I ended up chasing the extreme southeast corner of Kansas and SW corner of Missouri this afternoon, following the cell that killed at least 19 people and did a lot of damage. The storm was moving fast over rough terrain, and looking at it on radar, I didn't feel like I wanted to punch the core, so I was in the unfortunate position of remaining north and west of the worst part of the storm for several hours, never able to catch up. Sad night for the folks down there. I got video of the updraft on the storm, but not much in the way of stills, since I was spending all of my time driving. After I gave up on that storm, I did take my time coming home to stop along the Missouri countryside and get some photos. I'll post more in the next few days.
This rainbow was in the northern half of the core on the killer supercell. It was fantastically bright. After checking later, I discovered from the metadata that I snapped these photos at 5:39 pm, at precisely the moment the reports of a tornado in Picher, Oklahoma were coming in to the National Weather Service. It is a complete contradiction between the peaceful view one has on this side of the storm ... while it was wreaking havoc and changing lives forever less than five miles to my south. It's just disturbing.
This rainbow was in the northern half of the core on the killer supercell. It was fantastically bright. After checking later, I discovered from the metadata that I snapped these photos at 5:39 pm, at precisely the moment the reports of a tornado in Picher, Oklahoma were coming in to the National Weather Service. It is a complete contradiction between the peaceful view one has on this side of the storm ... while it was wreaking havoc and changing lives forever less than five miles to my south. It's just disturbing.
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