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Late March HP Supercell in Northwest Texas.
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Behind a squall line near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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Mid-April in Littlefield, Texas, birthplace of Waylon Jennings.
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Wheat field in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
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Storm moves over ranch land in southern Kansas
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Strange shape as updraft and downdraft interact.
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One last photo after sunset.
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LP Supercell in the Texas Panhandle. This storm is moving west, very unusual for a severe thunderstorm.
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LP Supercells provide some of the best shots of thunderstorm structure.
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Poweful updraft forms after sunset near Claude, Texas. At this point I am surrounded by storms dropping baseball-size hailstones.
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Thunderstorm north of the town of Springfield in southeast Colorado.
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View from my campsite at Two Buttes Reservoir.
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Southeast Nebraska was looking good for today, until a solid line of storms develops all the way to southern Kansas. I intercept this embedded cell near Abilene, Kansas.
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Type of farm scene I like to seek out during stormy weather.
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South of Gainesville in north Texas.
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Cropping the photo a little tighter.
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Late April squall line in northeast Oklahoma.
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Storm chase tour group in early May enjoys a close-up view of a severe thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico.
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Large spread between air temperature and dewpoint results in a high-based storm.
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Same storm as it approaches Tucumcari.
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Closer look.
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After the first storm weakens, I head a few miles south to another strong cell that has developed.
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This is where a photo can't do justice to the experience of viewing one of these giant cloud formations.
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New Mexico supercell after dark.
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In southeastern New Mexico, a tornado-look-alike. But it is only a microburst.
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Texas Panhandle farmer heads home before a storm arrives.
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In southwest Oklahoma, a ragged cloud drifts out from the rear rain core.
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Long exposure captures a lightning strike in the Texas Panhandle. Storms often gain strength at dusk as the low-level jet strengthens.
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Mid-May thunderstorm produces a tornado just south of I-40 in the eastern Texas Panhandle.
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Crowd of storm chasers enjoying a supercell near the Texas-Oklahoma state line.
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Leading edge of a storm west of Roosevelt, Oklahoma.
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Thunderstorm over the Wichita Mountains in southwest Oklahoma.
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Thunderstorm develops southwest of Roll, Oklahoma.
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Good view of main updraft with wall cloud forming underneath.
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Looking west from a rural farm road in western Oklahoma.
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Last good thunderstorm view of a quieter than normal season.