From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States, with several strong to violent long-track tornadoes occurring across much of the
Satellite perspective of the tornadic supercells over the Great Plains on the evening of May 5
A point of view of the Greensburg tornado from Highway 148.
The destroyed Greensburg High School after the tornado.
Marine One, carrying George W. Bush, flies over the devastated community of Greensburg, Kansas Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
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A satellite tornado is a tornado that revolves around a larger, primary tornado and interacts with the same mesocyclone. Satellite tornadoes occur apart from the primary tornado and are not considered
Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007
…vortices were circulating around the perimeter of the large, wedge-shaped tornado during its early stages. A short time later, at least two distinct satellite tornadoes, including a narrow rope tornado, were reported by local media and observed by multiple weather spotters and storm chasers. As the main tornado continued…
The large tornado on the right is the 1999 Chickasha F3 tornado and the small tornado to the left is a satellite tornado.