Probably worth its own thread but will leave it up to mods.
I'm just in Awe at this shot. I can't imagine what it felt like knowing there was something bad happening at the surface.
Tom Magnuson who works for NWS Pueblo Colorado took this picture from 40,000' up. Check out the Anvil as the storm reached the top of the Troposphere! This was from the Widest Tornado ever recorded on Earth over Oklahoma.
Original Source & post:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
US National Weather Service Pueblo Colorado
"While flying back from vacation on May 31st, I took this image of thunderstorms over central Oklahoma. The storm here was the supercell that produced the widest tornado recorded in U.S. history (2.6 miles), and, tragically, killed 20 people. This photo was taken shortly before the tornado formed. Note the extensive anvil as the storm reached the top of the troposphere, and the clouds overshooting the anvil into the stratosphere, indicating violent updrafts in excess of 100 mph. -Tom Magnuson, WCM NWS Pueblo — at north central Oklahoma at 40K feet"
One of his comments was:
"Surreal...knowing that something terrible was going on 7 miles below. -TM-"
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