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Spencer, South Dakota Tornado
RADAR and Site Survey Images

May 30, 1998

KFSD 0.5 Base reflectivity loop from 01:00 UTC (8:00 pm) to 01:48 UTC (8:48 pm)	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)

Other Items of Interest

• Satellite analysis of the Spencer Tornado event from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), University of Wisconsin - Madison.