Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2007
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
| May 6th: Northwest Texas Storm |
| I intercept a storm in far southwest Oklahoma, but it stalls out and begins merging into a line extending into northwest Texas. I leave this scene to head south, hoping to find a more promising storm at the southern end. |
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| Near Thalia, Texas, southwest of Vernon, I find this little storm. |
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| Lacking sufficient wind shear, downdrafts begin taking over. |
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| Cool outflow hits me as the storm moves east. |
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| May 8th: Southern Oklahoma Squall Line |
| A mild spring day with east winds ahead of a weak upper low. |
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| When a squall line approaches my campground west of Lawton, Oklahoma, I decide today might be worth going storm chasing. |
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| Storm clouds approaching the small town of Mountain Park. |
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| Quarter-size hail is reported. |
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| Reminder that the beauty of the storm is often in the midwestern landscape. |
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| May 13th: Ogallala, Nebraska Storm |
| The jet stream is over Montana and deep moisture is confined to the Gulf of Mexico, but a dryline on the High Plains still offers hope of a stray storm. |
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| Near sunset, slow-growing cumulus northwest of Ogallala. |
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| Looking further to the right, across Lake McConaughy. |
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| It looks like a garden-variety thunderstorm, but lightning is surprisingly frequent. |
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| Nebraska once again offers great storm scenery. |
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2007 Storm Pages:
Dave Chapman's Storm Chasing and Outdoor Photo Galleries