Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2008
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
| June 11: Central Kansas Supercells (Ellsworth County) |
| After my morning target of southeast Nebraska fizzles, I drift south and eventually intercept this supercell four miles northwest of Ellsworth. |
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| Sculpted storm with a wall cloud. |
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| A couple of minutes later, the wall cloud is threatening to drop a tornado. |
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| Funnel descends. |
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| Small tornado a couple of miles away. |
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| Wide-angle view as the tornado lifts. |
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| Wall cloud just to my northwest. |
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| Rain-cooled air overwhelms the updraft. |
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| I intercept another storm eight miles south-southwest of Ellsworth. |
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| This powerful supercell has already produced tornadoes. |
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| Imagine this bearing down on a Southern California suburb. |
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| The storm is over the town of Lorraine. |
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| A minute later. |
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| A tornado is reported but is obscured by rain. |
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| A couple of minutes later. |
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| Last view before I head south then east to get back in position. But the storm is moving east-northeast at 55 mph in an area with few roads as dusk approaches. |
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| Final look at southern edge of storm. Things really got nasty after dark as this storm raced across northeast Kansas, including a direct hit on the town of Chapman |
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2008 Storm Pages:
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