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WRAPPING UPDRAFT - CLARENCE, MO 5-10-2003 (s)
This supercell's updraft region begins to "wrap up" as a small funnel cloud developes. Looking northeast from highway 36 in northern Missouri. |
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TORNADO 1 - MONROE CITY, MO 5-10-2003 (v)
A tornado delights the Tempest Tour guests a few miles east on Monroe City, Missouri. |
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TORNADO 2 - MONROE CITY, MO 5-10-2003 (v)
We are looking ENE as the tornado moves rapidly off to the northeast. Bands of condensation begin rotating around the upper portion of the tornado. |
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TORNADO 3 - MONROE CITY, MO 5-10-2003 (v)
The tornado reaches the mature stage as it continues racing off to the northeast. |
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SEVERE STORM - ALLIANCE, NE 5-17-2003 (s)
A dramatic mammatus field forms above the advancing gust front of this severe warned storm near Carhenge - Alliance, Nebraska. |
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CLOUD SHADOW - ILIFF, CO 5-18-2003 (s)
Weak storms to our north cast this razor edge cloud shadow over farm land in northeast Colorado. |
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WHICH WAY? - PALO DURO CANYON, TX - 5-20-2003 (s)
The Tempest Tour guests passing time waiting for storms to initiate. |
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BUILDING CONVECTION - ORLA, TX 5-25-2003 (s)
Storm towers begin to build over a remote area of southwest Texas. |
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OROGRAPHIC STORMS 1 - RATON, NM 5-26-2003 (s)
A moist easterly flow over high terrain (upslope) results in late afternoon storm development. |
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OROGRAPHIC STORMS 2 - RATON, NM 5-26-2003 (s)
Rainfall intensifies as this cumulus congestus cloud grows into a cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud. |
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OROGRAPHIC STORMS 3 - RATON, NM 5-26-2003 (s)
Strong updrafts are made evident by these building cloud towers above a flat dark base. |
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OROGRAPHIC STORMS 4 - RATON, NM 5-26-2003 (s)
This cloud tower had become tall enough to start producing CG's (Cloud to Ground lightning) around the time this photo was taken. |
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WEAK STORM - CHADRON, NE 5-27-2003 (s)
A weak thunderstorm offers a picturesque valley view in northwestern Nebraska. |
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MINI LP - CHADRON, NE 5-27-2003 (s)
A small moisture starved updraft takes on LP (Low Precipitation) characteristics in the northern Nebraska Panhandle. |
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FARMSTEAD - CHADRON, NE 5-27-2003 (s)
White updraft towers offered a splendid backdrop for this abandoned farmstead in the Nebraska Panhandle. |
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SNOW PASS - ROCKY MTN NTL PK, CO 5-29-2003 (s)
A day with no storms in late May is a good time to visit Rocky Mtn Ntl Park and be dwarfted by the winter's snow pack. |
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CLOUD TOWERS- ROCKY MTN NTL PK, CO 5-29-2003 (s)
Towering Cumulus form during the early afternoon hours over the mountains. A familiar afternoon scene when moisture is present. |
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SEVERE STORM 1 - FT MORGAN, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
Strong convective towers and a white hail shaft near Kersey, Colorado. |
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SEVERE STORM 2 - FT MORGAN, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
Pretty cloud structure forms below a developing severe storm in northeastern Colorado. |
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SEVERE STORM 3 - FT MORGAN, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
As this storm evolves, the structure and color become more dramatic. |
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CROOKED CG - YUMA, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
An isolated CG (Cloud to Ground lightning bolt) occurs with this advancing line of severe storms in northeastern Colorado. |
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LIGHTNING 1 - WRAY, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
A nicely branched lightning bolt is captured during a time lapse photo in eastern Colorado. |
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LIGHTNING 2 - WRAY, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
Another highly visible strike make possible by minimal rainfall close to the lightning. |
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LIGHTNING 3 - WRAY, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
A nicely branched CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolt. |
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LIGHTNING 4 - WRAY, CO 5-30-2003 (s)
This wide angle view reveals increasing lightning activity filling the skies over eastern Colorado. |
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CLOUD TOWERS - BREWSTER, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
The lonely dirt road appears to lead directly to the developing "storm of the day" in northern Nebraska. |
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SEVERE STORM 1 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
A powerful "tail end charlie" storm gathers strength as it plows southward in north central Nebraska. |
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SEVERE STORM 2 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
Looking north at a fast approaching severe storm in north central Nebraska. |
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SEVERE STORM 3 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
An overwhelming presence is felt as this severe storm moves nearly overhead. |
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SEVERE STORM 4 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
A view to the northwest into the heavy rain and hail core of this fast approaching severe thunderstorm. |
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MAMMATUS 1 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
A severe storm's passage leaves a fantastic field of mammatus clouds in its wake. |
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MAMMATUS 2 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
Another look to the north as the setting sun paints a beautiful field of mammatus clouds. |
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MAMMATUS 3 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
Looking to the south, a severe thunderstorm fills the sky with a fabulous display of orange mammatus clouds just after sunset. |
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MAMMATUS 4 - ELSMERE, NE 7-5-2003 (s)
The western edge of a powerful updraft tower can be seen below this beautiful field of bulbous mammatus. |
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ANVIL CRAWLERS - SIOUX CITY, IA - 7-4-2003 (s)
These anvil crawlers were filmed around midnight after a line of severe storms had moved thru the area. |
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TOWER LIGHTNING 1 - SIOUX CITY, IA 7-4-2003 (s)
A CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning strike is caught hitting a radio tower east of Sioux City, Iowa. |
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TOWER LIGHTNING 2 - SIOUX CITY, IA 7-4-2003 (s)
A highly branched spectacle of lightning is seen striking a radio tower east of Sioux City, Iowa just as the 4th of July begins! |
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SUPERCELL 1 - BELLE FOURCHE, SD 7-8-2003 (s)
Looking west, a supercell begins to take on a nice "stack of plates" appearance as it crosses the Belle Fourche dam in South Dakota. |
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SUPERCELL 2 - BELLE FOURCHE, SD 7-8-2003 (s)
Under the base of an approaching supercell thunderstorm in western South Dakota. |
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SUPERCELL 3 - BELLE FOURCHE, SD 7-8-2003 (s)
Looking to the north at the beautiful structure of a tornado warned thunderstorm near the town of Newell, South Dakota. |
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SUPERCELL 4 - BELLE FOURCHE, SD 7-8-2003 (s)
A high point near Enning South Dakota affords a view west along highway 34 as this dramatic supercell noses its way southward. |
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FEATHERY CLOUDS - LAMONI, IA 7-9-2003 (s)
An interesting display of feathery cloud shapes fill the western sky just after a line of thunderstorms passes through the area. |
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LIGHTNING 1 - BETHANY, MO 7-9-2003 (s)
Lightning adds a dramatic effect to the beauty of this farmland in northwest Missouri. |
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LIGHTNING 2 - BETHANY, MO 7-9-2003 (s)
A CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolt lights up the clouds over northwestern Missouri. |
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LIGHTNING 3 - BETHANY, MO 7-9-2003 (s)
A "ziggy" bolt of lightning lights up the early evening sky over northwestern Missouri. |
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CUMULONIMBUS - LAST CHANCE, CO 7-11-2003 (s)
This impressive storm explodes over east central Colorado in the center of SPC's severe watch box area during the late afternoon hours. |
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CUMULONIMBUS 2- LAST CHANCE, CO 7-11-2003 (s)
This isolated thunderstorm begins to weaken as it moves away from the photographer to the southeast. |
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TWIN TOWERS - LIMON, CO 7-11-2003 (s)
New convective towers develop in the southwestern sky near Limon, Colorado just after sunset. |
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BACKYARD CG - BERNVILLE, PA 7-21-2003 (s)
A close CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning strike is captured in my back yard during an early evening thunderstorm. |
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