miles of pure farmaland. Here in Italy we have cities one next to another and if a tornado occours, more than likely, it will effect someone. So yeah, they were extremely lucky in that town...
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Yeah. Unfortunately, a good chunk of them still find something to hit even in the middle of nowhere, but luckily most are just content throwing dirt around.
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Confirmed touchdown.......we have debris.
Very nice shot.
As a storm chaser myself you take care.
Mind the traffic. Have some killed the other day chasing and not looking for the real danger........other cars.
My chaser is marked black and white. Has these cool lights!
I use to work out west.
Seen one hit back in the 90s south of McCamey, Texas.
F5 plus. Ground scouring. Shaved telephone poles at ground level. Tossed 80 ton oil pump jacks like child toys. Put my partners patrol car sitting on top of a 10 foot high road cut. The windows sucked out and the car full of mud. They were okay but really dirty.XD
Killed five and many more livestock who could not flee its path. Measured a mile wide. Hail broke out my cars windows. I wore goggles to keep working. Used the flashlight to drive by till morning.
Seen some others!
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Thank you!
We are always careful and pay more attention to the road than anything else. Better to live to chase another day. No storm is worth dying for.
Wow! I still haven't witnessed a true F5/EF-5, but have seen many that were capable of it. It's incredible what wind can do.
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Nice to hear.
Happy storm chasing.
I work now in the Fort Worth area.
Still in a black and white and still called out to chase.
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I live in Oklahoma now, but I'm originally from McKinney! Been all over the DFW Metro many times.
Be safe down there!
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Cool. You too.
Good hunting!
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Beautiful Capture. This is what I like. I love meso's. Please do it for me! Keep up the good work. Godspeed.
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Thank you! I love mesos, too!
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