June 5, 2005
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June 5, 2005 - Southwest Oklahoma, Snyder Tornado

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Near Cooperton looking at the northern storm near Gotebo

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On US 183 looking west over Tom Steed Reservoir, the storm began develop a lowering. From here we could hear the roar of the intense hail just a couple of miles to our north. Once the hail started falling we moved south.

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Looking west from the east side of Tom Steed Reservoir as the wall cloud tightened and began rotating. I drove to the camping area looking for a better view and was surprised to see RVers out sitting in lawn chairs oblivious to the dangerous storm approaching.

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Two miles west of Snyder watching two areas of rotation. Just before this picture a thin condensation funnel formed all the way to the ground then quickly dissipated in the wrap around rain to our west.

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Tornado forms to our west, about 5 miles west of Snyder. It dissipates pretty quickly, but not before damaging two homes and a barn.

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On US 62 4 miles west of Snyder, we watched the storm to our north from here until run out by intense RFD winds. At this point we blasted south to the intersection with US 183.

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The storm still showing some good rotation and an occasional funnel, but I saw no other touchdowns

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A small gustnado spins up to our southwest

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The storm had some incredible turquoise color to it

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As darkness fell I pulled out the tripod for some longer exposure pictures

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Lightning shots taken east of Frederick



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