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Summary

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English: A radar image of the supercell that produced the 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado. Base reflectivity is on the left and storm relatively velocity on the right. The area of high reflectivity just to the south of Tuscaloosa label is debris lofted into the air by the EF4 tornado.
Date
Source NWS radar data displayed with GR2Analyst
Author NWS radar data, Gibson Ridge Radar software

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