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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