Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2003
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
Other storms, near misses and busts: April 5 - April 30
| April 5th: Weak convection near the triple point north of Abilene. I missed the long-lived supercell which produced a tornado and large hail along the warm front in central Texas. |
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| Thunderstorm brewing along the northward-moving warm front at sunset. |
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| April 6th: Squall line developing in northeast Texas. |
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| April 15th: Developing storm near Wheeler, Texas. |
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| Looking southwest as the storm approaches. Around this time, a brief tornado forms. It is barely visible from the south, but not from my viewpoint. |
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| April 18th: Evening storm in Wichita Falls. It puts on a good lightning show and drops marble-size hail. |
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| Same storm right after sunset. |
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| April 22nd: Convection near Brownfield, Texas. High shear and cool inflow keeps thunderstorms from developing. |
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| April 29th: On a warm muggy day in north central Kansas, a thunderstorm tries to develop. |
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| A supercell finally develops at dusk. Sirens go off in Kensington as a turbulent shelf cloud approaches. The storm strengthens and moves into south central Nebraska after dark. |
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| April 30th: Edge of severe storm after sunset near Wichita, Kansas. The storms once again held off until late in the day. |
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2003 Storm Pages:
Other storms, near-misses and busts: May 4 - June 13
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