McLean storm of 16 May 2017: rotating wall cloud and tornado

Timelapse of the McLean, Texas, storm of 16 May 2017, showing rotation intensifying within the wall cloud, leading to the eventual formation of a tornado, which becomes rain-wrapped near the end of the sequence. Individual frames are mostly at 2 second intervals and are shown here at 20 times real-time speed.

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Uploaded on May 18, 2017