Gallery: This Couple's Idea of a Romantic Getaway Is Chasing Tornadoes

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    Two storm cells clash in New Mexico.
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    This tornado formed next to the photographers’ car near Wray, Colorado.
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    Lightning illuminates the Nebraska panhandle.
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    An anticyclonic satellite tornado from a powerful supercell in Simla, Colorado.
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    A rainbow near Rapid City, South Dakota appears as a storm heads for the Kansas-Colorado border.
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    The sun shines through the clouds as a supercell loses strength near Strasburg, North Dakota.
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    A supercell outside Roswell, New Mexico.
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    A tornado touches down near Wray, Colorado.
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    A supercell in Simla, Colorado in its later stages.
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    A supercell with rotating updraft and an anticyclonic satellite tornado near Simla Colorado.
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    Lightning illuminates the horizon during a storm near Leoti, Kansas.
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    A low precipitation storm near Big Spring, Texas formed a tornado that lifted and reformed several times over 10 minutes. Only a barn was damaged.
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    Dust blows across the plains during a Texas storm.
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    This storm had been gaining strength all day before it hit hard in the late afternoon.
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