Inflow
The current of warm, moist, low-level air feeding into the storm's updraft. Storm-relative inflow direction and strength shape the wall cloud, tail cloud, and inflow band. Stronger inflow can support a more organized storm, but strength alone does not guarantee it.
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EF-3 Tornado Under a Giant Supercell, Pink, OK 
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Tornadic HP Supercell near Snyder, OK 
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Supercell near Seymour, Texas 
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HP Mothership Supercell near Childress, TX Open in the Storm Anatomy library →
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Tornado and Pronounced Clear Slot near Fort Sumner, NM 
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