Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2006
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
| May 26: Hill City Thunderstorm |
| First tower goes up along warm front in northwest Kansas. |
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| Thundershower is drifting slowly northeast. Conditions are marginal today, so I'm not expecting much. |
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| Storm approaching Hoxie, Kansas. |
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| New tower growing on northern side of storm. |
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| A few minutes later. |
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| Cloudburst on eastern side of storm, a few miles west of Hill City. |
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| Hole forms in cloud from downdraft. |
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| View looking north. |
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| Outflow begins to dominate the storm. |
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| Smooth cloud bands indicate some rotation. |
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| Josh Wurman and Sean Casey, along with various members of their research and IMAX teams, occupy dirt road with panoramic view of storm. |
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| Serious storm chasers with serious equipment. |
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| Rotation to the west. |
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| Meanwhile, ragged cloud base develops overhead. |
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| Another scenic view in this relatively weak storm. |
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| Interesting structure though no tornado potential. |
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| A few minutes later |
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| I start heading east as dusk approaches. This is the view looking back towards the westernmost cell. |
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| Driving east towards the intensifying leading edge of the developing MCS. |
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| Another breathtaking site over the Plains and a reminder that marginal Spring days can still produce beautiful storms (or a marginal day of chasing in the Plains is better than the vast majority of Southern California thunderstorms). |
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| One last look back west. These types of scenes make it all worthwhile. |
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2006 Storm Pages:
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