RHI cross section through the Friona, Texas tornado at 2357:57 UTC 2 June 1995. Radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity and spectral width are shown on the top, middle, and bottom of the figure, respectively. The position of the tornado is shown by the white arrow on the velocity scan. Range rings and azimuths are every 10 km and 30 degrees, respectively.

This is a cross-section through an F3 tornado. The reflectivity image reveals a weak-echo hole associated with the location of the tornado. The large horizontal shears within the tornado core contribute to wide spectral widths in the velocity estimate and result in the unresolvable velocities denoted by black pixels in the Doppler velocity figure(middle). Spectrum width figure(bottom) shows that both the tornado column and most of the thunderstorm anvil have a maximum spectrum width of 13 m/s.

Two consecutive RHI cross section through the Kellerville, Texas tornado at (a) 2338:26 UTC and (b) 2338:29 UTC 8 June 1995. Radar reflectivity and Doppler velocity are shown on the top and bottom of each figure, respectively. The white arrow denotes the position of a weak-echo eye at the location of the tornado. Range rings and azimuths are every 10 km and 30 degrees, respectively.

This F5 tornado is the most intense tornado intercepted by ELDORA during VORTEX95. The two consecutive scans passed just east and west of the center of the cyclonic tornado at a range of ~12 Km from the radar, they are separated by ~300m in the along-track direction. A column of intense velocity away from the radar are shown in figure a with a narrow vertical strip of purple, the unfolded velocities are ~89 m/s; In the next scan, there has been a reversal of flow with a narrow column of approaching velocities with a minimum value of ~-50 m/s. This velocity difference of 139 m/s results in an azimuthal shear of ~0.46/s, it is believed to be the largest Tornadic Vortex Signature(TVS) ever recorded.