The second of three tornadoes from a supercell near Las Vegas, NM early last month. You can see the low level processes that go into tornado production in this clip, including the large cut into the base. When educating, many of us will refer to this as a horseshoe cut, and it’s formed by descending air in the rear-flank downdraft that’s wrapping around the low-level Meso. | Tornado Titans - Weather and Storm Chasing