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Stunning clouds shapes and colors are captured in this gallery. I have tweaked the contrast where necessary, but the colors are exactly as I saw them on the days they were taken.



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stormdoctor > Farmhouse and Tornadic Supercell: PerspectiveThe farmhouse in the lower right hand corner is just southwest from this powerfully tornadic thunderstorm. When his photo was taken on May 22, 2004, the town of Hallum, Nebraska (underneath the updraft) was experiencing a horrific F4 tornado (which I could not see from this perspective due to the intense rear flank downdraft rain-wrap). Sadly, one woman was killed at about this same time in this storm. We were blocked from assisting in the town from the hail and debris.
stormdoctor > Painted SkyThis is in Hall County, Texas. This is one of my favorite photos ever. This photo shows an amazingly turbulent updraft which almost touches the ground. The farmhouse on the lower left completes a picture of Americana. May, 2001.
stormdoctor > I was absolutely amazed by this shot. From a storm perspective, the vault of light you see in the center background is due to penetration of a clear slot as this storm repeatedly tried to rotate and form a tornado. It never would get organized sufficiently to do so, unfortunately. But here it is pulsing and the rotation is sufficient to generate a clear slot that allowed light to filter through the back of the storm. In the foreground clouds there is a wall cloud forming. As this feature evolved, it developed a couplet with a new rain free base forming to the left (south). That was the order of the day as southward propagation of the updrafts (with undercutting of those same updrafts by outflow to the north) failed to allow tornadic development. The green fields and the white fence were spectacular contrasts.
stormdoctor > Streaking SunsetMammatus on the back side of this high based supercell near Dickens, Texas, in May 2001, cast shadows on the anvil. Sun has set at the cloud base while daytime still pervails at the highest portions of the cloud.
stormdoctor > This storm is near Guymon, OK. I love this photo for many reasons. I used a flash, which illuminated the wheat in the foreground (and caught them as "still" though the rest of the wheat is in motion), and the exposure length was such that I captured the reddening sunset. The foreground clouds show a wave-appearance consistent with the outflow from this non-severe storm (whose precip core is off to the right of the photo).
stormdoctor > Field of DreamsTaken in Rebuplic County, Kansas, May 21, 2004, 30 minutes after sunset, this 6 second exposure captured a rich blue sky with faint lightning in the clouds behind.
stormdoctor > NuclearThis was a true treat! As we flew home from chasing the Plains, I got one last "chase" in. This explosive cell on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border went on to produce a tornado approximately 45 minutes after this photo was taken from 37,000 feet (we're seated in row 10 on an A-300 at the time). For a little size perspective, the black dot in the right upper corner of the photo is a B-727 jumbo jet. Magnificent. I was so happy to get this send off. May 30, 2004.
stormdoctor > Sunset Over Tornado AlleyAfter storms had been churned up by the dryline, nearly clear skies oversee the fields recently damaged by hail the size of softballs. The sun sinks below a blue, clear sky.
stormdoctor > Lines and ChaosNear Smith Center, Kansas. I liked the interplay of the storms and trees (nature) with the straight lines creaed by the powerlines and fence poles.
stormdoctor > DerechoThis derecho event near Childress, Texas, in May, 2001, demonstrates the intense power of a downpour. In the foreground, mud can be seen ricocheting off the ground due to the intensity of the rain from this HP supercell. Cold air forced out from the storm in advance of the rain causes a cloud to form (shelf cloud) at a height lower than the main cloud base.
stormdoctor > Reversing SunsetThis explosive updraft formed on the dryline at the Kansas/Nebraska border. As it shoots upward the updraft moves "backwards" through the sunset rising up high enough to be back in daylight at its peak.
stormdoctor > Virga SunsetVirga in the foreground compliments this red sunset in the Texas Panhandle. May 26, 2002.
stormdoctor > Back Shearing Sunset AnvilEvolution of the previous photo as the storm intensifies into a back-sheared anvil. Back shearing indicates the intensity of the storm: it explodes upward so rapidly that the top portion of the storm spreads in all directions as it hits the tropopause, even against the winds aloft.
stormdoctor > Spectacular sunset with reddened virga reflected in the railroad tracks. Near Limon, CO.
stormdoctor > Nuclear SunsetThis rotating high-based storm is the evolution from the previous two photos. A small wall cloud can be seen at its base. While this storm frequently received tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, it never produced a tornado. But it was a truly visually stunning show.
Nuclear Sunset

This rotating high-based storm is the evolution from the previous two photos. A small wall cloud can be seen at its base. While this storm frequently received tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, it never produced a tornado. But it was a truly visually stunning show.
stormdoctor > Nuclear SunsetThis rotating high-based storm is the evolution from the previous two photos. A small wall cloud can be seen at its base. While this storm frequently received tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, it never produced a tornado. But it was a truly visually stunning show.
Nuclear Sunset

This rotating high-based storm is the evolution from the previous two photos. A small wall cloud can be seen at its base. While this storm frequently received tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, it never produced a tornado. But it was a truly visually stunning show.
Camera: Canon (Canon Eos Digital Rebel) |
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