Black Hills, SD Supercell

A supercell thunderstorm over the Black Hills of western South Dakota. June 1st, 2015.

After starting the morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I managed to leave by 6 a.m. and arrive in South Dakota before sunset. (That was over 800 miles of driving, nearly non-stop.) A supercell thunderstorm was slowly drifting into the Black Hills, after developing just north of Rapid City, South Dakota. The thunderstorm had great structure and I arrived in time to see the tail end of the storm. I drove into Black Hills National Forecast and captured a few screengrabs from the rooftop camera on my car. The photo above was one of the better shots.

Here’s a loop of the supercell near its peak intensity: