Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2007
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
| March 30: North Texas Squall Line |
| First storm of the season: a weakening squall line in Bridgeport, Texas, an hour northwest of Fort Worth. |
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| April 3: Distant View of Fort Worth Storms |
| View of distant storms, taken from my campground near Wichita Falls. |
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| Peaceful road in Lake Arrowhead State Park. |
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| View across the lake. The town of Halsell is on the far shore. |
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| These storms produce hail up to the size of baseballs in Benbrook, just southwest of Fort Worth. |
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| April 13: Central Texas Squall Line |
| Breezy spring day with temperatures in the high 70s. I'm waiting in Albany, northeast of Abilene, for the right rear quadrant of a mid-level jet streak to hit central Texas. |
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| I head east to Breckenridge as a line of storms develops. |
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| Deep convection stretching to the southwest. |
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| Close-up view of strengthening line of storms. From here I drive southeast on rural roads, hoping to jump on I-20 to race ahead of the fast-moving squall line. |
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| Intense convection is now north of me. |
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| One last photo before getting on I-20. After getting stuck in traffic, I arrive in Fort Worth where air-raid sirens are going off. A tornado hits Haltom City, ten miles to my northeast. |
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| April 21: Texas Panhandle Supercell |
| Mid-afternoon north of Amarillo as a strong upper low approaches from New Mexico. |
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| Evening view of an intense supercell. The storm is on the other side of Lake Meredith. |
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| A large wall cloud develops as sunset approaches. |
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| I drive north to stay parallel with the storm, but the highway east of the lake takes me northeast while the storm is moving almost due north. |
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| Better planning would have put me on the other side of the lake. Instead I get only a distant glimpse of a tornado while driving. |
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| April 23rd: Guymon, Oklahoma Storm |
| Mild spring day with dryline across the northern Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma Panhandle into far southwest Kansas. Large upper low is still over California, so I'm not expecting much. |
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| Isolated storm moves north from the Texas Panhandle. |
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| Marginal conditions with low CAPE and very weak convergence along the dryline result in a cotton-edged storm. |
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| Storm approaching Guymon. |
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| Another view. |
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| Interesting storm, but severe weather was two hours east of me, a target I rejected mid-afternoon in favor of the dryline. Nevertheless, a fun chase of a scenic little storm. |
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2007 Storm Pages:
Dave Chapman's Storm Chasing and Outdoor Photo Galleries