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April 17 2004 Kossuth County Iowa |
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Supercell erupting east of Emmetsberg, IA. This cell would go on to produce the TORs near Mason City, IA |
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HCR's north of Ft Dodge. |
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Towers going up near Emmetsberg |
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Feeder band. |
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Silohuettes as we wait |
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Cullen getting some video of development. |
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Just prior to the TOR warning. Sustained 30kt inflow. Note RDF clear slot. Looks elevated. |
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Jumped back into the truck as things got a little hairy. These are corn stalks beating against the truck. |
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Leaning into the RFD near Titonka, IA. |
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Right side of the same feature. Needed one more hour of daylight! |
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Updraft west of Mason City, IA |
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The base west of Mason City, IA. The lightning didn't want to cooperate so we decided to bail on this out of safety. This did produce tornadoes in Cerro Gordo and Floyd counties just after this. |
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2004 Chases Home |
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