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All I can say is wow!!! Around 8pm near Wheaton, KS on this tornado warned beast.
#kswx
#wxtwitter
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May 22, 2011 - Joplin, MO
From 0 to wedge in approx 1 minute. Insane day.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#mowx
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Not the only person, but one of very few to ever have a full sunshine shot in the clear eye of a cat 5 hurricane.
#wxtwitter
Are there any tornadoes/storms that you believe you have the best/only picture of?
I was the only chaser who witnessed this storm at this point near Leon, Iowa on June 7th, 2022.
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May 22, 2011 - Joplin, MO EF5
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The fastest and craziest tornadogenesis I have witnessed to date. From nothing to wedge in just over 1 min.
#wxtwitter
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May 18, 2013 - Rozel, KS
I was trying to do everything at once and focused 99% on video, so this shot is blurry… grrrr. but it still captures the epic-ness!
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#kswx
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The Joplin, MO supercell (May 22, 2011) approx 5-8 min before the tornado touched down. Looking SSW here. The RFD is just starting to punch in in the lower left. Low level rotation was not impressive when I took this picture.
#StormHour
#mowx
#wxtwitter
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5 years ago today, I was riding out the eyewall and breaking out into the clear eye of Cat 5 Hurricane Michael at Tyndall AFB, FL! What an incredible experience this was.
#HurricaneMichael
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#Florida
#Epic
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Incredible structure yesterday from Minden to Sutton, NE! Missed the tornadoes due to having to avoid hail.
#newx
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
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Poles about to go down in Glace Bay, NS. Have seen a few power flashes. 12:58am ADT
#HurricaneFiona
#NSStorm
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April 9, 2012 - Woodward, OK
Some jaw dropping structure as we head southeast to stay ahead of the storm.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
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June 14, 2013 - West Point, NE
Stationary supercell with incredible structure and dropping CGs all over place. 2 image stack.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#newx
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4 years ago today, the experience of a lifetime -riding out the eyewall of
#Cat5
#Hurricane
Michael. Check out the clear eye with a perfect stadium effect! Experienced wind gusts of up to or exceeding 160 mph!
#wxtwitter
🌀
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May 10, 2010 - Wakita, OK
Crazy multi-vortex tornado develops right in front of us. This tornado became large and rain wrapped as it crossed into KS.
#wxtwitter
#okwx
#StormHour
#Tornado
#Weather
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Due to recent events, here are a few motherships for your viewing pleasure.
#wxtwitter
#mothership
#StormHour
#photooftheday
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A few more cell shots from the amazing supercell by Amidon, ND on June 27, 2024. Ended the day with a nice anti-crepuscular ray display.
#ndwx
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May 20th, 2013 - Moore, OK EF5
#Tornado
Also the day that we got stuck in a traffic jam -as people understandably panicked. Cars stopped in the middle of the road as residents watched helplessly while their homes and neighborhoods were being destroyed.
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June 11, 2017 - Holyoke, CO - LP supercell putting on an incredible lightning display at dusk.
#lightning
#COwx
#photooftheday
#StormHour
#photography
#NaturePhotography
#nikonphotography
#Colorado
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May 18, 2014 - Wright, WY
Incredible LP supercell over no man’s land in northeast WY. What an incredible storm this was!
#wxtwitter
#stormHour
#wywx
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April 9, 2011 - Pocahontas, IA Twins
A cyclonic/anti-cyclonic pair ongoing at the same time as a 1.5 mile wide wedge in the rain. Insane night.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#iawx
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May 24, 2011 - Canton Lake, OK
Our first tornado of the day. We arrived right as it was touching down as we almost stayed around El Reno, but decided last minute to shoot north.
#wxtwitter
#okwx
#StormHour
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June 14, 2013 - West Point, NE - Mothership supercell spins nearly stationary dropping lots of cloud to ground lightning.
#LightningCollection
#newx
#Lightning
#photooftheday
#photography
#StormHour
#wxtwitter
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Oct 9, 2019 - Lawton, OK - City lights and in-cloud lightning illuminating this mothership supercell just west of town.
#okwx
#wxtwitter
#photographylovers
#photooftheday
#NaturePhotography
#StormHour
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May 18, 2013 - Rozel, KS
The only “good” dslr shot I got when it was mature as I was focused on video. Need to do more still photog of naders. West side, looking east.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#kswx
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April 26, 2024 - Minden, IA
Large tornado racing across the Iowa countryside.
#wxtwitter
#iawx
#StormHour
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April 9, 2012 - Woodward, OK
Large tornado with impressive meso southeast of town.
#wxtwitter
#stormHour
#okwx
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May 22, 2010 - Ipswitch, SD
A few minutes before the "wheat field", we had one drill bit just north of us and another just behind us. Also, my dad having the time of his life lol
#StormHour
#wxtwitter
#sdwx
#Tornado
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April 9, 2011 - Pocahontas, IA
VIDEO:
These were a cyclonic/anti-cyclonic pair according to the NWS survey and on the ground at the same time as a 1.5 mile wide wedge in the rain just left of these. Insane night!
#StormHour
#wxtwitter
#iawx
#Tornado
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May 21, 2020 - Satanta, KS - Incredible structure around sunset on this tornado warned supercell.
#wxtwitter
#kswx
#StormHour
#photooftheday
#photographylovers
#NaturePhotography
#naturelover
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April 30, 2024 - Corning, KS
Another shot of this tornado from an unfortunate distance.
#kswx
#wxtwitter
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Nov 7, 2011 - Snyder, OK
First tornado of the day for us as we arrived too late for Tipton. What an amazing day this was. This is looking south from US 183, south of Snyder.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
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April 9, 2012 - Woodward, OK
Impressive structure with this tornadic supercell as it dropped southeast.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
#photooftheday
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11 years ago today, an EF 5
#tornado
tore through Moore, OK. Preparedness is key for community severe weather resilience.
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July 11, 2010 - Pawhuska, OK - Shadow of distant cu tower casting a shadow underneath the cirrus lit up by the setting sun.
#sunsetphotography
#sunsetlovers
#sunset
#nikonphotography
#okwx
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April 9, 2012 - Woodward, OK - Looking up the side of this mothership supercell as it sits over the town of Woodward dropping softballs.
#StormHour
#wxtwitter
#photooftheday
#Weather
#okwx
#NaturePhotography
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March 18, 2012 - Reed, OK
Impressive structure with cone tornado underneath on the cyclic supercell. It would go on to produce several more tornadoes.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
#photooftheday
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May 22, 2016 - Turkey, TX - Incredible sunset LP supercell. Not long after this shot, another storm would fire and take over just west of this one and produce a significant tornado after dark.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#txwx
#photooftheday
#nikonphotography
#NatureBeauty
#Weather
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Incredible slow-motion anvil crawler
#lightning
strike with this complex of severe thunderstorms in KS/MO tonight!!
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Check out the hail core greens on this incredible spaceship looking supercell!!
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North of Corning, IA this afternoon. This was the first tornado. The second developed to our south and wrapped in rain from our perspective. It downed several wind turbines.
#iawx
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May 21, 2011 - Hickory, OK
One of several tornadoes I saw this day and the beginning of an insane few days.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
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QT your most vital artwork.
This image won me a national photo contest and I got to be in a national TV commercial (FineArtAmerica). Also the TL got over 22 million views on YouTube.
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June 22, 2012 - Chappell, NE
Setting sun lighting up the base and core of this LP supercell dropping baseballs.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
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May 18, 2013 - Rozel, KS
A shot I forgot I had. Standing on the road next to the house that was destroyed, looking north as it begins to rope out with a warm glow of sunset colors.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#kswx
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Beautiful shelf cloud yesterday east of West Point, Nebraska after the tornadic supercells became outflow dominant.
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May 20, 2013 - Moore, OK EF5
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An insane day that hit close to home. Never thought I'd be around to witness another EF5 only 2 years later. As with Joplin, we went in and did search and rescue right afterward.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
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Nov 7, 2011 - Wichita Mtns, OK
Beautiful, carved out meso, as this beast intensified and moved through the wildlife refuge. We eventually lost it in the rain to our northeast.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
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May 10, 2014 - Severy, KS
Beautiful sunset supercell. Not long after this shot it produced a rope tornado.
#wxtwitter
#kswx
#stormHour
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May 19, 2024 - Dorrance, KS
Mean, outflow dominant storm, surging east along I-70. We were too late for the tornado back by Russell. We thought we saw something in the rain not long before this image to the north, but couldn't confirm anything.
#kswx
#wxtwitter
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Incredible structure on this shelf cloud & 4 tornadoes 🌪️ later, gorgeous day in northern Nebraska!
#newx
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Intercepted 3 tornadoes yesterday southeast of Meadow Grove, NE to west of Madison, NE on this beast south mover! June 25, 2024.
#newx
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Supercell with possible weak tornado near Hyannis, NE this evening before the line merged.
#newx
@NWSNorthPlatte
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May 13, 2020 - Carter, OK - Incredible shelf cloud races across western OK.
#wxtwitter
#okwx
#StormHour
#photooftheday
#photographylovers
#nature
#nikonphotography
#PhotographyIsArt
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June 14, 2013 - West Point, NE
Another shot of this stationary beauty in northeast Nebraska.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#newx
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Nov 7, 2011 - Ft. Cobb, OK
Last tornado of the day. This ended up moving over Ft. Cobb Lake. We pulled up on the dam of the lake right in time to see it cross the water!
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
#Tornado
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May 24, 2011 - Central OK Tornado Outbreak
VIDEO:
Started off at Canton Lake & followed that sup till it died, then blasted down I-35 & caught the end of Goldsby. Then the rope on I-40 from a distance. Saw 5 tors this day.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
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EF ratings are the scientific embodiment of the “if a tree falls in the woods and no one was there to hear it - did it make a sound?”
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May 21, 2011 - Ada, OK - Incredible structure with bowl shaped tornado at sunset just west of town.
#StormHour
#okwx
#wxtwitter
#naturephography
#nikonphotography
#photooftheday
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June 17, 2009 - Brown County, KS - Elevated supercell parallels hwy 36 in northeast KS.
#kswx
#wxtwitter
#photooftheday
#kansas
#Weather
#StormHour
#NatureBeauty
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May 22, 2010 - Bowdle, SD
The beginning of the tornado-fest on this epic day!
#StormHour
#wxtwitter
#sdwx
#Tornado
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11 years ago today (March 18, 2012) intercepted this cyclic tornado producer in southwest OK. Saw 4 tornadoes with one close intercept.
#okwx
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#photooftheday
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Aug 17, 2011 - Mullen, NE - Sunset Sandhills beauty. I love chasing the Sandhills.
#StormHour
#ThePhotoHour
#wxtwitter
#newx
#naturelovers
#Photoofthday
#nikonphotography
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April 9, 2012 - Woodward, OK
One more from this day. Just insane structure, my jaw was in the ground looking up at this. It produced its first tornado shortly after this shot.
#wxtwitter
#StormHour
#okwx
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