Tornadoes: 0
Hail: None
Wind: 50-60 knots
I met up with my friend and chase partner Dan D'Amico and we, along with his roommate Evan, headed north. This was initially a local chase but we ended up going to about 29 miles south of Buffalo, SD. There was a storm in Montana and it was the only tornado-warned storm. I named her "Mamma" since she was the dominant storm of the bunch. When we got into position, we could feel the inflow going into the storm. As time passed, a shelf cloud approached us. We knew that at the very least, we were going to get hit with some good wind. In the distance, we thought we saw a wall cloud, but were unsure. When the shelf cloud passed us, it started to rain so we all stopped taking pictures and videos and got in Dan's car. The straight line winds then hit us hard and the car started rocking back and forth a little. She may have not produced when we got to her, but she was still an incredible storm. I also got some amazing photos that are some of my best to date.
© Heather Caye 2011
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| Wall cloud in the distance. |
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| Shelf cloud. |
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| Shelf and wall clouds. |
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| Shelf cloud getting closer. |
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| Cloud-to-ground lighting and shelf. |
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| Shelf cloud |
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| Sunset |
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| Back in Rapid City, with the sun reflecting off the clouds. |
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| Storm east of Rapid City |
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| Moon with the storm. |
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