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Sunday 5 May 2002

THIS SITE IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED.

UPDATED PICTURES AND VIDEO OF THE HAPPY, TEXAS TORNADO CAN BE FOUND HERE:

http://www.mcgrathimages.com/Gallery/Collections/Meteorology/StormChasing/2002/20020505/

Here's a few images I grabbed quickly after an amazing chase day that brought me my first tornado...4 to be exact! We witnessed the formation of a deadly tornado that demolished the small town of Happy, Texas...south of Amarillo. Unfortunately 2people in that town lost their lives in this storm. The Amarillo Globe-News has some heart wrenching images of the destruction that occurred there.

These images are video grabs and the quality isn't all that great. In the next week or two I'll have my 35mm film developed which should provide some spectacular shots. When I post those I'll also have a detailed chase account on here. But, final exams come first...

STILL IMAGES

VIDEO CLIPS
(Real Video Format...get the player here)

Happy Tornado
(1.2 MB)

Stove Pipe
(2.1 MB)

RFD "Slamage"
(1.3 MB)

Click here for some incredible radar and satellite images (courtesy of Dave Lewison...lewisd2@alum.rpi.edu).

A joint damage survery by the National Weather Service and the Texas Tech University Wind Science and Engineering Research Center was conducted on Monday 6 May 2002. Click here to read what they rated this tornado.

Last updated: Tuesday 7 May 2002