Pecos Hank | MONSTER TORNADO UP CLOSE - Aurora Nebraska June 17, 2009 @PecosHank | Uploaded June 2009 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Amazing tornado witnessed by Pecos Hank Schyma just east of Grand Island Nebraska (approaching Aurora) on June 17, 2009. At one point the tornado was 1/4 mile wide and destroyed a families home and barn. 6 people escaped into the basement seconds before their house was ripped apart. BTW, RFD= Rear Flank Downdraft... Strong wrap-around winds often accompanied by big hail, torrential rains, muddy roads, and flying monkeys. Often storm chasers on the back side of the tornado try to maintain position between the tornado and the RFD... not too close to either (hence the "We gotta keep moving people"). The "Business" warehouse in the video was only grazed by the tornado. Still the outer most wind bands were able to do damage. Luckily, this tornado touched down between 2 towns keeping destruction to a relative minimum. It could have been much much worst. At the end of the video, telephone lines were draped all the way across the road preventing passage. After dark, a spiraling Mesocyclone rising clear to the tropopause presented the most spectacular storm structure as it was illuminated by lightning. The supercell continued moving east down I-80 for close to 2 hours after dark before dissipating.
The first half of this event tornadic event can be seen here...
youtube.com/watch?v=9e2Ts0iLr-Q
To license, contact hankschyma@yahoo.com.
Amazing tornado witnessed by Pecos Hank Schyma just east of Grand Island Nebraska (approaching Aurora) on June 17, 2009. At one point the tornado was 1/4 mile wide and destroyed a families home and barn. 6 people escaped into the basement seconds before their house was ripped apart. BTW, RFD= Rear Flank Downdraft... Strong wrap-around winds often accompanied by big hail, torrential rains, muddy roads, and flying monkeys. Often storm chasers on the back side of the tornado try to maintain position between the tornado and the RFD... not too close to either (hence the "We gotta keep moving people"). The "Business" warehouse in the video was only grazed by the tornado. Still the outer most wind bands were able to do damage. Luckily, this tornado touched down between 2 towns keeping destruction to a relative minimum. It could have been much much worst. At the end of the video, telephone lines were draped all the way across the road preventing passage. After dark, a spiraling Mesocyclone rising clear to the tropopause presented the most spectacular storm structure as it was illuminated by lightning. The supercell continued moving east down I-80 for close to 2 hours after dark before dissipating.
The first half of this event tornadic event can be seen here...
youtube.com/watch?v=9e2Ts0iLr-Q
To license, contact hankschyma@yahoo.com.
