USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 01 May, 2009
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This could be the start of something big.
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Hmmm.. Perhaps not.
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Hail core can be seen of a supercell.
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Actually, this might just turn into
something.
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Semi Nice Structure.
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Rotation can be seen.
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Definite rotation, but no confirmed tornado
quite yet.
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Other chasers, some of them from Austria
(NOT Australia)
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Over the hill I go.
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Now, that's a nice structure shot.
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Rotating base.
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Had to drive south, hail core heading my
way.
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Would you believe a penny sized hail stone
actually fell 22kms from the storm core. Now that's a vicious updraft.
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Nice structure shot.
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A little foreground material in shot.
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Without the post.. Spot the anvil?
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Yet another angle.. It does look nice after
all.
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Wide angle lens deployed.
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Storm chaser parking "HERE!"
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More chasers.
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Storm dying out.. This WAS the updraft 15
minutes ago..
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Storm chaser convention at 9.30pm.. In some
petrol station.
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Bad shot.. but I'm trying to spot a night
time tornado.
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Some proper time exposure shots now.
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Shot of the day.
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Also nice.
RADAR IMAGES
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Storm chasers can be seen positioning
themselves.
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Aha.. A cell has fired up.. Let's go after
it.
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Two cells.. I'm going for the north one.
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Oops.. Now it's heading for me.
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Time to run.. (Or drive south)
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Heaps of storm chasers escaping the core.
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Lots of chasers going for dinner.
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Heading for Seymour TX.
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After dinner, these cells fired up.
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I chased it into the night.
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Ducking down the right side of the cell.
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It's catching up...
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I beat the storm.
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Trying to outrun the core.
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Nearly there.
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Beat it.
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Getting around the back. This is where I
took the night time lightning shots.