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    Posted January 23, 2012 by
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    De Witt, Arkansas
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    Power Flashes, Possible Tornado, and Intense Lightning Show

    By bookie24  |  Posted January 23, 2012  |  De Witt, Arkansas
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     UNC Asheville meteorology student bookie24 and three of his classmates drove their own vehicle to witness the massive storms and possible funnel clouds on Saturday in Arkansas. 'We intercepted that storm in Dewitt, Arkansas, and encountered a lot of power flashes. We couldn't tell if it was the tornado or not, but there was a funnel shape,' he said. 'We went up to Helena, Arkansas, and that's where I saw the semi truck overturned from straight-line winds.'
    - zdan, CNN iReport producer

    We interecepted a tornadic supercell just SW of De Witt, AR. There was a confirmed tornado on the ground, but we could not get a good visual on the tornado. We see what appeared to be a potential rain wrapped funnel.Analyzing the pictures and videos we could not confirm, but multiple power flashes were observed along the believed path of the tornado.

     

    We are UNC Asheville atmospheric sciences students (storm chasers); Cole Regan, Daniel Martin, and myself...Jeremy Michael.

     

    In the video, if you look in the first few seconds just to the right of those lights, an orange flash can be observed. Also in the video was intense inflow winds into the storm. Intense lightning can be seen throughout the video, most intense towards the end. Sorry for the talking in the video.

     

    In the 8th picture you can see a power flash caught on my camera. It is located between the two lights in the center of the picture. It is a lighter blue flash/glow.

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