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May 15, 2009 - Pampa, TX Tornadic Supercell

A low end setup along a triple point in the eastern panhandle. The storm photographed fired in the northeast panhandle near Canadian and moved due south ahead of the cold front. This storm spawned several tornadoes near Pampa, including an EF-2 that hit several houses.
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Initial view of the storm...sitting northwest of Canadian looking west.
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Initial view of the storm...sitting northwest of Canadian looking west.

  • Initial view of the storm...sitting northwest of Canadian looking west.
  • Even in the early life of this storm, it had an impressive mammatus display.
  • Northeast of Miami, looking northwest towards the storm. Very nice mesocyclone structure.
  • Wet RFD cutting around. A small tornado developed back in the rain at this point.
  • Now northeast of Pampa, looking northwest at a small tornado that was lifting.
  • Storm is cycling again.
  • Very nice meso structure. The inflow was strong. RFD was once again starting to punch through very wet.
  • Highly adjusted photo showing the rain wrapped tornado towards the right side of the pic. This was the large EF-2.
  • I drove south away from the storm and took this panoramic of the beastly storm.
  • Treated to a nice sunset on the way home.
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