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Jim,
No. But it's a good observation on your part. It's just a beam blockage issue that's always there. Here it is on another day where a squall line was moving through.
Below is an image from the Charlotte Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR). These are off-airport Doppler radars that have a lower elevation angle than the NEXRAD Doppler radars. So, they do an excellent job depicting rotations. This is the velocity image and notice the "spot" of differing colors within the white circle on the left side of the image. This is a classic tornado signature.
My house was in the path of this cell. No tornadoes at my house, but we got pelted with 2"+ size hail here in Charlotte.
we had state record hail here last year. 7.75 inches...http://articles.kwch.com/2010-10-01/hail_24081951
Holy Crap .
That there will leave a mark on the hood/roof fender of any car, and I bet it will not buff right out either....
Can you imagine the poor cows/horses etc standing is a field getting hit by that stuff.
Ben.