Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2009
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
| April 29: West Texas Storm |
| High-based thunderstorm develops just north of Lubbock. |
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| Storm quickly becomes outflow-dominant. |
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| Still some beautiful scenes over flat Texas farm country. |
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| Rope tornado before it quickly dissipates. |
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| Looking west as the storm turns right. |
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| Ranch scenery behind the storm at dusk. |
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| The next morning at Caprock Canyons State Park. |
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| May 1: Central Texas Storm |
| Storm develops in central Texas on a hot, humid afternoon. I intercept it just north of Haskell. |
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| Wall cloud develops at the front of the storm as it moves slowly south. |
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| Odd structure. |
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| Closer view. |
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| The storm weakens as it approaches Stamford. |
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| May 5: Texas Supercell (Pam's first chase!) |
| Hot, humid Texas afternoon in Albany, near the triple point. |
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| Early in the evening, a storm fires near Breckenridge. |
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| Storm moves east, towards us. When it begins turning right, we head to route 717 to go south. Road closed! |
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| After a long detour, we finally get in front of the storm just south of Strawn. |
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| Spectacular formation overhead. |
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| Pam sees her first chaser convergence (another 20 or 30 cars showed up a few minutes later). |
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| Storm continues moving southeast as sunset approaches. |
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| Updraft base and wall cloud. |
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| Last view before the storm weakens. Pam gets a good sense of chasing on her first time out: waiting in a small town on a hot, humid afternoon, watching a storm fire at the triple point, an isolated supercell, lots of nearby CGs (cloud-to-ground lightning), a right-turning storm, a road closure, marble-size hail (during our detour), good view of storm structure, nearby wall cloud, chaser convergence. |
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2009 Storm Pages:
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