Meade & Clark County, KS Supercell & Incredible Lightning (17 June 2017)
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About This Shoot
Date: 17 June 2017
Location: Southwestern Kansas
Shoot Type: Storm Chase
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This was an after-work chase. I actually worked a couple hours of overtime until 7:30pm and chased right as I got off work. A new storm formed rapidly just south of Montezuma, and I intercepted it south of Ensign which showed supercell structure right when I got on it. The supercell structure started to wane, but as I continued to follow it southeast, it turned into an electrical machine. It was lightning photography mode during the golden hour with this storm, as it continued to roll southeast across Clark County. This was one of my best lightning photography chase days in years! Numerous high-quality cloud-to-ground frames with wonderful foreground overlooking the open range landscape from just south of Big Basin Preserve.

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17 June 2017

Meade & Clark County, KS Supercell & Incredible Lightning


Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:37:18 -0600
Tall cloud-to-ground lightning flash from a prolific electrical storm in Clark County, Kansas. 17 June 2017
  
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Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:16:42 -0500
One of the most prolific lightning-producing storms I have photographed, near Fairbury, NE in the last twilight of the evening. 16 June 2017
  
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Tue, 1 Aug 2017 22:02:09 -0500
-Clark County Electric- An amazing lightning display from a severe storm in Clark County, KS. 17 June 2017
A 3-frame composite of 2-second exposures spanning 21 seconds in total elapsed time

  
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Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:57:38 -0500
Long exposure of skeletal storm structure with lightning, Clark County, KS. 17 June 2017
  
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Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:45:52 -0500
An amazing, electrified severe storm over open range of Clark County, KS. 17 June 2017
  
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