Colors in this New Mexico storm became breathtaking with the sunset.
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Kathy Velasquez and I targeted southwestern Kansas on May 24, 2016, and saw one of the most extraordinarily prolific tornado-producing storms of my career south of Dodge City, Kansas.
We also met up with or chased in the vicinity of chase friends Stephen Barabas, Scott McPartland, Dave Lewison, Jaclyn Whittal, George Kourounis, Mark Robinson, Bill Hark, Jason Persoff, Robert Balogh and John Mann – and a couple hundred other chasers!
So much traffic was heading north toward the storm and the city, which was under threat at the time, that we held back, allowing me to get this once-in-a-lifetime shot of the storm structure with a large tornado beneath and the sun’s rays beaming through – heaven and hell.
We actually lost count of the tornadoes. Getting close was a challenge because of muddy roads, but the wide shots of the structure with the tornado were glorious, especially since it missed the bulk of Dodge City. And the day ended with even more spectacular skies, including a dazzling mammatus show.
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As it got darker, the colors shifted.
I chased storms on my own May 29, 2015, targeting east-central New Mexico, hoping for an isolated storm.
Instead, there were many storms growing and dying in rapid succession, but it was still a great photography day, with wildflowers, storm structure, mammatus and a wonderful sunset.
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