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stormdoctor > White TrunkThis tornado touched down in Thayer County, Nebraska on May 24, 2004. This was the fifth tornado of the day and fortunately only did minimal damage. Inflow into the storm can be seen on the bottom left. The RFD rapidly got entrained into the circulation making this rain wrapped. (Horizontal)
stormdoctor > Jamestown Tornado in Cloud County, KansasThis potent tornado was on the ground for about 10 minutes and was almost 1 mile wide (based on the width of the damage path) doing F3 damage on the Fujita scale). This was taken on May 29, 2004 just west of Concordia, Kansas (and immediately to the north of Jamestown, Kansas). The parent cell created several other tornadoes (5 that I was lucky enough to photograph) including rare anticyclonic tornadoes which formed as a result of the violent rotation from this updraft.
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 > 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 > You'll have to look at this photo carefully. At the bottom left and the bottom right are two features associated with this gust front called gustnadoes. They are often mistaken as tornadoes, and these were as well prompting tornado sirens to sound in Akron which is just to the left (outside the frame). They are in fact not at all tornadoes, and in fact form on the outflow of storms. Brief rotation under the rapidly expanding shelf cloud results in these "dust whirls". The real danger actually lies just behind the gustnadoes where straight line winds >70mph were clocked. I liked the dirt tracks leading off into the storm.
stormdoctor > Jamestown Tornado in Cloud County, Kansas, Evolution to StovepipeThis potent tornado was on the ground for about 10 minutes and was almost 1 mile wide (based on the width of the damage path) doing F3 damage on the Fujita scale). This was taken on May 29, 2004 just west of Concordia, Kansas (and immediately to the north of Jamestown, Kansas). The parent cell created several other tornadoes (5 that I was lucky enough to photograph) including rare anticyclonic tornadoes which formed as a result of the violent rotation from this updraft. The stovepipe appearance indicates the intensity with which this violent tornado was rotating.
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 > 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 > This is probably my "highlight" photo from 2005. This rainbow was so bright, it was almost impossible to look at directly without sunglasses (really!). Here it is reflecting off the RFD of a storm that soon coalesced with several storms to the south (right) and north (left) of the photo.
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 > 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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