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Tornado of 31 May 2020 near Campo, Colorado (2)
A beautifully photogenic tornado that touched down ~3 miles south of Campo, in far south-eastern Colorado, around 18:09 local time on 31 May 2010. The tornado moved slowly southeast, crossing highway 287/385 around 8 miles south of Campo. The tornado was on the ground for 16 minutes and was rated EF2.
These photos are a revised set posted nearly 11 years after the event, showing the development and evolution of the tornado. Most were taken from the intersection of highway 287/385 and County Road F, but the latter 5 shots (no. 18 - 22) were taken further southeast along the highway. The tornado became partly rain-wrapped and lifted a mile or two east of the highway very near the Oklahoma border.
For more information about the event, see the summary by the NWS Pueblo Office here: www.weather.gov/pub/tornado31May2010_BacaCounty and this conference paper by Monteverdi et al. ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/175862.pdf
(2) The condensation funnel broadens at the surface. The funnel was incredibly smooth and featureless all the way from cloud base to the ground at this early stage.
Tornado of 31 May 2020 near Campo, Colorado (2)
A beautifully photogenic tornado that touched down ~3 miles south of Campo, in far south-eastern Colorado, around 18:09 local time on 31 May 2010. The tornado moved slowly southeast, crossing highway 287/385 around 8 miles south of Campo. The tornado was on the ground for 16 minutes and was rated EF2.
These photos are a revised set posted nearly 11 years after the event, showing the development and evolution of the tornado. Most were taken from the intersection of highway 287/385 and County Road F, but the latter 5 shots (no. 18 - 22) were taken further southeast along the highway. The tornado became partly rain-wrapped and lifted a mile or two east of the highway very near the Oklahoma border.
For more information about the event, see the summary by the NWS Pueblo Office here: www.weather.gov/pub/tornado31May2010_BacaCounty and this conference paper by Monteverdi et al. ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/175862.pdf
(2) The condensation funnel broadens at the surface. The funnel was incredibly smooth and featureless all the way from cloud base to the ground at this early stage.