Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2008
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
| May 25: Northwest Texas Panhandle Storm |
| Isolated storm develops in far eastern New Mexico then moves east-northeast into the Texas Panhandle. I intercept it about four miles north of Channing. |
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| Beginning of a wall cloud as the storm strengthens. |
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| Great view from a fast, dry, uncrowded paved road. |
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| One of the more breathtaking sights of the season, and with only a couple of other chasers around. |
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| Wall cloud is rotating strongly when dust begins rotating below it. |
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| Awesome sight right in front of me. |
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| Mature stage of this weak circulation. |
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| Strong outflow begins to overpower the updraft. |
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| Rotation slows and I head east a few miles to get through Dumas. |
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| Storm approaches my position east of town. Outflow is dominating. |
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| Rain-cooled air is sucked into the updraft, on the verge of creating another wall cloud, but the cool gust front soon undercuts the updraft. |
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| Easterly roads end in Stinnett, so I choose the northern loop. The storm is still in sight at 6 pm. |
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| Beautiful shelf cloud viewed from Highway 70 at 7:30 pm. |
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| Interesting lowering to my north. |
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| View towards the northeast. |
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| Shelf cloud about to cross the highway in front of me. For the second day in a row, I get great views of a beautiful storm. |
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| May 26: Southwest Kansas Thunderstorm |
| Target of far northeast Texas Panhandle produces this evening storm near Ashland, Kansas. |
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| It weakens and nothing else seems worth chasing, so I head to my campground, enjoying this view along the way. |
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| From Meade State Park. |
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| Quiet end to a very active severe weather period in the Great Plains. |
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