06/22/2019 Lightning Study

There have been several storms as of late.  Last night, during our second series of storms, I took my daughter out to try to get some shots with the GoPro.  There are always shots that are missed.  The big one was to our west.  A large, positively-charged cloud to ground struck less than two miles from our location in the middle of our neighborhood.  Several firetrucks went out to the area looking for fires but as far as I know, were unable to find one.

Local Church hit by Lightning

On June 24th, in the wee hours of the morning, lightning struck St. Joseph Catholic Church in Andale. Damage is thought to be around one million dollars.  Clean up is currently underway.

It's Been a While, Night Storm 092014

It's been another dry season.  We will take the rain when we can get it.  One previous band moved through with a lot of lightning and while heading home from an event, saw this storm building to the NW and stealing a lot of power from the previous line.  A small cold front moved though the area triggering the rain.

The storm started with a lot of lightning then suddenly died off.  These were located out between Hutchinson and Lindsborg around 10:30PM and were non-severe storms.

Ribbon of light cause by cars passing on Oliver.

Central storm.  Another developed along side it.

First nighttime pano.  30 second exposure, lights are from Valley Center.

Lots of cloud to cloud lightning, this was one of the few cloud to ground (CG) strikes.

Another CG strike

I wish I had this light trail with the previous CG strike.  I could Photoshop but have always been against Photoshoping unless it's basic adjusting.