June 5, 2009: The Nebraska Vortex Intercept Team (NEVIT) storm and tornado photos.

 

All Photos © K. Dewey.

 


June 5, 2009:   The chase team heads north out of Pine Bluff, WY (just west of the Nebraska border)

 


June 5, 2009:  The wall cloud begins to rotate and lower itself

 


June 5, 2009:  A needle funnel works its way to the ground 

 


June 5, 2009: The tornado lasted from 4:02 PM MDST to 4:48 PM MDST

 

 


June 5, 2009:  Keeping safe with on-board live radar in one of the chase vehicles

 


June 5, 2009:  We parked safely off the road

 


June 5, 2009:  For many of the students, it was their first time seeing a tornado

 


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June 5, 2009:  The tornado constantly changed its size and shape throughout its lifetime 

 


June 5, 2009:  The tornado begins to dissipate

 


June 5, 2009:  This is the beginning of the "rope" stage

 

 


June 5, 2009:  We always stay a safe distance from the tornadoes

 

 


June 5, 2009:  The tornado is near the end of its lifecycle

 


June 5, 2009:  Monitoring radar, we then know which storm to next intercept

 


June 5, 2009:  One of the stranger shapes during the dissipation stage

 


June 5, 2009:  Another strange shape as the tornado dies

 


June 5, 2009:  Doing a video capture of the tornado for the media

 


June 5, 2009:  Only a small portion of the tornado remains

 


June 5, 2009:  VORTEX2 was with us on this tornado intercept as was the Weather Channel

 


June 5, 2009:  Part of the VORTEX2 Armada

 


June 5, 2009:  one of the instrument arrays that were placed around the area to collect data for VORTEX2

 


June 5, 2009:  late afternoon near Barnes, NE in the panhandle

 


June 5, 2009:  we enjoyed photographing these storms in the panhandle 

 


June 5, 2009: VORTEX2 continued their data collection well into the evening and right up until it got dark

 


June 5, 2009:  Shortly after this photo, another small tornado formed, but it was too dark to photograph it 

 


June 5, 2009:  standing in front of the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehcile)

 


June 5, 2009:  Visiting with Sean Casey who is in charge of the TIV project

 


June 5, 2009:  Inside the very cramped space of the TIV