More Storm Pictures

March 14, 2006, 3:26 pm
Posted by James Spann in Pictures
Rating: 5/5   Votes : 1
More storm pictures from ABC 33/40 viewers:


From Smoke Rise in far western Blount County. Quite a view.


Rotating wall cloud in northern Fayette County.


Beautiful lightning picture from Arkadelphia.


Nice shot of a rotating updraft over far northern Tuscaloosa County.
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Posted by   www
on March 14, 2006, 5:58 pm
Amazing pictures from very brave people :)

Thanks for sharing!

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on March 14, 2006, 6:50 pm
Thank you for sharing, but I have a question. Can't tornados change paths on a dime and head straight for you? If they can, then how do you get out of the way. Oh and outstanding shot of the lightning.

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Posted by Craig  
on March 14, 2006, 7:10 pm
I think they generally move in a straight line with some "wobbling" similar to a hurricane. I won't say it's unprecedented, but I've never heard of a tornado that was heading in a direction, stopped, and completely changed directions. Winds at different levels of the atmosphere stear the storm in a general direction. Sometimes they'll make right or left turns, but not generally a 90 degree turn or more. All that said, it's highly unadvisable to try and get near a storm like these without knowing how to be on the "safe side" of the storm.

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Posted by Derek  
on March 14, 2006, 8:40 pm
Tornadoes are known to be able to rotate around the parent mesocyclone, making a u-turn. Sometimes small tornadoes known as satellite tornadoes may rotate around larger tornadoes, so yes, tornadoes are capable of making sudden turns. The parent mesocyclone though generally moves in a straight line. Those pictures are simply amazing. We can be thankful that nobody was hurt during this event.

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