June 5

Crop duster flying in northwest Missouri as we begin driving west to position where storms are firing.

Anvil of initiating thunderstorms in southeast Nebraska becomes visible while heading west on 136.

Severe supercells have not only quickly developed in our target area, but also gone tornado-warned while on route.

6,000 CAPE along the boundary where the storms are forming.

Updraft base of a supercell off to our north.

8:11 radar reflectivity as we approach the tornado-warned cell.

Uptick in massive anvil to ground lightning bolts begins as we approach the supercells.

Intense anvil bolt with branching leaders still visible.

Storm base and mesocyclone become more visible while weading west on highway 4.

8:33 pm radar of the intense supercell and hail core just to our northwest.

Absolutly epic supercell structure develops with the mesocyclone northwest of Beatrice near Swanton and Plymouth, NE.

Lightning activity rages overhead as the supercell strengthens and persists. A funnel can be seen underneath the storm as the wall cloud exibits rotation.

Cloud to ground lightning bolt manages to make contact underneath the meso.

8:38 pm radar of the storm and hail core continuing just to our northwest.

Epic silhouette view of the mesocyclone as we retreat back east due to road network.

Radar from near our position east of the storm at around 9 pm.