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Tornado Damage
Kearney NE on May 29. Here, you can see the gouges in the side
of this house. This home was (is) pretty tough. The damage was caused by the force of the wind hitting the side,
then going upwards at over 185KPH. But the home is still standing. If a tornado warning is issued for your area,
get to sturdy shelter right away.
And stay away from windows!
Image by Ron
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Tornado Damage Kearney NE
on May 29. Another view from a slightly different angle. Here, you can see the roof peeled
back by the force of the wind. Any area can have a tornado spawned by a severe thunderstorm, and sometimes all it takes
is 1 second. You are responsible for your own safety.
Remember: Go to sturdy shelter on the lowest floor and stay away from windows!
It's your best
bet.
Image by Ron
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Thunderstorm Anvil Butler MO. May 30. I wasn't expecting much today, but
storms did fire along the convergence line in Missouri. The towers went up, then a few more joined them. We settled
on a storm in Lamar MO. I tried to get a few lightning images after dark, but I never got the light or angle I wanted.
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by Ron
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Tornado
Warning Binger Oklahoma May 31. This tornadic supercell was tracking ESE
and it was a bit of a haul to intercept it. Storms did fire in my target area in the early afternoon hours, but Jack
and I keep driving to catch this tornadic storm after dark, actually around midnight. This 6 second exposure captured
lightning that illuminated the Wall Cloud and below that, you can see the tornado. It wasn't there long, but I managed
to get a shot if it.
A cool night image if I say so.
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Severe T-Storm Warning Julesburg NE June 01. This storm had
almost everything going for it. 2 Wall Clouds, inflow bands, shear markers, and did I forget to mention hail shafts!
This is the storm that dented the crap out of our hood, roof (bang!...bang!!), and fenders. I thought the windshield
was going to bust, but it held up! We drove in the hail core, then after 5 minutes, out the other side. I thought,
"oh well, the van isn't brand new any more", so we turned around and went in again!
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by Ron
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Severe T-Storm Warning Ogallala NE June 01.
This tower went
up on the outflow boundary from the hail storm we played in a few times. It was a real shame that the road we were driving
on was in the path of a storm with 3" hail. Can you believe that? What are the odds?
I was just going out
for a drive.
Minding my own business too.
Too bad about the hood...
(& roof, fenders, quarter panels,
etc,)
Image by Ron
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Tornado Warning Elwood NE June 04. We saw 3 supercell
thunderstorms today, and 2 of them had tornado warnings on them. This storm had a nice green core with a beaver tail
flowing into it's base. A sign of storm organization. A good thing when you're looking for a severe thunderstorm.
Just north of Devils Gap Nebraska.
Image by Ron
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SVR T-Storm Warning Eustis NE June
04. We got right under this Low Precipitation (LP) storm. It was ALL updraft.
It was at 65,000 feet tall but no rain. It was a weird feeling and I felt something just wasn't right. When I
saw the rear flank start to open, I said "We gotta go now!" so we got out of the area fast. Never stay in
the rear flank. The core was cool but without any more upward forcing, it didn't have a chance to build stronger.
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by Ron
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Tornado Warning Moorefield NE June 04. This tornado warned supercell was spawned east of Denver Colorado and kept going for 6 hours! It had
multiple tornado warnings on it, but I thought, "that storm is 200km away, it'll die before I can get to it".
Well, it didn't. It produced a tornado about 2 miles away from these lightning shots. It had flash flood &
tornado warnings on it at the same time.
Lightning image by Ron
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Tornado Warning Moorefield NE June 04. Same storm but shot
under different lighting conditions. I think I'll try to do more lightning images like these. I'm just getting a taste for it. It was a monster storm
and I didn't want to get stuck in the mud with a tornado heading right towards us. I decided to get a few lightning
images then head to the motel.
Which image do you prefer, left or right?
Lightning Image by Ron
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