OBSERVATIONS OF A TROPICAL STORM
IN WEST TEXAS

Todd Lindley
Alexander Lyster
Rebecca Gould
NOAA / NWSFO - Midland / Odessa, Texas

Figure 18
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Looping Control
 Loop Speed
 Dwell Speed
loop of thunderstorms over the Big Bend region
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Looping Control
 Loop Speed
 Dwell Speed

 

Figure #18...Radar base reflectivity from 2206 to 2340 UTC showing convection along an east- to-west oriented segment of Claudette’s outer rainband north of the storm’s center. At least two storms seen in the loop were relatively long lived and displayed evidence of storm scale organization.