JUNE 22, 2026 NEBRASKA & COLORADO: BEST SUPERCELLS OF THE YEAR!

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Unreal vantage point to watch this supercell develop initially south of Kimball, Nebraska. Our group got ourselves on a hill watching the storm with the great Tim Marshall. Positioned here for about 30 minutes watching the storm come at us.

I’ll be damned! Here we have a really nice wall cloud developing a short while later as we sat in the same position on the hill.

This storm was sure trying. Produced a little nub funnel here that looked briefly interesting.

Storm about to engulf abandoned building in northeast Colorado in the Pawnee National Grassland. One of my favorite shots I took while stormchasing this season.

Nice lowering on this storm just to the left of the hail/rain core. Had some motion and consistent condensation into that action area. Felt close to producing a tornado.

And a short time later it did indeed produce a funnel cloud halfway to the ground!

Structure of the supercell still holding on strong. The sharp inflow bands caught my eye here with this scene.

Mean looking tornado warned storm that was producing winds of 70-100 mph along the path. We obviously stayed ahead of the core to have some distance between the destructive winds and hail. What a dirty storm too. So much dust and dirt being sucked into the inflow and visibility was down to near 0 at times.

Roger Hill and Connor McCarty in the wild! Shooting the amazing structure of this supercell.

Interesting wall cloud quickly forming here as the RFD was coming around the southwest side of the core. Major hook on radar at this point too. Very close to putting down a tornado. But really nice rotating wall cloud!

Nature's vacuum. Sucking up all the dust and dirt it can. South of Akron, Colorado.

Another shot from this vantage point. Inflow had to be near 50 mph here into this storm from our backs directly ahead into this supercell base.

Wow, what a beauty of a storm! This is why I chase is for storms like this. Terrific structure.

Still tornado warned with an intense hail core and that blue-green color. Ground scraping inflow tail on the right with all the dirt clearly being sucked into the storm.

Absolutely gorgeous storm! Awesome shelf cloud starting to form here now as the storm was starting to become more outflow dominant near Cope, Colorado.

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JUNE 21, 2026 KANSAS: FATHER'S DAY RAGING BEASTLY SUPERCELLS

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Finally got ahead of the initial supercell near Atwood, KS. Great structure. Lots of organized scud rising into the base.

Silver Lining Tour 8 guests out of the vans and enjoying the storm.

Major stout inflow tail into the storm as it got closer. Great to visit with other chaser friends while we watched the storm approach while waiting in this big dirt parking lot!

Something about this shot I really love. Wide open plains of northwest Kansas. Couple of grain elevators in the distance. Beautiful inflow tail into the storm updraft and rain curtains underneath. Great stuff.

New supercell really getting it's act together northwest of Colby, Kansas. Bailed on our initial storm as it started to weaken some and this new storm echo top was exploding further south.

Supercell going beast mode after moving right over Colby. Now approaching Monument and Oakley, Kansas areas as we got in position to the south on Hwy 83.

Tornado warned storm near Elkader, Kansas. Lowering on the storm to the right where it should be and another suspicious lowering on the far left. Definitely not fully outflow dominant just yet here.

Great storm to shoot wide and capture the structure! Again that lowering on the left was real close to the ground and very suspicious but looks like scud being pulled in to me.

One more. What a great storm! Really enjoyed the structure.

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JUNE 10, 2026 MINNESOTA & WISCONSIN: EARLY DAY FUNNEL CLOUD AND SHELF CLOUDS

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Severe warned thunderstorm near Cannon Falls, MN. We were moving east on Hwy 50 to try and get ahead of these storms when they formed near the I-35 corridor shortly before noon. Was not planning to leave this early but when storms formed you have to drop everything and go!

Funnel cloud as we were approaching the storm on Hwy 61 near Welch, MN. Never could confirm if this actually touched down or not and was never confirmed.

Another shot of the funnel cloud as it appeared to be roping out here near Welch, MN.

Wall cloud on the storm as we got closer, looking northeast in Red Wing, MN.

We waited in Menomonie, WI for a few hours as the midday storms cleared and new storms developed around 4pm in the area. Strong core but you can tell this storm is already starting to gust out.

Shelf cloud forming on a good structured storm in Menomonie, WI.

Looking north, the other direction on the shelf cloud moving in on us. We were stopped next to several other chasers and a highway patrol officer at this point.

iPhone pano of the shelf cloud in Menomonie, WI.

Mammatus on the western side of the storm as we headed home at the end of the day.

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JUNE 3, 2026 SOUTH DAKOTA: SEVERE WIND AND HAILER

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Storm just getting going out ahead of the cold front in the open warm sector near Miller, South Dakota. Time is 5pm.

Storm updrafts starting to congeal with the tail end updraft looking stout and likely to take over the show with time. The environment is a good combination of instability and shear in the warm sector, but lacking low level flow.

Around 45 minutes later chasing the storm east to near Wolsey, South Dakota. Storm core really starting to get intense. Weak lowering forming on the left.

I like this shot of the dead tree, slowly developing lowering and intense storm core approaching.

Really intense core now… wow. Would not want to get caught in that! Lowering starting to wrap up a bit with slow rotation.

This was the best the weak wall cloud looked on this storm throughout it’s life cycle. Slowly rotating with condensing scud into it and trying to wrap up a bit. Best shot it had at producing a tornado near Wolsey.

One more lowering, structure, and core shot.

Met my friend Marcus and Ashley out chasing. Newlyweds! Love it that they took a chase trip right after they got back from their honeymoon.

Watching a downburst to the left of the main core descend to the ground. Near Yale, South Dakota.

Decent structure as the storm began gusting out and producing a shelf cloud near Bancroft, South Dakota.

Favorite structure shot of the day with a mean looking shelf cloud!

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MAY 17, 2026 NE/SD/IA/MN: LONG DURATION INTENSE STORM CLUSTER

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Severe warned cluster of storms moving along the Nebraska/South Dakota border, primarily moving into South Dakota. I wanted to play the southern end of this cluster for supercell characteristics and the best potential at a tornado. Looking west from a lookout on the Missouri River southwest of Yankton, South Dakota.

Severe warned storm getting real close now and need to head east to stay ahead. The storm was interacting with a modified outflow boundary that was lifting back north into southeast South Dakota from Nebraska.

Shelf cloud indicating outflow winds already as the storm approached Volin, South Dakota.

Whale’s mouth underneath the shelf cloud near Beresford, SD while I was repositioning and staying ahead. New cells developing at this point to my south to keep an eye on but mainly trying to stair step north and east with this thing for now.

Got out ahead and on a new storm by Estherville, Iowa that was ahead of the line and quickly forming a wall cloud as the storm strengthened and slowly moved towards the Minnesota border.

Blasted back up to I-90 and turned east near Sherburn, Minnesota to see a low hanging wall cloud that has condensing fingers into it in the distance. This was the best attempt all chase to seeing a tornado.

Storm still looking interesting with condensing scud into the action area, but it has certainly lost a lot of the wall cloud here and starting to get that shelf cloud look on the northern edge.

Severe warned storm by Winnebago still looking strong and holding onto the structure. I like this shot mainly for the inflow banding into the storm, the contrast, and the wall cloud with scud continuing to rise into it.

Can see the wall cloud to the west on another storm near Fairmont here at 7:47pm. Actually looks better than the storm I am on!

A short while later the storm still holding onto some structure with a decent tail cloud near Winnebago. Can still see the wall cloud on the Fairmont storm behind it but not looking quite as good as it had.

Continuing to chase this storm (still severe warned) northeast to Mapleton, Minnesota.

Not bad storm structure here at all looking southwest of Mapleton as the tail end storm updraft started to take over and exhibit supercell characteristics.

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APRIL 17, 2026 MINNESOTA: TORNADO NEAR ROCHESTER

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MaryLynn and I were late getting to this tornado after meandering east initially from Farmington into western Wisconsin to intercept a storm coming up our way. Soon realized the storm approaching Rochester was starting to go crazy and saw the last of several tornadoes near Rochester from a distance. Frustrating but at least we saw it!

Another shot of the tornado in the distance over the rolling farmland of southeast Minnesota.

We chased the supercell for another hour as it slowly worked it’s way east towards the Wisconsin border. It became tornado warned once again near St. Charles and had a brief lowering on the left side. Certainly a heavy rain/hail core in there!

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APRIL 25, 2026 OKLAHOMA: SUPERCELLS AND A FEW BRIEF FUNNELS

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Initial storm and rotating, producing a brief funnel just over the trees near Roff, Oklahoma.

Another funnel cloud just above the tree straight ahead near Roff, Oklahoma.

Another shot of the funnel that was condensating a bit more towards the ground as we were racing up the road to get closer.

The funnel lifted as we get closer, only 1 mile west of Roff at this point. Action area and rotating lowering was still present.

Bailed our initial storm and ended up on another severe warned storm near Katie, Oklahoma after sunset.

One last shot of the storm with a lightning bolt in the distance near Katie before we called the chase and headed towards Oklahoma City for the night to get ready for the next day.

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APRIL 13, 2026 MINNESOTA: 2 TORNADOES NEAR TRUMAN

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Initial storm near Trimont, MN feeding off the unstable atmosphere on the warm front.

Multiple vortex tornado number 1 northeast of Trimont, MN. This thing was twisting and turning underneath!

Amazing tornado and structure near Truman, MN. Can really notice that clear slot cutting in on the left (southwest side of the storm).

Tornado stirring up a larger debris field and becoming wider, still holding on strong. The tornado was later rated an EF-1 with peak winds estimated at 90 mph.

The tornado lifted for 6 minutes before dropping back down and producing another to the northeast of Truman near the small town of Willow Creek. Although I had originally counted this as a third tornado, the NWS damage survey confirmed this was a continuation of the same circulation and the previous tornado that had touched down.

Tornado about to lift as we drove north to get closer to the circulation. The tornado started at 6:15 PM and ended at 6:40 PM with an estimated path length of 8.49 miles.

Big fat funnel cloud as the tornado lifted to the west of Amboy as we continued to drive closer to the circulation. Even though there were a lot of chasers out for this one, it was very easy to manage due to the gridded road system and the gravel roads across southern Minnesota.

As we progressed east at the end of the chase, it continued to produce wall clouds and areas of rotation, as well as some continued photogenic structure! This same storm produced an EF-1 tornado near Hartland later in the evening.

Radar loop of the event. The Truman storm is in the bottom left. Classic right-moving supercell on the warm front.

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JULY 28, 2025 SOUTH DAKOTA: MOTHERSHIP AND TORNADO

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The original plan here was to head back out to Watertown, SD after seeing a tornado in the same area the day before as the setup seemed legit for another round to start as a predicted derecho. However, the cap held and it became more stable, which made me pivot to targeting supercells in southeast SD near the NE border… a lot farther than I was intending to go! I was late to the game here, but ended up getting down to I-90 and blasting west to intercept a tornado warned storm near Gregory, SD.

Once arriving on highway 50 south of Geddes, SD and cut off by the Missouri River, I was able to capture the final of 3 tornadoes to the west.

Another shot a minute later of the tornado ongoing and more of the storm structure.

Incredible supercell structure as the tornado dissipated and the occluded wall cloud kept tightening up with another new all cloud right behind it. Inflow streaming in on the right was strong and beautiful!

What a mothership!

Action area right down the road in front of me. Progressing right to left.

The storm was close to producing another tornado here as the dual wall clouds cranked up on the northeast side of the storm right in the strongest inflow area next to the forward flank core.

Action area still cranking with a ton of motion going on in Pickstown, SD.

End of the day shot as I left my original storm and intercepted another tornado warned storm near Corsica, SD. Notice what is left of the wall cloud/lowering underneath the updraft direct center. Next was to race home inside and to get ahead of the developing derecho in southeast SD, southern MN, and northwest IA!

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JULY 27, 2025 SOUTH DAKOTA: WATERTOWN EF-2 TORNADO

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Initial, early day tornado warned storm near Montevideo, Minnesota. This storm was clearly outflow dominant by the time we got there and had a nice shelf cloud. Unfortunately, this is the sucker storm that slowed us down where we nearly missed the tornado later in the day.

So we decided to bail and head southwest towards Watertown at the triple point where new updrafts kept regenerating and became explosive. This was the view from east of Watertown as we came up over a hill on highway 212 of the ongoing tornado that was northwest of town.

What a cool looking tornado! UGH! Seriously, 15 minutes would have made the difference of us being up close to witness the tornado and this view from 15-20 miles away. Just a bit too late.

Strong tornado here as we started to approach the eastern edge of Watertown, SD.

Clearly starting to weaken and rope out here as we continued to push towards Watertown and get close to the tornado. Felt like it was taking FOREVER.

Tornado still holding strong as we entered the city of Watertown with the water tower in the foreground.

Going through Watertown and frustrated at the time it is taking to get through as the tornado starts to lift west of town.

Progressed southwest of Watertown after the tornado lifted. The supercell was slowly building southeast and held onto a large mesocyclone but clearly lost a lot after producing that tornado. Was going to take a while for it to recycle.

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JUNE 28, 2025 SOUTH DAKOTA: GARY EF3 - TORNADO OF THE YEAR

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My son Gage’s video when the Gary tornado was at its closest point.

Look at these awesome kids. Jumped out of the car here to snag a photo of the funnel cloud on the left side of the wall cloud near Gary, South Dakota after the Clear Lake tornado. This was a completely different storm than what produced the Gary tornado.

The wall cloud on the storm between the Clear Lake and Gary, South Dakota tornadoes on June 28 of this year was a thing of beauty! This storm did produce a weak, short-lived tornado a short while later.

I loved this high intensity moment with the kids. We are in perfect position, following closely behind the rotation wall cloud with condensation fingers and met up on a 4 way stop with a few chaser friends, contemplating our next move. Such a great moment!

Gary tornado initially touching down was a beauty! The structure was impressive.

Easily one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. To have my kids take in this spectacle is the best ever.

A short while later as the tornado was exhibiting a start to a stovepipe shape.

The structure of this thing was seriously mind boggling and incredible. Very impressive.

The infamous squiggle with this tornado. The base of the condensation funnel got pinched off and danced around wildly during the vortex breakdown. Was incredible for those close to experience!

OMG seriously look at this structure and tornado. I am so fortunate to witness this. Just 1/2 mile south of the town of Gary where we have sat in the same spot for nearly 30 minutes.

Stovepipe starting to drill in here. JUST GRINDING

The whole structure is something to be appreciated.

This is a framed shot that I have in my house. Can’t get much better than this.

Beast mode as the tornado was entering its demise. Still extremely violent but about to take in the underkill.

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JUNE 26, 2025 MINNESOTA: I-90 WARM FRONT STORMS

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This was video from the day before from a brief tornado in relatively the same place near Ostrander, but wanted to post it here in this chase log.

Lowering west of Austin, MN on the storm that produced the tornado near Albert Lea a little earlier.

Storm to the north of Austin that was tornado warned at the time.

This was a pretty common view today. Ground scraping LCL's and low visibility. It was grungy out there!

Suspicious rotation and lowering that was condensing near Wyattville, MN.

This was the big time lowering that was rotating and condensing under the meso near Rushford. Very suspicious and wondering if it ever touched down. Notice the RFD surge of rain and hail coming around the south side at the time.

Gage enjoying the storm about to roll in near Houston, MN.

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JUNE 20, 2025 NORTH DAKOTA: 6 TORNADOES FROM A DISTANCE - NIGHTTIME ENDERLIN EF5

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The first storm blowing up right in our target area as we looked south from Jamestown, North Dakota.

Wall cloud tightening up and spinning hard as we got on I-94 in Jamestown and followed east.

Spinning action area of the tornado warned supercell just east of Jamestown near Bloom on 87th Avenue SE.

One of my biggest mistakes of my chasing career was leaving the storm that produced the Spiritwood tornado and realizing too late as we were already 10 miles south to intercept what I thought was a better supercell. Still was able to view the tornado. Timing is everything!

Another wider shot looking north at the Spiritwood tornado from a distance and sulking at the mistake. UGH

Second tornado that touched down on our southern supercell near Homer, North Dakota. What a beauty of a storm!

Incredible storm south of Homer! Absolutely jaw dropping structure.

I mean, seriously. How great is this twisted soda can structure. Storm was spinning like a top.

Big C Shape cut into the storm here as the RFD was attempting to bring another tornado to life with this awesome structured storm.

3rd tornado of the day briefly formed near Meadow Lake.

Our position near the third tornado of the day.

4th tornado soon after north of Litchville at 10:07 p.m.

5th tornado near Fort Ransom, North Dakota as we were bailing and navigating a path towards home at 10:22 p.m.

Our position relative to the radar and hook echo of the Fort Ransom tornado.

Here's what it's like trying to view a tornado in the distance from a raging supercell in North Dakota at 10:23 p.m. Open the photo and you can see the tornado down the road in the distance. I usually don't like chasing storms when it gets dark but this storm kept pulling me over to take a look as I was navigating the route home.

Another shot of the same tornado from above.

The supercell that went on to produce the Enderlin EF-5 tornado.

The Enderlin EF-5 tornado is visible here underneath the updraft on the right side in the distance. Wish we were closer but this was our vantage point from a distance as we continued to navigate home for the night!

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JUNE 19, 2025 MINNESOTA: FUN LOCAL CHASE

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Severe warned supercell riding south along a warm front near Welch, Minnesota.

Base of the supercell and hail core in sight as we approached from the west near Red Wing, Minnesota.

Beautiful storm over the Mississippi River near Frontenac, Minnesota.

Supercell still looking good near Lake City, Minnesota. Notice the big lowering underneath the updraft at this point.

Interesting lowering here as we stopped of Hwy 61 near Reeds Landing, Minnesota. There was slow rotation and condensation into this feature as we watched from the north just after getting hailed on with nickels.

Lightning illuminating the storm southwest near Kellogg, Minnesota.

One last shot for the evening.

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JUNE 15, 2025 MONTANA: FIRST MONTANA STORM CHASE!

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Tornado warned storm looking north from near Sumatra, Montana. Big time stout lowering in there and very well could have been a tornado. I would have driven north on this dirt road but it was a marked private and no trespassing ranch road :-(

Nicely structured supercell with cow catcher shelf cloud on the leading edge. Inflow bands feeding southwest to northeast into the storm.

Wall cloud reforming on the leading edge of the storm as we watched from well to the south. Really wish we had a public road to get north and take a look at what is in there!

We tried going north out of Vananda, Montana but had cows galore blocking the road. Decided to turn around and head back east on our main road. Family with me really enjoyed this moment ha ha.

Taking pictures of the cows instead of the storm :-)

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JUNE 14, 2025 WYOMING: HIGH BASED SEVERE STORMS

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Thunderstorms developing late in the day near Wright, Wyoming.

Small lowering developing on the storm now as it continues to strengthen and move out into better air towards us.

My beautiful daughter enjoying the storm while exploring and picking flowers and dandelions.

A couple of bases on strong thunderstorms southwest of Gillette, Wyoming. Beautiful wide open country out here.

Severe thunderstorm over Gillette, Wyoming as we approached from south of town. Ragged updraft base but intensifying.

Storm gusting out and turbulent skies just to the north of Gillette, Wyoming. Still severe-warned.

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MAY 28, 2025 OKLAHOMA: MOTHERSHIP IN ALL ITS GLORY

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After attempting to chase messy storms in southwest Kansas, we bailed to a tornado warned storm near Beaver, Oklahoma. Great structure when we were finally able to get southwest of the storm and get a view.

iPhone pano of the storm as it was barreling at us and left to right.

Got head of the storm a bit more here to view the incredible structure and stacked plates above the shelf cloud near Slapout, Oklahoma.

Here it comes! Getting close as Silver Lining Tours guests watch in awe and eager anticipation.

Looking back to the northwest as the tornado warned storm is about to overtake us.

Pano from the iPhone. WHAT A MOTHERSHIP!!

Mr. Pickle, our stormchasing mascot, needed a shelfie.

Got back ahead a bit more for our last look of the day at this awesome storm. Still holding on to great structure with a stout inflow beaver tail feeding into the base.

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MAY 25, 2025 TEXAS: BRIEF TORNADO & SUPERCELL STRUCTURE

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Supercell exploding and starting to get going near Floydada, Texas. Rotation in the base already.

Base under the hook echo swinging around the south end of the storm.

Nice long-lived shear funnel.

Beautiful structure on this storm! Became tornado warned here with wrapping up base and long inflow tail cloud.

Storm slowly getting its act together and broad rotation.

Broad mesocyclone with lowering on the right side near the core. Another rain core is wrapping around the south side of the hook.

Cigar shaped funnel cloud forming near Afton, Texas.

We have a tornado! Confirmed to have touched down near Afton, Texas. Awesome structure too.

The tornado lifted and we were left with a beautiful storm and stout wall cloud while Silver Lining Tours guests enjoyed the amazing view.

Electrified storm near Rule, Texas.

What a great looking supercell at the end of our chase day! Still sparking like crazy.

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MAY 23, 2025 COLORADO: STORM STRUCTURE OF THE YEAR!

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Storm just getting going near Kit Carson, Colorado.

Beautiful storm exploding right in front of us. Very strong updraft and solid base forming.

This storm just had the look like it was going to do something special.

Incredible structure. Love the oil pump in the foreground and the wide open spaces.

And it gets even better at sunset!

Holy crap! What an amazing supercell. Really hard to be able to top that structure and lighting.

Getting pretty dark here after sunset while the storm is holding onto terrific structure.

Lightning starting to really spark after sunset, indicating the storm still had a lot left in the tank.

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MAY 22, 2025 TEXAS: SUPERCELL STORM STRUCTURE

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Storm with large lowering near Archer City, Texas. Outflow to the left with the RFD, and inflow to the right with new developing wall cloud tucked in right next to the core.

Storm now organizing and pulling in focused moisture as evident with the organized inflow tail from right to left into the rotating action area.

Another shot, similar to the last one of the storm structure and inflow tail.

Supercell storm moving right towards us with organizing wall cloud and scud fingers rising up into the action area.

Bailed the Archer City storm and went towards other storms forming closer to the triple point near Crowell, Texas. Unfortunately, these storms were immediately outflow dominant but did produce some good structure and striking shelf clouds.

My favorite photo of the day of a shelf cloud as we raced north and east to try and get ahead of the storms as we made our way back to Oklahoma City. I believe this would be near Quanah, Texas.

Stopping for a gas stop and bathroom break for the tour as the storm was bearing down on us.

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