Several (about six) tornadoes were intercepted in the northern Texas panhandle.
During at least two different times, two separate tornadoes were occurring in the same supercell, and cyclic tornadogenesis was observed.
This was the first successful deployment of the Rapid-DOW (DOW5), and it collected simultaneous multilevel (2-15 km high) data in a tornado.
(Rapid-DOW images coming soon. Data were good, but we can only play back, not translate, yet.)
DOW3 images of tornado near 22:57 UTC when Samaras in situ probe was in/near tornado.
DOW at > 10 km range and conducting mobile survey scans, so resolution is compromized:
225621Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
225625Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
225629Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
225633Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
225708Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
225712Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
225814Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
225818 (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
DOW3 images of two simultaneous tornadoes:
230746Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
230825Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
230837Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
DOW3 images of tornado that crossed road during deployment:
231019Z (both disorganized) (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
231114Z (reintensifying?) (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
231213Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
231221Z (Tick marks are at 1 km intervals.)
DOW3 images of ~1km tornado-strength circulation at high resolution.
231301Z (Tick marks are at 0.5 km.)
231305Z (Tick marks are at 0.5 km.)
231309Z (Tick marks are at 0.5 km.)
231313Z (Tick marks are at 0.5 km.)
231414Z (Tick marks are at 0.5 km.)
231439Z (Tick marks are at 0.5 km.)
DOW3 images, zoomed out again as circulation/tornado moves east.
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232133Z
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233159Z
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