Gallery: Forget the Pool. This Guy Chased Tornadoes All Summer
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Lightning shoots upwards from a weakening supercell in Leoti, Kansas.
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A large tornado drops from a rotating wall cloud just southwest of Dodge City, Kansas.
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A storm rolling over Stratford, Texas.
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Close up of a tornado spinning in the fields southwest of Dodge City, Kasnas.
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Storm south of Dodge City, Kansas supercell. A tornado is spinning out of the low-hanging wall cloud.
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A view of a supercell storm near Stratford, Texas.
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Two tornadoes on the ground near Dodge City, Kansas. The storm produced more than a dozen tornadoes.
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A supercell a dusk, Leoti, Kansas.
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A growing supercell north of Felt, Oklahoma.
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