StormEffects

DISTANT CUMULONIMBUS - FAIRBURY, NE 5-16-2001 (s)

The powerful updraft towers and backsheared anvil commanded our attention from along highway 36 in northcentral KS.

PLAINVIEW PRETTYVIEW 1 - PLAINVIEW, TX 5-17-2001 (s)

Brilliant rays of sunlight stream from openings in the developing cloud towers to our west.

PLAINVIEW PRETTYVIEW 2 - PLAINVIEW, TX 5-17-2001 (s)

Searchlight like beams of light shoot skyward from the setting sun through small breaks in the clouds.

ROTATING UPDRAFT BASE - MT CAPULIN, NM 5-18-2001 (s)

A small supercell thunderstorm develops over the high plains of eastern New Mexico.

HAIL COVERED ROAD - MT CAPULIN, NM 5-18-2001 (v)

Hail is slow to melt in the high terrain (6700') of the Capulin volcano field of northeastern New Mexico.

UPDRAFT TOWER & CG - MT CAPULIN, NM 5-18-2001 (v)

A lightning bolt emerges from the small updraft base of a decaying thunderstorm moving off to our southeast.

LIGHTNING & VOLCANO - MT CAPULIN, NM 5-18-2001 (v)

A lightning bolt is captured striking the ground right next to the Mt Capulin volcano. Heavy rain was falling at the time this image was captured thru the windshield.

TORNADO 1 - ADA, OK 5-20-2001 (v)

A brief dust whirl became visible to our west below this tornado near Ada, OK.

TORNADO 2 - ADA, OK 5-20-2001 (v)

The tornado begins to "rope out" as a new wall cloud begins to form further east.

RAGGED WALL CLOUD - ADA, OK 5-20-2001 (s)

This ragged wall cloud formed soon after a brief tornado roped out to our west near Ada, OK

DEVELOPING SHELF CLOUD - ROCKSPRINGS, TX 5-24-2001 (v)

This shelf cloud was approaching from the west (right) as we move south in an attempt to get ahead of the gust front.

CG STRIKE - ROCKSPRINGS, TX - 5-24-2001 (v)

An impressive bolt of lightning is captured slicing thru a mid level cloud in the foreground.

SHELF CLOUD 1 - CARTA VALLEY, TX 5-24-2001 (s)

A circular tiered sheld cloud approaches from the west as we attempt to film lightning.

SHELF CLOUD 2 - CARTA VALLEY, TX 5-24-2001 (v)

Lightning activity is on the increase as the gust front moves ever closer.

SHELF CLOUD 3 - CARTA VALLEY, TX 5-24-2001 (s)

We hastily dismantled our camera equipment just as the shelf cloud and gust front arrived.

SHELF CLOUD 4 - CARTA VALLEY, TX 5-24-2001 (v)

Time to get in the vehicles!

RED MAMMATUS - POST, TX 5-26-2001 (s)

Mammatus are set aglow in the southwestern sky from a line of departing severe storms.

HABOOB 1 - SW KANSAS 5-27-2001 (s)

Looking to the northwest blowing dust announces the approach of the gust front.

HABOOB 2 - SW KANSAS 5-27-2001 (s)

Blowing dust fills the air between the ground and cloud base as the storms approach from the west.

HABOOB 3 - SW KANSAS 5-27-2001 (v)

The strong outflow from this thunderstorm is filled with blowing dust. The dust outlines the "gust front", or the cold downdraft air pushing out ahead of the storm.

HABOOB 4 - SW KANSAS 5-27-2001 (v)

Soon after this picture was taken visibility decreased to zero in the blowing dust. Winds in excess of 60mph were recorded.

TORNADO DAMAGE - SEWARD, NE 6-29-2001 (s)

Farm machinery damaged three weeks earlier by a tornado sets in a field near Seward, NE.

DISTANT CUMULONIMBUS - CHADRON, NE 6-30-2001 (s)

Impressive cloud structure can be seen from a distance as severe storms move eastward across western Nebraska.

BOILING CUMULUS - CHADRON, NE 6-30-2001 (v)

Rapidly rising moist air condensed into these powerful updraft towers on the western flank of a severe warned thunderstorm.

DYING STORMS - ALLIANCE, NE 7-2-2001 (s)

Brilliant colors illuminate the western sky of Nebraska at sunset. The low sun angle highlights the translucent nature of the mammatus clouds near the top of the photo.

BOWL SHAPED BASE - BROADWATER, NE 7-1-2001 (v)

Large hail was beginning to fall from the small round base of this developing thunderstorm.

DUST WHIRL - DALTON, NE 7-1-2001 (v)

A weak tornado, or landspout likely cause this condensation funnel at ground level.

INFLOW FINGERS - ARDMORE, SD 7-3-2001 (s)

Rich low level air from the east feeds into the approaching storms to the west. This moisture laden air condenses into the "finger like" cloud streamers that extend outward from the storm.

RAINSHAFT & CG 1 - OGLALA NTL GRASSLANDS, NE 7-3-2001 (v)

A developing rainshaft falls from a menacing looking cloud base above the Oglala National Grasslands in extreme northwestern Nebraska.

PRETTY CG 1 - OGLALA NTL GRASSLANDS, NE 7-3-2001 (v)

Lightning once again occurs close to the edge of a developing rainshaft.

PRETTY CG 2 - OGLALA NTL GRASSLANDS, NE 7-3-2001 (v)

A highly branced bolt of lightning occurs as the rainshaft begins to intensify.

MAMMATUS ON FIRE - OGLALA NTL GRASSLANDS, NE - 7-3-2001 (s)

Clear skies to the west allowed the setting sun to brightly illuminate the underside of this thunderstorm's mammatus field.

GLOWING WINDMILL - OGLALA NTL GRASSLANDS, NE 7-3-2001 (s)

(c) Nancy M. Morganti

Soft lighting bathe this windmill scene in the warm colors that were reflected from a glowing mammatus field to our west.

CURVED CG - SCOTTSBLUFF, NE 7-6-2001 (s)

Several nighttime storms north of Scottsbluff offered photographic opportunities such as this during the wee hours of July 6th, 2001.

RAINBOW 1 - MORRILL, NE 7-6-2001 (s)

Rainfall to our east offered numerous opportunities to capture rainbows during the late afternoon hours when the sun was low on the western horizon.

RAINBOW 2 - MORRILL, NE 7-6-2001 (s)

A double rainbow is seen in this wide angle view.

VALLEY LIGHTNING - AGATE FOSSIL BEDS, NE 7-7-2001 (s)

Lightning strikes a serene valley in western Nebraska.

WET DOWNBURST 1 - AGATE FOSSIL BEDS, NE 7-7-2001 (s)

A cold downburst of air filled with rain can be seen making its descent below the cloud base near the center of this photo.

WET DOWNBURST 2 - AGATE FOSSIL BEDS, NE 7-7-2001 (s)

A wet microburst has nearly reached the ground in this photo.

DISTANT LIGHTNING - FT ROBINSON, NE 7-7-2001 (s)

The Fort Robinson overlook offered a distant view of storms and lightning that were departing to our east just prior to nightfall.

LIGHTNING 1 - ALLIANCE, NE 7-8-2001 (s)

Intense nearby lightning bolts are captured on slide film during the pre dawn hours a few miles south of Alliance, NE.

LIGHTNING 2 - ALLIANCE, NE 7-8-2001 (s)

A low level cloud is made visible in front of this CG (Cloud to Ground lightning) in this photo.

LIGHTNING 3 - ALLIANCE, NE 7-8-2001 (s)

Lightning appears to strike "between the eyes" of the red railroad switching lights. The red streaks are from the moving tailights of passing automobiles.

LIGHTNING 4 - ALLIANCE, NE 7-8-2001 (s)

An intense nearby bolt strikes near a double red railroad signal.