Pecos Hank | MOTHERS DAY GREEN TORNADO - 1.3 mile wide EF3, Supercell & Lightning barrage! @PecosHank | Uploaded June 2014 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
May 11th 2014. Beaver Crossing Nebraska. A large supercell spawning multiple tornadoes including this 1.3 mile wide EF-3. For licensing contact hankschyma@yahoo.com
You often hear stories about storm clouds turning green before a tornado touches down. The explanation is the same type of thunderstorms responsible for the majority of violent tornadoes also may produce copious amounts of hail. These thick hail downdrafts or hail cores often have a blueish turquoise glow. Makes sense doesn't it that an icy waterfall would be blue? These mega storms or supercells also occur mostly in the late afternoon and early evening when scattered yellowish sunlight blasts into the hail core... and so the yellow and blue make green. More often than not, these greenish supercell bases do not produce tornadoes so to associate green clouds as heralding a tornado is incorrect. In my experiences, these tornado producing storms also may have a green hue because they are ingesting copious amounts of dust. This dust often has a yellowish or brownish filter affect on the storm and thus blending with the blues and grays and giving the storm an eerie green hue.
On this day, several strong areas of rain-wrapped rotation and shrouded shadows were witnessed, however I was only able to confirm one tornado. To my knowledge the Beaver Crossing tornado demolished 12 homes and damaged several others. No fatalities were reported. This HP supercell was producing a barrage of positive lightning and exhibiting extreme cloud base motion.
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May 11th 2014. Beaver Crossing Nebraska. A large supercell spawning multiple tornadoes including this 1.3 mile wide EF-3. For licensing contact hankschyma@yahoo.com
You often hear stories about storm clouds turning green before a tornado touches down. The explanation is the same type of thunderstorms responsible for the majority of violent tornadoes also may produce copious amounts of hail. These thick hail downdrafts or hail cores often have a blueish turquoise glow. Makes sense doesn't it that an icy waterfall would be blue? These mega storms or supercells also occur mostly in the late afternoon and early evening when scattered yellowish sunlight blasts into the hail core... and so the yellow and blue make green. More often than not, these greenish supercell bases do not produce tornadoes so to associate green clouds as heralding a tornado is incorrect. In my experiences, these tornado producing storms also may have a green hue because they are ingesting copious amounts of dust. This dust often has a yellowish or brownish filter affect on the storm and thus blending with the blues and grays and giving the storm an eerie green hue.
On this day, several strong areas of rain-wrapped rotation and shrouded shadows were witnessed, however I was only able to confirm one tornado. To my knowledge the Beaver Crossing tornado demolished 12 homes and damaged several others. No fatalities were reported. This HP supercell was producing a barrage of positive lightning and exhibiting extreme cloud base motion.
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