 | About This Shoot | Date: 8 June 2011 | Location: near the Kansas-Oklahoma border from Aetna, KS to Freedom, OK | Shoot Type: Storm Chase | Rating: | Synopsis: The first storms of the chase formed right near the Kansas-Oklahoma border as I was positioned right along the state line along Hackberry Road. I then decided to go after a stronger storm farther to the southwest north of Woodward, OK, but along the way, I got distracted by a large lightning-sparked wildfire. After watching this for awhile, I then photographed the weakening marginal supercell storm from near Freedom, OK |
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Thu, 9 Jun 2011 00:49:25 -0500 A few images from northwest Oklahoma chase 8 June 2011 | Images of lightning with remnant supercell updraft structure as it was
waning after sunset near Freedom, OK. I also shot a few images of a
significant smoke plume from a wildfire that was started by lightning
north of US Highway 64 along N2230 Road in northwestern Woods County,
OK.
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