NWS Springfield, MO

Thunderstorm Photos

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Supercell thunderstorm photos taken by Evan Bookbinder on a flight from St. Louis to Springfield July 11th, 2003.

The following series of photos was taken by Laurie Lovell of Hartsburg, MO in a drive from Salem, to Hartsburg, MO on June 1, 2004.

Photo 1 above taken from South Rangeline in Joplin of a supercell over Branson.
Photo 2 above is of the clouds beginning to subside the evening of the May 4th outbreak.
Photo 3 above is a rain shower with a towering cloud.
Photos taken by Alyson Lowe of Joplin, MO

Photo of the supercell which produced the Battlefield tornado on May 4th, 2003. Photo taken by Herb Spickard in Ash Grove.

Photo of a storm with a mesocyclone in Nebraska on May 22, 2004. Photo taken by Brad Ketcham.

Three pictures of the May 4th, 2003 supercell as seen from highway 160/60 when the storm was near Battlefield. Photos taken by Grant Firl.

Photo of a thunderstorm taken by Grant Firl.

Photo of a thunderstorm taken by Mindi Holcomb of Nixa in April 2004.

Photo of a thunderstorm taken in Carthage, MO by Toni Aldridge on August 27th, 2004.

This thunderstorm photo was taken by David Melvin of Springfield, MO

Thunderstorm photo taken by Evan Bookbinder.

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