Best Storm Structure

[Chris Allington]

First, the incredible squall line that went through Omaha on 6/27 this year:

Next, 6/11, the day of the boy scouts.... this storm was farther south near Elkhorn, NE:

Finally, November 5th, the nothern target along the Nebraska and Iowa border:

 

[afischer]

Here are some of my better ones. Note that the quality of the storm structure is far better than the quality of the photography.

05/29/08 "flankless" laminar beast near Tipton KS http://www.tornadohead.com/175-7530_imgA.jpg

02/28/07 young supercell near Yates Center KS... the colors in this scene were insanely vivid (orange-pinks and violets) but were washed out by my bad photography http://www.tornadohead.com/167-6793_imgA.jpg

08/24/06 young supercell near Onida SD http://www.tornadohead.com/new162-6290_img.jpg

06/12/05 Girard TX supercell with enormous/sloped wall cloud http://www.tornadohead.com/142-4255_imgA.jpg

06/07/05 Potato Creek SD supercell http://www.tornadohead.com/140-4025_imgaaaaa.jpg

06/02/05 Limon CO supercell http://www.tornadohead.com/139-3905_IMGA.jpg

08/16/02 Crofton NE supercell http://www.tornadohead.com/aug16ao.jpg

 

[Dick McGowan]

I am a structure freak...a chase is a success if it has sick structure, tornadoes are just a bonus!

Wow, Willoughby your view was incredible on May 22 07!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is ours at 10 mm......we could see the entire thing rotating....breathtaking.

This was in August of 07'......temperature fluctuation of about 19 degrees after the outflow hit us (in 100 degree weather, it was nice!)

This was Quinter #1 supercell just minutes after it was first tornado-warned.

Then July 29th, south of Emporia, KS.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

I am a structure freak...a chase is a success if it has sick structure, tornadoes are just a bonus!

July 29th, south of Emporia, KS.

That was a nice structure for this area.

 

[Joey Ketcham]

I agree with Dick, I also love storm structure as well and in fact it was seeing the structure of a storm about 25 miles away in 1995 that made me want to chase. If I get great shots of storm structure, I'm happy. The pictures are great, some very awesome shots.

 

[Dann Cianca]

May 25th, 2007 (Looking W from Winona, Kansas)

June 2nd, 2008 (Looking W from Byers, Colorado)


The next three are from the Alta Vista, CO Tornado LP Supercell (August 13, 2008)

Early stages ... almost split. Opposite rotating 'skeletal' mesos.

"jellyfish" meso/wall

"fancy hat" meso/wall

 

[Chad Cowan]

All of these were shot with the $150 Panasonic DMC-FX3. I'm accepting donations for a D40x

April 24, 2007:

June 4, 2008:

August 4, 2008:

May 25, 2008:

 

[Laura Hedien]

It would have to be June 23, 2007 outside Pipestone. Whew. What a day.
Laura

 

[Scott Weberpal]

05-10-05 Central City, NE

06-02-05 Limon, CO

 

[Patrick Boomer]

Beautiful photos everybody, wow there are some amazing shots in here.
These are from one of my favorite storms from western Alberta, Canada, a few miles SE of Caroline and a few minutes apart. July 17, 2006.

 

[AndyGabrielson]

Nice Photos everyone, for some reason I really like this one I took this year on 7-10-08. Near Eureka, SD.

from 2008 I would say thats one of my personal favorites, like I said I don't know why, it wasnt tornadic or anything, just looked cool to me.

 

[cdcollura]

Good day all,

Beloit, Kansas on May 29, 2008 (Glenn Elder / Jewell tornadic supercell).

Need I say more?

 

[Chad Cowan]

Beloit, Kansas on May 29, 2008 (Glenn Elder / Jewell tornadic supercell).

Need I say more?

Aaaaand Chris Collura for the win. I was waiting for you or Bill Hark to post that one. Well played. Is that a video grab? If so, do you have the vid posted somewhere?

Also, Scott W's picture is very Hollingsteadesque. Solid.

 

[cdcollura]

Good day all,

Aaaaand Chris Collura for the win. I was waiting for you or Bill Hark to post that one. Well played. Is that a video grab? If so, do you have the vid posted somewhere?

I am putting together a DVD for 2008 which should have all the storms of 2008 on a 2 hour DVD extravaganza.

The pre-view video (for May 29, 2008) can be seen at the link below (requires real media)...

http://www.sky-chaser.com/m9vid11.htm

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

(requires real media)...

http://www.sky-chaser.com/m9vid11.htm

That is too bad. People still use real media?