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stormdoctor > Mexican BorderThis "blue" thunderstorm was captured after dark just over the Texas/Mexico border. It is rare when chasing takes me this far south, but tornadic thunderstorms are probably common in northern Mexico, but the Mexican government does not have the resources to have as impressive nor organized a weather service to help issue watches and warnings in this area. The color of the bolt has not been altered. May 28, 2002; 13 seconds at f/8.
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 > Vaulted CeilingMassive supercell over the north half of Pampa, Texas in May, 2002. This storm was over 45kft tall (~8 miles tall) and persisted for hours. This photo clearly shows the "vault" of the storm where softball size hail fell decimating a large amount of county; the vault is located above the lightning strike and tends to be one of the more visually stunning parts of the storm (but rarely is photographable secondary to the possibility of large hail--this strike provided a unique view--one I've never seen before). As you can see by the rounded leading edge, this massive storm was violently rotating. Below the lightning strike is the midlevel inflow jet into the updraft of this tornadic cell. Shutter speed was 6 seconds with f/3.5.
stormdoctor > Lightning sets down in the middle of this rotating HP storm NW of Guymon, OK, on May 31, 2007. The foreground is lit by sunlight behind the dryline.
stormdoctor > Dusty TubeThis beautiful F0 tornado touched down simultaneously with two other tornadoes (not seen in this image). Its appearance is consistent with a landspout (the main mesocyclone was just to my east; this photo is looking southwest). I loved the "tube within a tube" appearance of dust circling around the hollow circulation. Though the debris cloud looks impressive, it was entirely dust. In the foreground are sprinklers (for those unfamiliar with rural areas). From the air these sprinklers form the circles you see from a plane window (they move around in slow circles--in this case the center of the circle is off to the right of the photo.
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 > Crown of LightningThis spectacular combination of simultaneous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes with anvil crawlers signify the progressively intensifying storm east of Hastings, Nebraska on May 22, 2004. Lightning was so continuous that one could read outside (though it was a little too strobe-like to make it "comfortable" reading).
stormdoctor > My best lightning photo ever. This sunset photo was taken with the gorgeous sunset reflected in the railroad tracks in the foreground. This was near Limon, CO.
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.
Crown of Lightning

This spectacular combination of simultaneous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes with anvil crawlers signify the progressively intensifying storm east of Hastings, Nebraska on May 22, 2004. Lightning was so continuous that one could read outside (though it was a little too strobe-like to make it "comfortable" reading).
stormdoctor > Crown of LightningThis spectacular combination of simultaneous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes with anvil crawlers signify the progressively intensifying storm east of Hastings, Nebraska on May 22, 2004. Lightning was so continuous that one could read outside (though it was a little too strobe-like to make it "comfortable" reading).
Crown of Lightning

This spectacular combination of simultaneous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes with anvil crawlers signify the progressively intensifying storm east of Hastings, Nebraska on May 22, 2004. Lightning was so continuous that one could read outside (though it was a little too strobe-like to make it "comfortable" reading).
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