Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2001
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
On this web page: June 1 June 5
| June 1st, mid-afternoon: Strongly rotating supercell near Turon, Kansas (west of Wichita). This was a day with numerous supercells lined up across Kansas. Storms were headed southeast under a northwest flow aloft. |
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| A lowering develops just west of Kingman, but then the storm begins to weaken. |
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| June 1st, late afternoon: Embedded cell in next storm to the west |
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| Edge of supercell near Spivey, Kansas. By this time, the storm had veered right and is headed south-southeast. |
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| June 1st, early evening: Supercell near Attica, Kansas. |
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| Same supercell, backside, near Hazelton, Kansas. |
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| A few minutes later. |
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| Same storm at sunset. This turned out to be a great day of storm chasing, although I am nearing the end of another chase season without seeing a fully developed tornado. |
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| June 5th, 2001: It may not look like much from the photo, but this landspout near Lubbock, Texas is my first good view of a tornado. I watch it from near Matador, as it moves slowly northward and disappears into the rain bands. Damage was reported as F1. |
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| Dying thunderstorm on the last day of my Spring 2001 storm photography trip. |
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| After the storm. Once again, I am reminded of the beauty of the Plains in the spring that will keep me coming back with my camera year after year. |
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