Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2007
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
| May 22: Supercells in Northwest Kansas |
| Early afternoon along the dryline northeast of Garden City, Kansas. |
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| Strong convection near the small town of Dighton. The professionals pull in to the town's gas station a few minutes after me. |
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| More attention than I'd ever want, but they're trying to do something no one has ever done before. |
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| Back on the wide-open plains, following a developing storm on a warm Kansas afternoon. |
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| Birth of a supercell. |
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| Beautiful updraft with strong rotation. |
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| A few minutes later. |
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| The strengthening storm skirts a small farming community. |
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| New storm forms just south of the original one. |
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| Beautiful layer-cake LP supercell just to my west. |
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| Is that a small tornado underneath? |
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| Another view of a spectacular supercell. |
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| Flying saucer-like cloud on the original storm. It soon loses structure as the new storm steals inflow. |
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| Breathtaking storm in a remote area northwest of WaKeeney. |
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| Horses ignoring the threat. |
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| An incredible sight. |
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| On the verge of producing a tornado. |
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| A few minutes later. Being closer would have given me a better view of the tornado, but then I would have missed the incredible views of supercell structure. |
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| As dusk approaches, the next storm to the south is outflow dominant. |
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| The end of another fantastic chase day. |
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2007 Storm Pages:
Dave Chapman's Storm Chasing and Outdoor Photo Galleries