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Monster Storms of 2009 Screensaver |
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130 photos of tornadoes, monster storms, lightning,
and other pictures from my intense storm chases in
the 2009 season. Photos from storm chases June
17, 2009 - Tornado Outbreak Central Nebraska, June 5,
2009 - Goshen County, Wyoming - Large Tornado amazing
Supercell structure, and many other storm chases across
Tornado Alley.
Free Trial Download
 
 
 
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Latest Storm - June 17, 2009 -
Tornadic Supercell - Central
Nebraska |
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the TORNADO VIDEO here. |
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Tornado - west of Aurora, NE - June
17,
2009
Large
tornado just north of I-80 at the
exit between Philips, NE and Aurora,
NE.
Witnessed
a few tornadoes in central Nebraska
this evening.
More
pics and videos to come...
Tornado - developing west of Aurora,
NE - June 17, 2009
Tornado - developing west of Aurora,
NE - June 17, 2009
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Latest Storm - June 5, 2009 -
Tornadic Supercell - La Grange, WY |
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Watch
the TORNADO VIDEO here.
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Tornado - west of La Grange, WY - June
5,
2009
Tornadic Supercell west of La
Grange, WY - June 5,
2009 |
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Latest Storm - May 31, 2009 -
Lightning - Lincoln, NE |
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Lincoln, NE - Lightning - May 31,
2009
Lincoln, NE - Lightning - May 31,
2009
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| Tornado - Aurora, NE
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| Tornado - La Grange, WY
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6/05/09 |
| Supercell
- Time lapse 9X - La Grange, WY
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6/05/09 |
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2008 DVD Trailer
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11/01/08 |
| Tornado -
Wakeeney, KS - May 22, 2008 - 5th tornado of the day. |
5/22/08 |
| LARGE Tornado -
Collyer, KS - May 22, 2008 - 4th tornado of the day |
5/22/08 |
| Tornado -
Grainfield, KS - May 22, 2008 - 1st tornado of the day. |
5/22/08 |
| Tornado - Kearney, NE - May 29, 2008 - Power flashes illuminating tornado. |
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Tornado - Lincoln, NE - June 19, 2008 -
Touchdown near 112th and Fletcher.
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Storms 2008 |
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 See the best storm chase highlights from my 2008 storm
chases. This DVD set is packed full of great footage of amazing storm structure, 9 tornadoes, wall clouds, lightning strikes, hail drifts, and other extreme weather in Tornado Alley all from 2008!
Get some of the newest storm footage that's available
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* 5 tornadoes from May 22, 2008 in Kansas
* Quinter, KS EF-4 Tornado from May 23, 2008 *
Kearney, NE Tornado from May 29, 2008
* Lincoln, NE Tornado from June 19, 2008
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Throckmorton, TX - Tornado -
April 7, 2002 |
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Throckmorton, TX - Tornado -
featured on the History Channel.
April 7, 2002 -
Chase Account by: Jonathan Garner
Brian Thalken and I decided to take
a chance on what appeared to be a
fairly potent set-up in Texas, with
the potential for dryline
thunderstorms developing underneath
a westerly upper-level jet streak.
However, the dryline pattern didn't
quite set-up the way we expected on
Sunday, which we realized after
analyzing an hours worth of data
Sunday morning in a University of
Oklahoma computer lab. Needless to
say, the results of this chase were
outstanding as we turned our
attention to a baroclinic boundary
in North Central Texas.
After our data analysis, we headed
southwest down the H. E. Bailey
Turnpike, with lots of drizzle and
low-level cloudiness present. Our
initial target was the Abilene,
Texas area, however, as soon as we
got an hour south of Wichita Falls,
Texas, the skies cleared with temps
in the mid to upper 70s, turkey
towers developing to our east, and a
line of storms developing off to our
southwest. We passed the DOW team,
and then parked a few miles south of
them so that we could get an update
from our nowcaster back in Lincoln,
NE. The storms to the west appeared
to be lining up from a radar
viewpoint, so we decided to pursue
the towers to our east. After we got
gas in Haskell, TX, we went east on
highway 380 towards Throckmorton,
TX. We stopped every so often to get
pictures of the developing
convection building around us, but
nothing too spectacular was going
on. However, we did notice a thin
line of whispy scud just to our
south, which I thought might have
been the southern edge of a
boundary.
Just before 3 pm, we called in to
Lincoln for another update, and our
friend Dave (who did a great job
nowcasting) described what the cells
to our west were doing. These cells
were strong with a few T-storm
warnings being issued for one in
Haskell County, but they still
didn't look too organized. But, it
was the only thing going on around
us, so we went west in order to
investigate. Just after 3 pm, a
severe thunderstorm warning was
issued for a cell in Throckmorton
County, (this cell was just a few
miles to our west). We noticed what
appeared to be a shelf cloud (some
type of lowering) produced by
outflow, and I thought that the show
was over and things would line up
quickly. However, this low-level
feature began to fill in, and took
on the appearance of a developing
wall cloud. So we parked on top of a
hill with a great view over a valley
at 3:04 pm (our position was 8 miles
west of Throckmorton, TX), and set
up the tri-pod/video equipment (we
were about 2-3 miles east of the
storm). During the next 30 minutes,
we watched the rain-free base
evolve, organize, and develop a
broad-scale rotation (the mid-level
rotation was a bit more obvious).
This rain-free base was very well
defined, and scud was being sucked
in from the forward-flank downdraft.
The surface winds were due east
(enhanced low-level shear due to the
boundary or just good old fashion
inflow), and by 3:20 pm, the
low-level rotation really got its
act together.
By 3:28, a well defined, very low
wall cloud formed, with scud rapidly
ascending into the base. At 3:29 pm,
we heard over our radio that the
National Weather Service issued a
tornado warning for this cell, and
at 3:31 pm, the first condensation
funnel formed and connected with the
surface. A few vortices danced
around the wall cloud, but no
dominant funnel was present.
During the next 5 minutes, the
developing tornado moved northeast
across the highway and into an open
field. Then, a larger, more well
defined condensation cloud
developed, and the tornado began to
mature/grow larger. The clear slot
was spectacular, and a collar cloud
was present around the tornado
cyclone, bulging out away from the
center of rotation (it appeared to
be associated with the clear-slot).
After 10 minutes or so, the tornado
grew much larger and began to take
on wedge size proportions. It was at
this point that we began to hear the
tornado as it moved almost parallel
to the highway we were on (we were
only 1/2 mile from this tornado).
The sound was something like rushing
water, or a wind gust moving through
a tree and blowing its leaves.
The RFD continued to advance east
and eventually reached our location.
It was a very warm RFD, maybe even
slightly warmer than the storms
inflow (e.g., Markowski et al.,
VORTEX results). The tornado
continued to move east-northeast
until we were eventually southwest
of it. A few minutes later, it went
into its rope stage and then
dissipated soon after (the tornado
lasted at least 19 minutes, from
3:31 pm to 3:50 pm). Another large
funnel was present to the north of
the old one, but it didn't manage to
develop any further.
In my short chasing career (7
years), this event definitely tops
everything else I have observed so
far. In addition, some of the
findings coming out of VORTEX during
the last few years seemed to fit in
well with this event. There was a
baroclinic boundary, a persistent
updraft (the supercell which moved
north over the boundary), and a warm
RFD. But besides the educational
benefits of this chase, I think I
can summarize by saying that this
was simply a beautiful, very
photogenic, intense tornado.
Watch the tornado video
HERE.
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