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An amazing display of structure yesterday. This shot (taken while driving unfortunately!) of the INCREDIBLE updraft of the Dover, OK tornadic supercell! The structure was far better than the tornado!
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. THE BEAST. June 28, 2018, Capitol, MT beauty. A half mile wide EF3 that in my opinion was probably stronger. One of 8 tornadoes from this amazing supercell. Can we have another in 2022 please???????
Montana at it's finest! This tornadic supercell occurred near Capitol, MT 6/28/2018 and produced 8 tornadoes. In my 38 years of chasing, this one ranked in the Top 10!
Cutting Room Floor. The Spaceship is Landing!!!!!! April 22, 2013 near Weatherford, OK, as a night supercell bears down on the town with tennisball hail. Great day earlier near Leedey and it kept on spinning in the dark!
Top 40,
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! Although never tornadic, this southeast Montana supercell on June 19th was a beauty!!! Throw in the gorgeous countryside, and it's one of my top scenes for 2023!
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. June 5, 2012, near Judith Basin, MT. Stunning stack of plates hp supercell loaded with baseball sized hail and also produced 2 tornadoes. An amazing sight to sit and watch!
Mt Beckwith and Kebler Pass are stunning in the fall. The largest single grove of aspen trees in Colorado is located there. It is also considered the largest living organism in the world!
Oh to have had a tripod and digital camera on this shot from May 29, 2001 near Turkey, TX. One of the prettiest HP supercells I've ever seen! The late Tim Samaras was a tour guide for us and standing next to me whooping and hollering! (Nikon F5 film camera)
Broken Bow, Nebraska 5/26/2013. That barber pole was such a beauty! You can see the laminar appearance down low due to limited 100MB CAPE, and clearly see the LFC in the mid levels of the updraft. An electrified machine!
Nebraska's finest! To this date, my all-time favorite HP supercell near Valentine on 7/13/2009. Structure was a 10 PLUS! Low level winds were weak, thus only briefly tornadic, but man that structure was a sight to behold. Storm formed near Sturgis, SD at noon, and at 11pm was
One more Montana beauty! This HP supercell near Ft Benton, MT on June 4, 2012 was tornado warned and produced baseball sized hail. Sure was a pretty one!
Continuing with Montana, this AMAZING supercell occurred the day after the Pilger, NE twin EF4s. When you get 75 dews in SE MT, a boundary and strong shear, this can happen! This mile wide EF3 was the strongest tornado to ever hit the state. North of Capitol, MT 6/17/2014.
May 24, 2016 was a CRAZY day! We watched over a dozen tornadoes from the Dodge City supercell. This video is a long one, but man, there's some sweet shots here! Enjoy!
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. May 21, 2020 near Satanta, Kansas. Beautiful supercell that was electrified as can be! It tried hard to produce but could never get a funnel to the ground.
Since I've been on the subject with LP supercells, here's another beauty! Northfield, TX May 23, 2016. Jaw dropper right before sunset, then turned into a tornado machine.
Dodge City, Kansas May 24, 2016, was an incredible day with over a dozen tornadoes, with multiples occurring as well! Incredible event! Here's a link to my Youtube video from that day as well:
Pilger, Nebraska June 16, 2014. An absolutely amazing event with twin EF4 tornadoes (and 2 other EF4 tornadoes we witnessed). You always hate to see destruction and loss of life. A very tough day for the small town.
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. Rope out of a cone tornado in the dark lit by a close CG. June 28, 2018 was one of the most amazing days in my 37 years of storm chasing! Slow moving, photogenic tornadoes and a supercell from outer space! Incredible day!
Another pretty LP supercell at sunset. It was in its weakening stage here, after it dropped 5 tornadoes on June 21, 2015 in central South Dakota. Sure was an awesome supercell!
16 years ago yesterday, one of the best March events I've ever seen occurred in the Texas panhandle. Numerous tornadoes, some strong, raked the region. This F3 beauty was in Hall county and was on the ground for many miles! Love the sun lit tornado and red dirt cloud!
2007 was an incredible tornado year. It certainly started off right with this beautiful F3 tornado on March 28th in Hall county, Texas. Just a jaw dropper!!!
What a jaw dropper! One of the prettiest HP supercells I've ever witnessed. This 22 year old transparency film image from 5/29/2001 near Turkey, Texas. Very memorable day. Structure was nuts!!
North Dakota BEAST!! On July 11, 2017 this tornadic supercell developed near Hatton, ND. It produced a knarly EF2 multivortex tornado that tracked for 21 miles towards Hillsboro, ND.
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. May 22, 2010, Bowdle, SD. Violent F4 wedge. You can see a farmstead on the right side. The owner and his family raced away at the last minute in his truck and parked by us, asking if we thought it would hit his farm. Unfortunately, it leveled it.
Nebraska!! My next state. This tornado warned LP supercell near Broken Bow on 5/26/2013 was a jaw dropper!!! Great structure but that laminar base shows very little 100mb CAPE.
Ok a couple more Nebraska images before I head over to Iowa. Here's a shot of the Pilger twin EF4 tornadoes from 6/16/2014. Such an incredible day weather wise, but a very sad day for the small town.
Now that we have a break in severe weather, here's another Texas shot. This tornadic, GORGEOUS supercell was from May 23, 2016 near Northfield. Jaw dropper!
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. June 17, 2014 near Camp Crook, SD. Just a stunning sight! Sculpted supercell with a half mile wide, soon to be wedge, EF3 tornado, barely moving! The second of that 3 day period that made 2014.
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. Highly striated beast near Alliance, NE on June 12, 2017. This supercell had dropped over a half dozen tornadoes from Carpenter, WY to south of Alliance, and spun its way into South Dakota late evening. It was also an electrified beauty!
North Dakota tornado. Yes it does happen. This beautiful "Wizard of Oz" looking tornado northeast of Bismark was on the ground for over 20 minutes. Taken 7/16/2011.
More South Dakota! Here's a VERY old, degraded transparency film image from a violent F4 tornado in Brown County, SD June 23, 2002. An amazing day with a half dozen tornadoes from a nearly stationary supercell!
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!!!! The final image in this series! With tours starting in two weeks, most of the future images will be from there. June 8, 2020 near Anselmo, NE. This gorgeous supercell was a sight to see!!!!! Structure, mammatus, color and foreground.
Grass Range, South Dakota tornado warned supercell from July, 2012. Gorgeous structure and an amazing amount of clear channel bolts this thing produced!
Snow blankets the San Juan mountains of southwest Colorado, as cottonwood trees turn yellow and orange. The aspen leaves are gone now, but cottonwoods are at peak. Near Ralph Lauren's ranch, Ridgeway, CO. Taken 10/28.
South Dakota at its finest! This sunset tornadic supercell near Glad Valley, SD on 6/21/2015 was just stunning. It had produced 5 tornadoes earlier in its life cycle in northwest SD. Just a reminder any image I post here can be purchased! Just pm me for details!
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. Sometimes it is nice to stay back and see the wide view of a supercell. This June 25, 2019, high based storm was near Newcastle, WY and was a prolific hailer. Love seeing the structure with updraft/downdraft visible and being lit by the sun.