Some noteworthy aspects of the Hesston, Kansas, Tornado family of 13 March 1990

Abstract

Features of the storm recorded and analyzed include the following: the movement and dissipation of a cloud band associated with an apparent rear-flank downdraft; a transition from a rather large funnel through an apparent dissipation to the formation of a narrow funnel, during which the damage on the ground was continuous; a period of interaction between the first and second tornadoes. -from Authors