Welcome to Thunder Hunter Storm Photography.  Here you will find my images of the power, beauty & colour of the severe storms that visit the Great Plains of the USA each Spring.

The Great Plains are a vast expanse of flat prairie which lies east of the Rocky Mountains and spans the country from north to south, covering the mid-west states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota.  Collectively, these states are home to some of the most intense thunderstorms on earth known as supercells.  These gigantic storms occur most often in a region of the Plains known as Tornado Alley, and they pack a punch with massive hail, extraordinary lightning, torrential rain and the strongest winds on earth - the tornado.

I have travelled to Tornado Alley three years running to witness the spectacle and capture high quality digital images and video.  I have been lucky enough to chase with experienced chasers from all over the world, including one of Australia's most experienced and successful, as well as some of the best American chasers who have appeared in television documentaries and the like.

I have witnessed massive supercells rotating in the sky, monstrous green ice-laden beasts eating up the land, turning day into night, flattening the land with softball size hail and lightning displays that defy description.  The adrenalin rush is amazing, but as good as these experiences are, the main event is the tornado!

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with the cloud base and the ground surface.  They can can take on many shapes and sizes and contain the strongest winds on earth - the most violent tornado has winds in excess of 200mph!  The strongest ever wind speed in a tornado was recorded on May 3rd 1999 when a deadly tornado hit Oklahoma City with winds of 318mph.

I have been lucky enough to witness tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas but I've also had the sobering experience of seeing the aftermath of two deadly tornadoes, including the 2.5 mile-wide wedge tornado that destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kansas on May 4, 2007.

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I hope you enjoy my work.