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Cloud and Rainbow Pictures


New Mexico Rainbow-2003
Thunderstorms-

This rotating thunderstorm developed a wall cloud and looked as if it was ready to produce a tornado. About 15 minutes after this picture was taken, the storm completely fell apart and was no longer a threat for severe weather. This picture was taken in Iowa County, Wisconsin on May 29, 2002.
New Mexico Rainbow-2003
Rainbows-

This angelic looking rainbow picture was taken in eastern New Mexico in June 2003. If you look closely to the left, you can see the fainter second rainbow. The second rainbow is always dimmer and has the colors reversed.

Wall Cloud with Funnel

The rotating mesocyclone and wall cloud also has a funnel cloud on the right side of the picture (above the distant silos). This picture is during our May 2004 storm chase.
Wall Cloud: North of Aspermont, TX
Wall Cloud-

This thunderstorm just north of Aspermont, Texas produced a tornado during the previous hour of June 12, 2005. In this picture, you can see the wall cloud with an illuminated rain shaft to the left.

Wall Cloud near Trinidad Colorado: May 2005
Wall Cloud-

This large rotating wall cloud approached the town of Trinidad, Colorado on May 30, 2005.


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LP Supercell in western South Dakota: June 2005
LP Supercell-


You could see the rotation in this Low Precipitation (LP) Supercell Thunderstorm near Midland, South Dakota during June 28, 2005.

Wall Cloud- Verona, Wisconsin
Wall Cloud-

This slowly rotating wall cloud hanging from the rear of a supercell thunderstorm drifted over Verona, Wisconsin on May 30, 2003. A few minutes later a F0 tornado briefly touched down.
Verona Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud-

This impressive looking wall cloud moved just south of Verona, Wisconsin May 30, 2003.

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Mammatus Clouds
Mammatus Clouds-

Although this vast array of clouds appear very ominous, they are no threat to you on the ground. This picture was taken in June 2003 near sunset beneath the anvil of a thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico.

Sunset-

This sunset was photographed from Salina, Kansas on June 14, 2004. If you look closely, you can see that the sun is setting near the anvil of a severe thunderstorm which was located about 300 miles away from Salina.
Sunset
Sunset-

Sometimes a good sunset provides a great finish to the day. This colorful sunset picture was taken in Starkville, Mississippi during the fall of 1994.
Wall Cloud in eastern New Mexico- June 2003
Wall Cloud-

Tornado Express watched this wall cloud develop in eastern New Mexico in June 2003.

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Valley County, Nebraska
Wall Cloud-

This slowly rotating wall cloud eventually produced four weak tornadoes in Valley County, Nebraska on June 7, 2002.
NM Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud-
This powerful thunderstorm drifted southeastward across New Mexico and produced a tornado in June 2003. In this picture, you can see the wall cloud hanging near the ground. The dust near the ground was due to the winds of the thunderstorm inflow. These winds were sustained between 40-60 mph and extended several miles out from the beneath the wall cloud.

Video of intercepting this storm:
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Wall Cloud-
This wall cloud dropped a tornado minutes before in Cowley County, Kansas on June 12, 2004. The storm spawned another tornado within 15 minutes of this picture.

Sunset-
The sun in this picture is setting beneath the base of a dying thunderstorm outside of Lancaster, Wisconsin in 2001.