Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2004
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
June 10th: Supercell and tornado near Big Springs, Nebraska
| June 10th: Early in the afternoon, dryline becomes active northwest of Wray, Colorado. |
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| Beginning of strong convection. |
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| A closer look. |
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| Storm develops quickly as it moves north-northeast. |
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| Ten-minute construction delay nearly causes me to lose the storm, but I catch up in time for this sight just east of Julesburg, Colorado. |
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| A couple of minutes later. |
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| A few minutes later, I intercepted this tornado as it forms northwest of Big Spring, Nebraska. |
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| Close-up view. |
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| A minute later. |
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| The tornado widens into the strongest I've seen to date. |
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| I drive north a few hundred yards to get this eerie shot of a dissipating tornado. |
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| My final tornado of a relatively active year, although I develop an even greater appreciation of the difficulty of successful storm chasing (especially after missing another big tornado opportunity only two days later). |
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