STEVE
MILLER'S CHASE PICS FOR 1997
These pics are a result
of a very dead chase season. I did chase a spectacular supercell on Memorial
Day weekend in Montague county...but in my rush out the door...left my
camera at home! By the way, ignore the dates on the pics....stupid date
stamper was on with wrong date....DOH!
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Lowering
base just south of Ardmore Oklahoma
Same
lowering base as above, now a developing wall cloud. The storm was moving
fast along with waning daylight and I was not able to keep up with it.
I caught up with it late as this storm really intensified and produced
several funnels over Madill, Oklahoma. I saw two of those funnels, but
no way to really get a good night shot.
I
and fellow chasers Glenn & Bronwyn Dixon were chasing a storm in Montague
County, Texas when the twin Doppler Radar trucks from the National Severe
Storms Laboratory passed us on Hwy. 82. At least we knew we were in the
right spot! ;-) No 'nadoes, but an impressive storm nonetheless!
Headed
west towards Wichita Falls on Hwy. 82 to intercept a couple of supercells.
The northern storm is shown below.
The
northern storm is dying as it is choked off by the southern storm. There
is still good storm rotation with an impressive anvil overhead that continued
to produce golfball sized hail for about 10-15 minutes after this shot.
I really thought this was a beautiful shot.
A
last gasp of a dying/decaying mesocyclone. A very brief, weak rotation
was noted at the base.
The
stronger "evil twin" that choked off its sister storm to the north. This
was among the most impressive storms that I have ever chased. I witnessed
some of the most explosive updrafts I have ever seen, too. Unfortunately,
it was after dark, so no pics. With a full moon and constant lightning
I had some great illumination of the developing storm structure. It later
developed several tornadoes that were just on the other side of the storm....no
core punching for me....especially at night! This storm also produced a
"Trident" shaped radar echo (one big cell with three fingers forking off
from it). I had saved on disk, but my computer ate it :-(
I
and fellow chasers Glenn & Bronwyn Dixon chased this Hunt County, Texas
storm. You can barely make out (if you squint) a funnel as you are looking
NE. There was some good storm rotation along with a dry slot protruding
in from the NW into the storm. As soon as I took this picture, everything
started breaking up from outflow. There were several tornado warnings for
this storm from Doppler indication, although none were confirmed.
Geez,
I saw this storm form while I was sitting at my desk at work. I just stepped
outside and took these shots (looking north). This was a very intense rotating
updraft that really started to organize. It produced a very weak and very
brief funnel. The storm itself was not really severe. What happened here
is strong SE moving storm outflow intercepted strong SSE winds producing
strong low-level shear. Add to this a new developing updraft in a pretty
unstable air-mass and presto.....
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