June 8

How explosive do you want your storm?

"YES"

And so it begins.

Visual of the developing storm cell at 1:53 pm.

Closer and clearer view of the maturing thunderstorm

Storm quickly goes severe at 2:00 pm

Epic updraft and anvil structure of the developing supercell.

Storm becomes super cellular with a massive hail core.

Wall cloud and scud clouds materialize underneath the storm's updraft base.

Very crisp anvil edge and knuckles.

Robust flanking line fires to the cell's southwest along the rest of the cold front.

Rain foot develops on the very heavy rain and hail core of the storm.

Gnarly scud clouds associated with the supercell's updraft as we move around to the other side.

3:40 pm radar presentation of the supercell.

Epic scud and hail shaft of the intense cell south of Fort Scott, KS.

Base of the storm as it begins to pick up cool structure and reorganize as a supercell. Positive lightning activity increases.

: pm KSGF radar presentation of the storm as the severe thunderstorm warning is reissued.

Another storm chaser pulled over on 43 south.

Insane wall cloud materializes.

KINX radar of the supercell organizing a little better.

Wall cloud and shelf cloud/scud begin to merge with a fascinating turquoise striation.

Some of the best structure I have ever seen so far materializes in the sky above us. Different layers of the lower updraft and inflow spokes feeding into it can be seen here.

Dad enjoying the structurefest.

Wall-cloud-type structure tucked back in there.

Smoke to our east, potentially from a lightning fire.

Very eerie moments as wild cloud formations begin to move into Joplin, MO.

A picture worth a thousand words. Monster supercell looms behind an empty lot; the skeleton of a once-inhabited property that fell victim to the 2011 EF5 tornado.

Insane supercell structure materializes over Joplin, threatening the traumatized residents.

Rapid inflow tail on the north side of the meso.

Tulsa radar scan of this beast at : pm.

Wicked mothership mesocyclone hovers over town.