I know we have a lot of spotters, chasers, and enthusiasts around. Thought it might be interesting to have people share some of their favorite photos taken of storms past. I'll put up a couple in the first reply to this and keep this article updated.

Here are a few blasts from the past...

Shelf cloud with the large hail core moving over the Wichitas - 2006?
http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/pics/2065_60105191984_4546_n.png

Hail fog in Southeast Oklahoma at sunset.
http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/pics/2065_60105421984_7354_n.png

Just a pretty structure photo of a storm moving SE of Norman.
http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/pics/2065_60105666984_5532_n.png

This one came out pretty fuzzy since we had to keep moving. The infamous tornado in North Texas with the crazy sheriff that was flipping out trying to arrest every chaser near by.
http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/pics/2065_60106861984_1522_n.png

2006 El Reno tornado #1
http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/pics/2065_60107051984_233_n.png

2006 El Reno tornado #2 (the one that hit the airport)
http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/pics/2065_60107066984_1134_n.png

The Great Sharknado of 2013
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The Great Sharknado of 2013
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Thankfully that thing stayed north of I40

Shelf cloud associated with severe thunderstorm as it approaches Stillwater late in the evening on 6/27/13. Picture snapped at Boomer Lake. The storm's reported gusts had decreased some once it arrived to Stillwater. Top wind gust was 48 mph at my house and 52 mph at Stillwater Airport. A couple of neighbors had tree limbs down. Rain had slacked off, too. Just under .20" for both places.

http://stillwaterweather.com/photos/627stormpano.jpg

Storm looking southeast.

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https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/733910_10200329281427185_1445002679_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/581540_10200329265706792_5974306_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/525365_10200329259426635_838834219_n.jpg

https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/9682_10200329253306482_625279182_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/602132_10200277862341740_791921783_n.jpg

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/602940_10200277788139885_298155670_n.jpg

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/487452_10200277061361716_3592168_n.jpg

I do not know what kind of cloud these were and was not aware of my phones panoramic feature when I took this, but I was beautiful.

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Near Ardmore today

Nice!

If you are posting pictures that are not your own, please be sure to post a source. The photo linked by Garin is from Stephanie Mavredes and was shared by NWS Norman on Facebook.

The Great Sharknado of 2013
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I can't decide if your new avatar reminds me more of Mike Morgan or David Payne . . .

I notice that a couple of posts I made here tonight are no longer here. Did I post something that was not appropriate?

I notice that a couple of posts I made here tonight are no longer here. Did I post something that was not appropriate?

I asked them to clean up the posts that were against the point of this thread. Nothing against you. :)

I asked them to clean up the posts that were against the point of this thread. Nothing against you. :)

It's cool. I was just confused.

A shot I took of last year's storms from Highway 281, south of Hinton.

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At some point I'll ahve to upload some of my photos from over the years. Here are just a couple Instagram ones from yesterday.

Storm over OKC:
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/1797510_10152124063664200_5619270219028214327_n.jp g

Hail core moving into Norman:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/10155214_10152124063769200_2014003997961998252_n.j pg

Updraft base:
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/10151392_10152124063884200_678654198923573876_n.jp g

I actually wanted to start a New Thread on this Topic [weather coverage], yet haven't quite figured a way to do it.

"Mike Morgan (ad lib) Metaphor du Jour" (re: hail, c/o K4):
"You should expect nickel to quarter to dime sized to small golf balls."

A picture might be worth a thousand words . . .
But how many pictures does Weather Blather equal?

Sorry . . . I forgot the value of Panic to the equation.
(my bad)

Love these - keep 'em coming through the season, please.

Couple of pics after "that" storm in May of last year.


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/8766302677_fa7bfacf8d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/emDAnB)Clouds (https://flic.kr/p/emDAnB) by BurnsyPhoto (https://www.flickr.com/people/67824642@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7392/8766301661_a3a0c92a46_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/emDA56)Clouds2 (https://flic.kr/p/emDA56) by BurnsyPhoto (https://www.flickr.com/people/67824642@N02/), on Flickr

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7607That has to be the same one I saw!!!

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/487452_10200277061361716_3592168_n.jpg


had the moon and everything lol

It must have been. The way the setting sun hit it and the full moon was on the rise was a real looker. I was on Hwy 270 heading south to Mustang. My shot isn't too bad considering how fast I was going and it was a camera phone.

Better than mine was

Couple more random ones.

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t31.0-8/241518_10150184605359200_264023_o.jpg

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t31.0-8/920711_10151434819204200_2073744321_o.jpg

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/461131_10151474564904200_689979711_o.jpg

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/981573_10151474565009200_1137370569_o.jpg

Shawnee tornado:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/297124_10151474568769200_1921155319_n.jpg

I apologize for the size. They really should be smaller.


https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t31.0-8/469766_10150897314649200_193278011_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/t31.0-8/470727_10150897309259200_744514372_o.jpg

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t31.0-8/469946_10150897312624200_863332484_o.jpg

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/471852_10150897316439200_1709153922_o.jpg

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t31.0-8/289990_10150920096319200_1993230289_o.jpg

I apologize for the size. They really should be smaller.



No, not at all, the bigger the better as long as I don't have to horizontal scroll to see them all. I don't. Nice pics. But where out in the country were the pictures taken?

Better than mine was

I was a bit more west. Got stopped by a State Trooper because I wasn't paying as much as I should have to my speed. We got to talking about that cloud with the full moon formation and he let me go with a warning.

Great pics. Thanks for sharing!

Feb 10th, 2009 was an unusual, not easy to forget winter day in Oklahoma for weather. The photo below, snapped by me, was taken in Stillwater at Boomer Lake Park during the lunch hour with temp near 70. Already then a soon to be very strong line of spring type thunderstorms had begun dramatic development. Video below that shows the scene about three hours later, 15 or so miles southwest of Stillwater with a tornado warning in effect. The tornado had already done damage in the OKC and Edmond areas. Warning: Expletive from the start. Fortunately, the tornado did not affect Stillwater. All that happened was some hail and around an 1 1/2" of rain without much wind.

http://stillwaterweather.com/headers/header-partlycloudy.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJJ1UoRQuQI

No, not at all, the bigger the better as long as I don't have to horizontal scroll to see them all. I don't. Nice pics. But where out in the country were the pictures taken?

Thanks! Let's see, in order:

1. Norman, OK (was a tornado producing supercell in Ada on May 21, 2011)
2. Norman, OK on OU's campus
3. Around Coldwater, KS
4. Around Coldwater, Ks
5. Tecumseh, OK (looking north toward Shawnee)
6. Cheyenne, WY
7. Just north of Cheyenne, WY
8. Just north of Cheyenne, WY
9. Cheyenne, WY
10. Near Neche, North Dakota

These are great! Thanks for the captions/explanations.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/14048715366_35c59942bd_o.jpg

Back end of the El Reno storm on May 31, 2013 right before touchdown.

From yesterday's chase:

http://oi57.tinypic.com/106c9e1.jpg

http://oi58.tinypic.com/5zlkk9.jpg

http://oi62.tinypic.com/28qq494.jpg

Beautiful storm. I'll take structure like that over a tornado any day. Definitely better quality than what Facebook did to them. :-P

I posted this in the cool facts and articles thread and wanted to post it here for anyone that doesn't check that thread. Very cool time lapse from a group of people out of Wyoming!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoO89cqDgJU

One year ago...

http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/may20th/2013-05-20_15-28-38_690.jpg

http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/may20th/2013-05-20_15-34-57_585.jpg

I just happened to look up while I was mowing our place southeast of Arcadia, and snapped this shot looking northeast. For some reason, the photo loaded like a link instead of directly.

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The Shawnee wedge from 5/19/2013. Contrast was terrible so the photo isn't the best, but it'll do and was still amazing to see in person.

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Did anyone get any pictures of the shelf cloud this morning?

I took these pics just this morning. I know it's not what you are looking for...but the last one almost knocked my shoes off!!!

Sunrise in the East...

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Approaching thunderstorm from the Southwest...

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Lightning flash above apartment complex (around Hefner and Council)

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Plutonic Panda...Is this what you are talking about (from KOCO FB Page)?

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From TornadoTitans:

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10329894_645236925546832_3962700392526958401_o.jpg

That is so freaking cool.

From TornadoTitans

That looks MUCH better than the one I found!

I took a few but had to go to work so couldn't post. It was very photogenic.

I took these pics just this morning. I know it's not what you are looking for...but the last one almost knocked my shoes off!!!

Sunrise in the East...

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Approaching thunderstorm from the Southwest...

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Lightning flash above apartment complex (around Hefner and Council)

8076Awesome!!! Those were cool anyhow!

Plutonic Panda...Is this what you are talking about (from KOCO FB Page)?

8077yes, that was it

Just wanted to share this amazing picture I saw on Facebook. Shot in Paris

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/10363817_250677661793061_5542156519076174098_n.jpg

Taken by Roland Julien

From the Melbourne Storm Chasers Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/Melbourne.storm.chasers/photos/a.166973466830148.1073741828.166949220165906/250677661793061/?type=1

http://i61.tinypic.com/2s68p6x.jpg

Massey Building (built in 1916) in downtown Durant and approaching storm.
http://i59.tinypic.com/e5l4w9.jpg

East-to-west moving storm and the old Choctaw Nation Capitol (built in 1884) in Pushmataha County.
http://i61.tinypic.com/iqfwx0.jpg

Lake Nanih Waiya near the old Choctaw Nation Capitol.
http://i60.tinypic.com/14aa5qq.jpg

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http://i61.tinypic.com/2s68p6x.jpg

Massey Building (built in 1916) in downtown Durant and approaching storm.
http://i59.tinypic.com/e5l4w9.jpg

East-to-west moving storm and the old Choctaw Nation Capitol (built in 1884) in Pushmataha County.
http://i61.tinypic.com/iqfwx0.jpg

Lake Nanih Waiya near the old Choctaw Nation Capitol.
http://i60.tinypic.com/14aa5qq.jpg

Great pics.. love the old Choctaw nation capital shot. .my niece was married there last fall.

Took these looking west from our old place southeast of Arcadia. Not really storm clouds, but the clearing after a storm.

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This was taken from our old place, southeast of Arcadia looking east-northeast towards smoke plumes and resulting cloud formation from the 2012 Luther fires.

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This was taken from our old place, southeast of Arcadia looking east-northeast towards smoke plumes and resulting cloud formation from the 2012 Luther fires.

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Pyrocumulus are kinda cool to see...just not a big fan of what causes them.