A beautiful rainbow following passage of a storm.

A beautiful sunset at the end of a day of pursuing violent weather.

Dennis Nealson working on an anemometer in the NSSL truck bay

Working inside the NSSL truck bay.

Erik Rasmussen and David Dowell coordinate VORTEX II intercept operations from the Field Command Vehicle.

Mike Coniglio standing next to an NSSL chase truck.

Don Burgess with Science on a Sphere in the background. Dr. Burgess is now retired from NOAA. He pioneered the concept of "nowcasting" by using radar to direct an NSSl research team during a tornado intercept and led the discovery of the "tornado vortex signature" seen in radar displays. Burgess leads the NO -XP mobile radar team.

A photogrammetry team from NCAR collects video and still photos. NCAR Director Dr. Roger Wakimoto is pointing out significant features.

NSSL's Ted Mansell in the N)-XP radar truck.

Making preparations for the storm chase in an NSSL vehicle. Instrumentation on tops of other vehicles seen in upper left.

NO-XP radar makes the first deployment of VORTEX II 2010 operations.

Launching a weather balloon on the periphery of a supercell thunderstorm.

Launching a weather balloon on the periphery of a supercell thunderstorm.

Sherman Frederickson, NSSL, woring on the instrument rack on top of a mobile mesonet vehicle.

Don Burgess, retired NSSL scientist, pioneered the concept of "nowcasting" by using radar to direct an NSSl research team during a tornado intercept and led the discovery of the "tornado vortex signature" seen in radar displays. Burgess leads the NO-XP mobile radar team.

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A Doppler on Wheels radar tracks an intense supercell thunderstorm

Mobile mesonet vehicles beginning their transects through storms.

Radar and mobile mesonet vehicles lined up and ready to move.

This monitoring instrument, disdrometer 2, was blowin into a ditch during a storm.

In position to monitor a storm

Mission scientist Paul Markowski (PSU) showed how VORTEX2 was going to set up dual-Doppler lobes to try and catch fast moving storms on May 10, 2010.

Tornado over the Great Plains.

Supercell thunderstorm over the prairie

Funnel cloud and lightning

Supercell thunderstorm illuminated by lightning at night

Supercell thunderstorm illuminated by lightning at night

Lightning over the high plains

Lightning over the high plains

Time series of tornado over the high plains. 201547.

Time series of tornado over the high plains. 201551.

Time series of tornado over the high plains. 201625.

Time series of tornado over the high plains. 201625+

Time series of tornado over the high plains. 201637.

Time series of tornado over the high plains. 201853.

A scary direction to be driving. 160622.

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VORTEX2 documented this tornado.

A short-lived tornado northwest of Amarillo.

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Composite photo of rain shaft in a setting sun.

Funnel cloud near Tribune

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A short-lived tornado developed northwest of Amarillo.

Intense updrafts produce a rain-free cloud base in a supercell thunderstorm.

A fleet of VORTEX2 vehicles tracks a supercell thunderstorm near Dumas. The blue-green color in the cloud is associated with large hail.

A Doppler on Wheels radar tracks an intense supercell thunderstorm west of Guthrie.