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  • Violent Tornado

    Violent Tornado

    The deadly and historic Cullman Alabama EF4 tornado, captured on April 27, 2011. Histories largest tornado outbreak.

  • Mothership

    Mothership

    A powerful supercell rotates over an Oklahoma farm while moving toward the camera, in Waurika Oklahoma, in May 2014. This image was published by the US State Department in a book distributed at a conference of world leaders regarding weather and climate.

  • Sunset Sweeper

    Sunset Sweeper

    An EF3 tornado touches down in an open field in Oklahoma during the sunset of April 14, 2012, near Cherokee, OK.

  • Electric Downtown Greensboro

    Electric Downtown Greensboro

    Lightning barrage above the skyline of downtown Greensboro, NC. 2019

  • Shelf Cloud Overtakes Pilot Mountain

    Shelf Cloud Overtakes Pilot Mountain

    Long exposure of a shelf cloud overtaking Pilot Mountain, in NC. This severe warned storm packed a punch with fast wind, lightning, and hail.

  • Pancake Stack

    Pancake Stack

    A strong storm rotates in front of me, as a couple of storm chasers take pictures. One of the craziest looking storms I have ever seen. Near Henrietta, Texas. 5/7/14

  • Sky Vacuum

    Sky Vacuum

    A severe warned storm approaches a soccer field in Greensboro, NC on 7/22/18. The shelf cloud was one of the best I have seen in North Carolina 27 image panorama

  • Electric Graveyard

    Electric Graveyard

    Very old gravestones sit in front of a powerful storm near Reidsville, NC.

  • The Road to Sterling

    The Road to Sterling

    A supercell approaches a farmstead in the town of Sterling, Kentucky, on July 27, 2014.

  • Twin Tornadoes

    Twin Tornadoes

    Twin tornadoes during a tornado outbreak, near Cherokee Ok April 14, 2012

  • Mothership Above the Corn

    Mothership Above the Corn

    Severe storm over a cornfield in Clayton, NC on 6/29/16.

  • Lighting at a Wind Farm

    Lighting at a Wind Farm

    A tornado warned storm producing very large hail and frequent lighting aboe a wind farm in Kansas

  • Kansas Hail Monster

    Kansas Hail Monster

    A tornado warned storm producing very large hail and frequent lighting above a wind farm in Kansas

  • EF4 Tornado

    EF4 Tornado

    Cullman EF4 tornado, April 27, 2011.

  • Crawlers

    Crawlers

    Lightning barrage south of Charlotte, NC above a field partially flooded from the storms⚡️Lots of frequent crawlers made for a rare display that lit up the night sky.

  • Frisco Pier and Tropical Storm, OBX

    Frisco Pier and Tropical Storm, OBX

    Sunset colors and Frisco Pier in front of Tropical Depression Bonnie, from the Outer Banks in early June 2016

  • Lightning Barrage in NC

    Lightning Barrage in NC

    North Carolina lightning during late April severe storms. A lot of lightning and it finally feels like storm season! Near Sanford, NC 4/29/16 Three image stack, captured over ten minutes.

  • Texas Rain Giant

    Texas Rain Giant

    Front of a severe warned supercell south of Temple, Texas, which was hiding dime size hail that hit right after this picture. March 28, 2014

  • Summer Storm and Blue Ridge Mountains

    Summer Storm and Blue Ridge Mountains

    Summer storm and sunset lit ridges along the Blue Ridge Parkway, from early August near Boone, NC. It was beautiful to watch the changing light across the mountains as the sun lowered and the scene darkened.

  • Twin Pines

    Twin Pines

    Twin pines and an amazing lightning show, from a strong storm in Greensboro, NC, 2017.

  • Severe Thunderstorm in Southern NC

    Severe Thunderstorm in Southern NC

    Severe thunderstorm a few nights ago in Norman, NC. A rare sight in NC to see such a strong storm without clouds obstructing the view. It was a beautiful light show! This is a 4 image stack to show the multiple strikes that occurred over a couple of minutes.

  • Pot of Gold

    Pot of Gold

    A wall cloud and rainbow forms below a tornado warned supercell in Dublin Texas on April 13, 2014. Storm chaser Jason Weingart throws his hands in the air in excitement.

  • Rough Sea

    Rough Sea

    Large waves at the Outer Banks during Tropical Storm Arthur 5-18-20

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