Panoramic nighttime lightning illuminated thunderstorm
Oh what a night! June 11, 2015 found me in far southeastern Colorado chasing storms. We chased this beast for a long ways and while it never did drop a…
Sunset thunderstorm
Going back into the archives for this one to June 2012. On a tornado chase near Simla, Colorado. The chase did yield one funnel cloud directly overhead and then a…
Rolling thunder on the Great Plains
Work and life's commitments don't allow me to storm chase near as often as I would like. However, every now and then, I get lucky and Mother Nature brings a…
Pit stop thunderstorm
On my recent trip to the northern Rockies, our first overnight stop was in northern Wyoming in the town of Kaycee. Soon after arriving as sunset grew close, thunderstorms started…
Short but brilliant rainbow illuminates the Great Plains’ horizon
I have said it repeatedly and I will say it again: the plains of Colorado may be relatively flat but I will put the sights found there up against those…
An electrified desert
New Mexico is not a state that normally comes to mind when you think of spring severe weather. However, thunderstorms rolling across the high desert of the eastern part of…