Gallery: Awe-Inspiring Skies, Captured by an Extreme Storm Chaser
Photo: Mike Hollingshead01Nebraska Tornado Intercept
A tornado from a tornadic supercell approaches York, Nebraska on June 20, 2011.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead02May 22, 2010 Bowdle South Dakota Violent Tornado
This long-lived supercell produced an EF4 tornado that tracked across northeast South Dakota and just missed the town of Bowdle on May 22, 2010.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead03Night Supercell
A supercell tracks across southern Nebraska.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead04Whales Mouth
A shelf cloud moves over a storm chaser producing something called a "whales mouth" in southeast Nebraska on August 9, 2009.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead05Truck Stop and Twilight Supercell
A supercell storm moves over a York, Nebraska truck stop on I80 on June 17, 2009. Half an hour earlier, the storm produced a large tornado near Aurora, Nebraska.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead06Nebraska Twilight Supercell
A striated supercell passes just north of Grand Island, Nebraska on May 10, 2005.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead07Nebraska Twilight Supercell
A striated supercell passes just north of Grand Island, Nebraska on May 10, 2005.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead08Nebraska Mammatus
Mammatus clouds spread across the sky in central Nebraska following severe storms.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead09Nebraska Summer Supercell
An intense high precipitation supercell storm moves south in the Nebraska Sand Hills south of Valentine on July 13, 2009.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead10Iowa Supercell
A supercell moves across southwest Iowa on August 26, 2004, producing short-lived tornadoes near the town of Coin.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead11Kansas Tornado
A tornadic supercell races across the landscape near Hanover, Kansas on April 6, 2006.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead12Ugly Nebraska Supercell
A supercell storm heads toward Alvo, Nebraska on June 13, 2004. The storm produced a tornado near Waverly and a couple more small tornadoes near Alvo.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead13Nebraska Supercell
The sun pokes through under a long-lived supercell moving across northeast Nebraska on May 28, 2004.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead14Mammatus Clouds
Mammatus clouds form over northern Oklahoma.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead15South Dakota Mammatus Clouds
Mammatus clouds in South Dakota on May 22, 2010.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead16TV Tower Lightning
Lightning rises from television towers in North Omaha.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead17South Dakota Severe Hail Storm
Hail, sometimes as big as baseballs, falls near Fairburn, South Dakota during a summer storm.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead18South Dakota Bow Echo
A fast moving and severe bow echo moves down the highway from Redfield to Watertown, South Dakota.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead19Badlands Fog Storm
A fog storm overtakes the Badlands of South Dakota on June 18, 2008.
Photo: Mike Hollingshead20Stormy Nebraska Sunset
The sun sets under a severe storm in central Nebraska on August 17, 2005.
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