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Tornadic Storms - 15 May 2003 - Dalhart, Texas
Solo chase by Frederick "Fritz" Kruse III, and nowcast support by Jon Finch and Bryan McAvoy.  Some digital stills are enhanced by Photo Shop Pro and taken from video on a Sony VX-2000 digital video camera.  Time is within 10 seconds from GPS Time check.   Dalhart is in the far northwest part of the Texas Panhandle in Dallam County.  My first tornados occurred about 15 miles north of Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas.


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Cloud to ground lightning with RFD clear slot and Tornado circulations.  Notice funnel cloud
to the right, that produced small tornado earlier and large tornado to the left at 549 pm.
 


Nice view of RFD clear Slot at 549 pm.


New storms along dryline at 812 pm, from 12 miles northwest of Texahoma in the Oklahoma
panhandle, looking west near Griggs in extreme eastern Cimarron County.


Pretty white funnel cloud looking north northwest from same location at 830 pm.  This new
funnel formed as a RFD punched in and good downward motion visible in clear slot.


Same funnel about 1/2 way down at 831 pm. 


Same funnel about 1/2 way down at 832 pm.

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