Tornadic Supercells - Lane & Graham Co., KS - May 22, 2008

Storm chasers Michael Laca, Jim Leonard, Ray Walker, Eric Baker and Max Hagen intercepted a developing supercell thunderstorm in Lane County, Kansas on the afternoon of May 22, 2008. The storm produced several intense staccato lightning strikes and developed a distinct rotating wall cloud with an associated area of rotating dust at the surface, though no condensation funnel was initially visible. As the rotation approached our area, the visible surface reflection disappeared, but a small conical funnel with strong rotation developed almost directly overhead with our surface winds increasing significantly. The funnel quickly dissipated as the cell moved off to the north-northeast. The DOW (Doppler On Wheels) makes a brief appearance at the beginning of this clip. The chase team then repositioned ourselves farther to the northeast, meeting up with numerous other chasers in Graham County, Kansas north of I-70, as a separate tornado-warned cell approached from the south, around sunset. This second cell produced strong outflow winds that kicked up a large area of dust. Though not tornadic, the appearance of the dust as it rose rapidly towards the thunderstorm base was quite ominous.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

This waterspout was filmed off of the Tavernier FL Keys in July of 2008. There is only one spout in the video and the other things you see in the background are rain storms. This was a forming funnel cloud and the max wind speeds inside are between 50-80 mph. We had no idea at the time that it was forming from the sky, just figured it was forming upwards.. didnt know what it was.. Which is why, when we discovered it was a funnel cloud, we booked it out of there lightning fast. We are not idiots, we are not stupid. We just wanted to get a good video and guess what? We did. So HAH!!
Video Rating: 4 / 5