A supercell May 24 at Dodge City, Kansas, spins with a large tornado beneath it. Photo © by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com, SkyDiary.com
I’ve been slowly updating my 2016 storm reports at SkyDiary.com after the most incredible and successful storm season I’ve ever had. And this May 24 storm was one of the most amazing. I’ve never seen a supercell produce so many tornadoes, with incredible structure to boot. This photo is one of my all-time favorites.
Here are a couple of videos from that day. One tells the story of the tornado chase; the other is simply a stunning time-lapse of the spinning storm as it spawned tornadoes just south of Dodge City. If you ask, why do you chase storms? The answer is: days like this. Especially because the city was mostly spared. (Though photos from that day and the aftermath show pretty much total destruction at the landfill.)