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Lamb-Hale-Swisher County, Texas Tornadic Supercell

A classic, large negatively tilted upper-level trough was progged to move into West Texas by late in the day today.  I wanted to focus on the area just south of the Texas Panhandle where I expected better instability and more discrete, right-moving storms.  My morning target was Plainview, updated to Tulia by early afternoon.  A steady steam of information was delivered to me via cell phone by William Reid to keep me on track.

The Seward, Nebraska, Tornado

Dean Cosgrove and I caught the tornado near Seward, Nebraska, on Wednesday for the Tempest Tours gang. The tornado was large and slow moving, and we had great contrast and were able to set up camcorders on tripods and watch it from 3-4 miles away!