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On May 2, 2009, this tornado-warned storm north of Yazoo City, Mississippi, had a nice, green hail core.	Here's the south end of that tornado-warned storm. I didn't see that interesting feature in the photo produce anything.	Cars in the area of Thornton get out of the way of the hail core, perhaps coincidentally.
The storm hauled east at 25 mph, still with a tornado warning. I was unwilling to chase it on dirt roads.	As seen from Yazoo City, another storm moves from the west toward Thornton. It soon had a tornado warning, and good lightning.	As the tornado-warned storm headed toward Thornton at dusk, I stopped to its southeast and got a few shots of its structure and lightning.
I liked the storm's appearance but didn't see a tornado.	Ominous, isn't it?	Darkness fell, and I gave up for the night.

2009 reports and photos