Gretna, NE - Lightning
Tonight started at about 1AM and led me down to Ashland and Gretna, NE. This was definitely one of the best nights I have ever seen with lightning and I was determined to get some shots in. I had passed up Friday night for tonight and am I glad I did.
Above is a gallery of the best shots I had of the night. Not too many CG’s around, but a lot of crawlers. I happened to find a couple of radio towers in the area which were catching some lightning. Not as much as one would hope for, but enough for some good shots overall.
Gretna, NE - Lightning
Tonight started at about 1AM and led me down to Ashland and Gretna, NE. This was definitely one of the best nights I have ever seen with lightning and I was determined to get some shots in. I had passed up Friday night for tonight and am I glad I did.
Above is a gallery of [...]
Ashland, NE - Lightning
After 1 failed attempt near Glenwood, IA around midnight, I headed to Ashland, NE at around 3AM. There was tons of lightning to be found but the fog was too dense.
To the left is the best image I could get. Very minimal light to the right and some purple hue to the left. Got a [...]
eSpotter Approval
Got my e-mail from Brian Smith of the National Weather Service Omaha/Valley, NE this morning showing that I have been approved for access to eSpotter. Hooray!
It wasn’t really what I expected, but, then again, I didn’t know what to expect. Maybe some extra info that the public doesn’t have access to? I dunno. Discovered (Columbus-like) [...]
2009 Spotter Training
Brian E. Smith from the Omaha/Valley, NE National Weather Service office directed the 2009 Spotter Training at Boystown on Monday night.
This was my first time actually attending a spotter training, believe it or not. Every year I would start thinking about chasing in late April when the National Weather Service had already been around everywhere [...]
Omaha, NE - Tornado
This was not by any means a storm chase! These are pics that I took from work while being held hostage by a Tornado Warning. Because of liabilities, etc. etc. etc. I got chewed out pretty good for standing out back taking video and pictures of this storm as it rolled through.
There was a ton [...]
Modale, IA - Lightning
This was a reasonably quick chase, just some lightning shots for the first thunderstorm of the year. Sounds weird saying this, but I missed the ping of hail on my roof. It wasn’t a great storm, so the lightning shots weren’t that great. I sat on a bridge over I-29 looking to the South and [...]
Omaha, NE - Winds
This is the infamous June 2008 wind storm. I don’t exactly know how much damage (money-wise) this storm caused, but it must have been in the millions. A tornado would have been a better option for the city of Omaha. Power was out around town for days, even at my apartment where we have underground [...]
Red Oak, IA - Tornado Bust
Yeah, it was a bust, but very scenic. This is the first chase I have been on since, what, 2004? Wow, can’t believe it’s been that long since I saw that tornado in Waverly. I was listening to this AM station in Shenendoah (950 or something) and people kept calling in from Emerson saying that [...]
Waverly, NE - Tornado
These images were shot looking towards Waverly, Nebraska. Click here for images of the same storm later on by Mike Hollingshead. This was my first tornado ever. I have to give credit to Jeff Miller for actually teaching me how to catch this storm. Photos and video of the storm was featured on KM3 News [...]
O’Neill, NE - Tornado Bust
This was my longest chase yet, from O’Neill to Grand Island. Got a speeding ticket on my way to O’Neill. These two photos were shot somewhere between O’Neill and Grand Island. Photo 1 is of some mammatus. Photo 2 is of a Truck and Trailer vs. the Wind. Guess who won. Aurora recorded record size [...]
