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Beautiful white tornadoes in Texas on a classic triple point storm chase!

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Oct 28, 2021
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In what was one of the only dryline/triple point setups of the year, I happened to time some PTO just right to give this day a go and I'm so glad I did!

On the Southern Plains, the very biggest days are dryline driven, especially for photogenic storms and tornadoes. Anytime I see a dryline meeting up with a front at what's known as the Triple Point, I take notice and prepare my chasing boots (really sneakers but shhhhh).

For April 23, 2021, the key to me was being on the storm near the triple point to let that enhanced vorticity do its thing. In terms of forecasting/chasing, this wasn't THAT hard of a storm chase. It might've been easy to get suckered south in previous eras of storm chasing, but knowing what we now know, this was an easy call to stay with the dominant north cell which was also the only classic cell of the bunch.

The first tornado occurred miles from me and I honestly was worried I witnessed a one-and-done storm for a bit where I would've been woefully out of position …

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