AUGUST 9, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA: SUPERCELL STRUCTURE AT ITS FINEST .
First storm of the day going up right on the triple point near Harvey, North Dakota. We are in the right spot!
Storm base starting to tighten up a bit with tilted updraft overhead. Can see another storm base forming to the south.
Wall cloud formed a short while later and began to get organized.
Broad mesocyclone with bowl lowering in there for a while near Hamberg, North Dakota.
We got cows! They’re wondering what I’m doing here while another wall cloud organizes behind them near New Rockford, North Dakota.
Awesome structure on the storm with impressive, big wall cloud and inflow tail near McHenry, North Dakota!
Big crescent roll twisting and turning wall cloud. Lots of motion going on with this thing at this time with very fast condensation right to left of the inflow tail.
Major hook echo and couplet on the storm at this point when the wall cloud was tightening up.
The storm structure is hanging on very well here near Binford, North Dakota.
Terrific vantage point here up on a big hill watching the next storm approach from the southwest. Caught a lightning bolt in there on the left side of the core.
New storm starting to get organized as we approach sunset.
Wall cloud now forming on the new storm near Aneta, North Dakota. Love that color as the sun is setting behind the storm as we’re looking west.
Tornado warned storm with well established wall cloud near Aneta, North Dakota after sun has set.
Lit up storm with strobe lightning east of Finley, North Dakota.
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AUGUST 8, 2021 MINNESOTA AND IOWA: CHASING A LONE LONG LIVED SUPERCELL FOR OVER 6 HOURS
First storm of the day near Edgerton, Minnesota. Can see a lowering trying to wrap up in there to the left-center of the image. We got on this storm just after it already produced a brief tornado further north.
This was a short while later as the lowering tightened up and produced a funnel cloud that we could tell was clearly spinning on the left side of the image here.
Two action areas on the broad mesocyclone near Worthington, Minnesota.
Wall cloud on the tornado warned storm near Worthington, Minnesota.
A pair of wall clouds on the storm as it was crossing the border into Iowa.
A wall cloud on the storm near May City, Iowa.
Wall cloud and brief funnel cloud near Everly, Iowa.
Inflow tail right to left into the wall cloud that was twisting and turning here.
Wall cloud with fast condensing inflow scud fingers on the storm near Everly, Iowa.
Beautiful wall cloud trying to tighten up.
Looking out the window at a funnel cloud forming as we were driving and trying to get ahead of the storm.
The cloud bases are so low here you cannot even see the tops of the windmills!
Just an awesome supercell that just keeps trucking along and cycling repeatedly.
Yet another wall cloud near Sioux Rapids, Iowa.
ANOTHER wall cloud with a brief funnel forming.
Blocky lowering tucked in near the core that could have easily touched down a tornado near Albert City, Iowa. No confirmation that it did touch down though.
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JULY 28, 2021 WISCONSIN: STORM NEARLY DROPPED A TORNADO, CHASING IN WOODED AREA
First look at the storm as I pulled up just southeast of it southwest of Grantsburg, WI near the St Croix River. Of course a tree is blocking the view but you can make out the lowering, possible wall cloud in there underneath the storm. This was just before it became tornado warned.
Tornado warned storm about to pass to my west.
Nice mesocyclone on this storm as it was passing just west of me here and great structure!
I moved west for a closer view before getting cored. Great structure but definitely losing organization. Still have inflow however.
Southern end of the meso as it started to look more like a shelf cloud. I quickly bailed west back to Hwy 87 through the forward flank core to get back south right after this.
All that is left of the occluding wall cloud looking to the north-northwest. Storm still tornado warned.
Mothership coming in! This was as I finally got back south ahead of it again near Trade River, WI. Stupid power lines in the shot.
Looking back north it still had an action area and rather unorganized lowering but still holding on to inflow.
Wall of rain about to soon overtake me near Cushing, WI.
Tried to get some lightning shots but not a lot of CG's to speak of. Still the CC lightning was enough to illuminate the storm at dark near Osceola, WI. Scud lowering in there is not a funnel cloud but certainly a look alike.
Last shot of the day as the storm was moving to my due east after sunset. This storm went on to bow out and produce a couple tornadoes and a lot of straight line wind damage as it progressed southeast through the night.
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JUNE 24, 2021 KANSAS: TORNADO WARNED STORM BUST AND STUCK IN THE MUD
First storm of the day developing near Marysville, Kansas as a tornado watch was being issued.
Wall cloud forming on the storm as we were looking north on Hwy 36 just west of Marysville, Kansas. Storm exhibiting some nice structure here with the spiraled bands above the low level mesocyclone.
Another shot of the wall cloud quickly becoming more mature as we continued to watch stationary at our position for the moment.
We started racing north to intercept the storm and get closer to the action area at this point to the north of Marysville.
And soon after we got stuck on a blackjack clay road north of Home, Kansas. This is Melanie Metz whom I was chasing with this day trying to clean out some of the mud from around the tires. We were stuck here for over an hour as I had to help push the vehicle a mile back up the road very slowly without going into the ditch. This was the worst I’ve ever been stuck chasing and it ended our day! Very frustrating but storms that kept moving further east really did not do much so we didn’t miss much. We could not drive the vehicle over 30 mph so were forced to drive back to Marysville and luckily found a self service car wash where we spent 3 separate instances spraying out the entire underside of the vehicle, around the tires and inside the wheel wells. Then spent the night in Marysville and chased the next day.
