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I'm currently out on my storm chasing vaction (5/27-6/9). The chase continues...Today is day #7 and it's been an amazing trip. I've seen one tornado but myriad exquisite stormscapes. Some of these are among the most beautiful I've ever filmed. Current setups look like this upcoming week will be a huge week for tornadoes. Amazing...

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stormdoctor > Front flank of the HP supercell near Springlake, TX, on June 2, 2007. Explosive cloud-to-ground lightning arcs at the front flank/updraft interface.

stormdoctor > HIGHLY rain-wrapped tornado in the occlusion of this HP supercell due west of Springlake, TX, on June 2, 2007. Ground circulation was visible, but did not photograph well in the low-contrast conditions. Note the well-built beaver tail on the right and the wrapping shelf cloud from the RFD (which rotated around the core into the parent updraft base).

stormdoctor > Isolated supercell builds over Dimmitt, TX, on June 2, 2007. Crepuscular rays burst out around the rock hard updraft as the sharply delineated anvil shows mammatus. This was an example of a low-shear, high CAPE supercell forming in highly capped conditions. It exploded along a boundary and ended up landing at least one tornado.

stormdoctor > Electric red sunset and faint rainbow illuminated along the outflow-induced tilted updrafts in Parmer Cty, TX, on June 1, 2007.

stormdoctor > Double rainbow along the RFD of a severe storm in Parmer Cty, TX, on June 1, 2007. I will openly admit that this was Photoshopped (tm) to accent the contrasts and colors. The content has not been altered, however. But I admit the greens are a bit eye-popping, but I just couldn't find another way to get this as close to what my retina saw than this. Spectacular.

stormdoctor > Rainbow highlights the sunset-lit RFD of a severe thunderstorm in Parmer Cty, TX, on June 1, 2007.

stormdoctor > HP lightning-lit storm after dark near Guymon, OK, on May 31, 2007. This storm had given up a tornado and now was in the process of becoming a very complex system that pushed off into the Plains.

stormdoctor > Tornado NW of Guymon, OK, on May 31, 2007. The tornado is very "rope-like" extending from the center down toward the left of the photo. The sunset is seen on the left through the rain-wrapping RFD. The tornado was in an odd location located within the clear slot which normally is not a location where tornadoes form suggesting that this had previously been elsewhere in the mesocyclone and had rotated around the rear flank. This photo was taken on US 64 right before it turns south toward Guymon; the photo is pointing WNW.

stormdoctor > Lightning strikes as the HP storm pulses. This is a rare photo for me in that the sun is still brightly shining. The strength of the strike is evident by how powerfully this exposed on this short-exposure shot. Taken near the OK/TX border on May 31, 2007.

Front flank of the HP supercell near Springlake, TX, on June 2, 2007. Explosive cloud-to-ground lightning arcs at the front flank/updraft interface.

> Front flank of the HP supercell near Springlake, TX, on June 2, 2007. Explosive cloud-to-ground lightning arcs at the front flank/updraft interface.

Front flank of the HP supercell near Springlake, TX, on June 2, 2007. Explosive cloud-to-ground lightning arcs at the front flank/updraft interface.

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