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Texas lightning, 6 May 2008, by Chris Kridler
Texas lightning: This was one of my most satisfying photographic chases this year when it came to Plains storm chasing: lightning in Texas on May 6. See the pictures.

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Don't miss: Sky Diary's best of 2005 slide show of skies and storms. For more pictures, go to the gallery.



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11 MAY 2008
Update: I've now posted photos from the May 8 chase. Meanwhile, I'm back home ... I started the epic drive on Friday, deciding the Saturday storms would be hard to chase, and I didn't anticipate how everything would come together to produce a tornado outbreak. That I realized Saturday morning when I checked data on the road - but I'd already driven all night, so I was too close to home to turn back. I hate to see all the destruction from the tornadoes from Saturday. It's so hard to prepare for those kinds of fast-moving storms.

So for now, my Plains chase is over. I look forward to Florida storms this summer. See this year's chase photos to date in the 2008 chase reports.

8 MAY 2008

May 8: Wildly rotating storm in western Kansas
The spin: The spin is the thing, and finally, I saw some real rotation and the classic signs of tornado formation in a storm in western Kansas, south of Dighton and northwest of Dodge City, as my Plains chase winds down. No tornado, but there might have been one in the rain and hail; several power poles were snapped in the area. And the whole thing evolved into a beautiful laminar shelf cloud that raced south. I am too tired to post all the pictures right now, but I have posted photos from the past few days. See them in the 2008 chase reports.

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Thanks for dropping in! My name is Chris Kridler. I'm a journalist whose work includes articles and criticism, and I write fiction, poetry and other creative stuff, as well as take photographs and video. I live on the edge of Florida's Lightning Alley, and I love to chase the mighty thunderstorms of the Plains. For more info and credits, see my bio.