April 30 Northern Missouri Harrison and Nodaway Counties

Note time stamp compared to pic to the left.  Infow screaming in from the east as we navigate a tough road network.

Initiation northwest of Maryville, MO.  Peggy Willenberg, Melanie Metz and myself work to get position on this thing.

Lightning strike east of Maryville under the wall cloud.  Great shape to it.

Looking northwest at the tail cloud feeding in.  Time to move east again

Just as we start east, a HUGE pop can forms to our north.  This thing could produce at any moment!

Still heading east as the sun breaks through from the west providing an interesting view.

A rope vorticy forms directly overhead.  Time to get out of the way and head to the south.

Roger Hill and his guests are making the same move to get better position on the storm.

Nice view of some sharks teeth as we near Bethany, MO to the east of 1 35 yet.

Action area/wall cloud goes through a outflow transition period as the cell begins to cycle.

One last try to the east of Bethany as a new updraft area forms but it doesn't last.  Time for the 5 hour drive home.  See more of this event from Peg and Mel here.

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