8-23-09: CA

Posts : 15 Join date : 2009-07-26

Had an EXCELLENT chase today! Hit two severe storms along I-40, first one 40 miles east of Barstow, Ca about 5pm, then the second one 35 miles west of Needles, Ca around 7pm. Both storms began to rotate and had classic stacked plate meso structure and shelf clouds! The first storm even had a non rotating wall cloud! When I got into the second storm, I stayed on it well into darkness and had some of the most intense and gorgeous lightning you can imagine.

Here is one of the bolts I captured during storm #2:

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Here's what storm #2 looked like as I was approaching it. This is looking east, right at sunset, just at the time it went severe warned:
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Posts : 15 Join date : 2009-07-26

Here are videos from this storm chase:

Subject: Re: 8-23-09: CA Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:48 am

Really cool Will, thanks for sharing!

Subject: Re: 8-23-09: CA