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Whale's Mouth
Artist: Bill Reid
Leading edge of a thunderstorm squall in southwestern Kansas, near Richfield, on June 18, 2019. The wavy and chaotic underside of the cloud in advance of the precipitation is called a "whale's mouth" by storm chasers. Our Tempest Tours group witnessed a tornado in central Kansas by mid-afternoon this day. Prospects for tornadoes and severe weather appeared slim after that event, so we set our sights on late-day activity moving out of southeastern Colorado and into Kansas. Strong outflow winds were blowing when this image (to the north) was taken, and rain began a minute or two later.
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From Storms
