Sample Field Communications During VORTEX

(FC = Field Coordinator, P1 = Probe 1 mobile mesonet)

5345	FC	Another big lowering ~10 miles N Dimmitt
5420	T2	At Summerfield, finished picking up turtles
5505	FC	Cloud base lowering toward ground near Dimmitt meso
5510	P1	Dust, funnel nearby 220. Loc 498 303
5538	FC	Funnel is 5 S Dimmitt
5542	P1	Dust continues
5550	FC	Projects crossing close to Nazareth based on tracking
5638	FC	Clear slot all the way around WC (W-S-ENE)
5650	FC	A significant tornado is about to form 5 SSE of Dimmitt
5655	Na3I	Dire predictions from FC
5705	P1	"There's rapid motion just to our SW; dust on the ground;
		I don't know what it's connected to"
5708	FC	"We see what's a big, broad funnel-looking thing down in the same area,
		Probe 1, with a slot wrapped around the east side of it."
5811	FC	Large funnel 1/2 way to ground SE of Dimmitt
5840	P1	"FC, Probe 1!"
5841	FC	"Probe 1, FC, we see the tornado"

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