Chris Collura Captures Wedge Tornado Near Bowdle, SD

May 22, 2010 – Once again Storm Chaser Chris Collura captures a stunning large tornado. This wedge tornado was near Bowdle, SD. I got a call yesterday evening from Chris as he was chasing this violent tornadic Supercell in South Dakota. He described the tornado as a monster, and when I received the email with the above picture, he wasn’t kidding. A impressive close up picture of this very dangerous tornado as he and several other chasers that made the call to head way north to chase. You can read Chris’s full chase season reports on his site: Sky-Chaser.com

Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak Pictures Wakita – Rentrow

May 11, 2010 – Fellow Storm Chaser and good friend Chris Collura captured these images of several tornadoes in extreme north-central Oklahoma during the May 10, 2010 outbreak. The large developing wedge tornado in the first two pictures is the storm that first produced tornadoes southwest of Wakita, OK. Then, Chris captured these wedge images of the tornado as it was just southwest of Rentrow, OK. The smaller “whilte cone” tornado picture was later and further east Ponca City, OK. You can read the rest of his chase reports for 2010 on his website: Sky-Chaser.com | Chase 2010 - Thanks to Chris for sharing these images.

More tornadic Supercells went on further south into central Oklahoma, where significant tornado damage took place in the eastern greater Oklahoma City region.

Stop-Motion Video South Florida Lightning Storm

Unfortunately, on got on this storm late to setup, but it was still in the development stage when I started shooting frames. Then, I’m just starting to get into the beefy period of this storm, and I run out of power after shooting all my batteries up already throughout the day on storms. Ugh! Anyways, here is a small clip showing this very cool lightning storm after dark over the northern Florida Everglades and Lake Okeechobee. 5-7-10