October 11 - Supercell near Pagosa Springs, CO - I observe and photograph a supercell storm as it passes just west and northwest of Pagosa Springs, CO, producing strong wind, intense rain, and small hail. My best storm structure of the season, only a mile or so from home!
September 20 - Troy, IL Lightning - As a line of storms with a cold front that broke an extreme September heat wave approached, I got some lightning pictures through the window of our hotel room in Troy, IL. A nice bonus for a nearly 3-week Route 66 vacation!
June 26 - Severe Storm in Northwest New Mexico - In an area where SPC was not highlighting any severe, but the HRRR was showing strong severe weather paramaters in a localized area, I headed out to the Aztec/Bloomfield area in northwest NM and caught a severe and photogenic storm. Lots of pictures included in this report.
May 28 - Wind, Hail, and a Rainbow in Santa Fe, NM - An unexpectedly strong storm produces near-severe wind and hail in the Santa Fe metropolitan area, along with a nice rainbow. Includes video of the rainbow and hail and a double-rainbow photo.
May 21 - Gustnadoes, Microbursts, Hail, Lightning, and a Big Dusty Vortex - A trip to southeast Colorado (and eventually into the western Oklahoma Panhandle) yields a number of interesting features. One was a vortex reported as a landspout tornado near Pritchett, CO by a National Weather Service employee - but the vortex may actually have been a large gustnado. I also got pictures and video around Springfield, CO of other features that were definitely gustnadoes, of strong, dusty microbursts, and eventually of hail and an intense barrage of lightning in Boise City, OK
This page last updated October 16, 2026.
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