Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 15:01:12 -0500
From: John McLaughlin
Subject: tornado path photos southern greene county

Attached are images from the cooper tornado, beginning with the genesis
point about 3 sw of cooper to the point the track became diffuse about 4
miles nw on a 030 degree heading. Was in the plane so couldn't get as
close as with the chopper. Photos sized down for email.  The tornado
began very narrow, then about 1 mile sw of cooper, had multi-suction
vortices. It seemed to come back together as one vortex as it clipped the
nw corner of cooper. In one photo, you can see the convergent swath in
the corn, just w/nw of a farm home.  the storm continue for four miles to
the nw where the convergent swath ends and more outflow dominant crop
damage is evident.