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Spencer, South Dakota Tornado
RADAR and Site Survey Images

May 30, 1998

KFSD 0.5 Loop of Base Reflectivity from 2333 UTC (6:33 PM) to 0158 UTC (8:58 PM)
Note: The Green "Home" location on the above image denotes Spencer, SD.

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Photo Copyrighted 1998 by Roger Edwards, used by permission.

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Photographs above courtesy of Steve Marks Assistant Coordinator Greensboro-Guilford County Emergency Management (Click Image to Enlarge)



Photographs above courtesy of Chris Lenz, a storm chaser from Valley, Nebraska. He was located 4.5 miles east of Spencer looking west (Click Image to Enlarge)

View a track of the tornados and their intensity.


KFSD 0.5 base reflectivity/storm relative velocity 0100 UTC (800 pm). (Click Image to Enlarge)	KFSD 0.5 base reflectivity/storm relative velocity with TVS signature 0133 UTC (833 pm). (Click Image to Enlarge)

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