Stapleton, NE Supercell
by Benjamin Tillotson
Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10:38am
Chased the tornado warned storm south of Thedford. We never saw a tornado but did see a lot of blowing dust.
The cell quickly goes tornado warned.
Hwy 83 north of Stapleton. A couple spotters said that there had been a tornado not long before we got here.
RFD quickly overtakes us with 60+ mph winds.
Looked like the storm was trying to develop a wall cloud. Things were begining to rotate quite well. I was really hoping that it would produce right here with the rainbow.
Looking up as we are being blasted by the RFD.
Lots of blowing dust.
We go east on hwy 92 to Arnold where we took hwy 40 south. As we are heading south the wierdest thing happened, we heard this loud "bang" and our back left window shattered. At first we thought it was hail or something but we were a long ways from any precip and a long ways from the storm for that matter. Right now we are thinking it was lightning but we are sill not sure.
A couple lightning shots before we head home.
We combined the lighting photos we took into a video to show the cloud movement.
More video will be added soon (if we can get our software to work right).
Wed, Jun 24, 2009, 1:33pmSethWow! That was a car shattering chase. The lightning photos, and the rainbow photos were the most impressive. I can't wait for the video. *cough*
Wed, Jun 24, 2009, 4:44pmMichael MNice shots. The rainbow ones are really nice.
Wed, Jun 24, 2009, 4:47pmSarahHey, those are really cool! Great job! You should chase over this way some time...
Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 1:34pmLesWow! LOVE the rainbow ones! Great job guys!
Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 2:13pmJosh Lveddy nice!
Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 4:50pmGrandma R.What majestic scenes! Seeing the bolts of lightening and cloud formations remind me of Ps. 8:1. What an awesome opportunity each of you are experiencing!
Fri, Jul 10, 2009, 9:54pmMC EsteGrandma R.'s word given to you are so true.AMEN The Lord has blessed you with a gift use it for HIS glory!!!
