© Steve Willington
Elmer, Oklahoma, United States of America
Latitude: 34° 30' 23'' N
Longitude: 99° 16' 20'' W
16 May 2015 1650 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards SW
Image P/S code: P.10.9
Image I.D.: 4959
CL = 9, CM = /, CH = /
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Cumulonimbus capillatus praecipitatio murus cauda flumen tuba
A large, or wedge, tornado is seen here beneath the wall cloud (murus) of this supercell storm viewed during the late afternoon in south-west Oklahoma, USA. A wedge tornado is a type of spout where the condensation funnel is at least as wide horizontally at the ground as it is high from the ground to the cloud base.
A horizontal, tail-shaped cloud extends at low level from the main precipitation region to the wall cloud (murus). This supplementary feature is a tail cloud (cauda). There is also a band of low cloud (flumen) moving in an inflow band into the supercell.
An upper trough approaching from the west resulted in a series of supercells developing from the south-south-west to the north-north-east across north-west Texas and south-west Oklahoma; this high precipitation storm, which was associated with large hail (golf ball to tennis ball size), was one of these.
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© Steve WillingtonElmer, Oklahoma, United States of AmericaLatitude: 34° 30' 23'' NLongitude: 99° 16' 20'' W16 May 2015 1650 (Local Time)Camera direction: towards SWCL = 9, CM = /, CH = /Image P/S code: P.10.9Image I.D.: 4959