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huge lightning bolt close to camera
LIGHTNING 001

huge lightning bolt away from storm Arizona
LIGHTNING 002
single lightning bolt on orange sky at dusk
LIGHTNING 003

huge lightning bolt hit near houses in Benson Arizona
LIGHTNING 004

big lightning bolts hit near I10
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 sever thunderstorm tucson arizona
LIGHTNING 006
lightning bolts hit peaks in Catalina mountain range
LIGHTNING 007		 lightning over intersection with traffic orange sky
LIGHTNING 008		 big lightning bolt hit near telephone lines
LIGHTNING 009
lightning at dusk over the Tucson Valley
Lightning at Dusk Windy Point 1983 Tucson Arizona
Lightning bolts over the city of Tucson shot from the mountain lookout Windy Point in the Catalina Mountain Range. Two people standing on rocks in front of the photographer show up as silhouettes against the city lights. This storm shows the classic Anvil shape of an isolated thunderstorm cell at dusk. Was my very first impressive severe weather photograph ran on the front page of the Tucson Citizen Newspaper the Next day. September 4th 1983.
big blue bolt of lightning hits down raod while driving
LIGHTNING 011		 single thunderbolt on orange sky
LIGHTNING 012		 single lightning bolt hit near arigation cannal maranna arizona
LIGHTNING 013
lightning bolts Siera Vista Arizona
LIGHTNING 014		 Huge close lightning bolts near Siera Vista Arizona
LIGHTNING 015		 close lightning strike near missile base maranna arizona
LIGHTNING 016
large single lightning bolt hit in down town tucson arizona
LIGHTNING 017		 lightning bolt with blow channel tucson arizona
LIGHTNING 018		 desert lightning storm with A-10 aircraft at night
LIGHTNING 019

lightning strike hit less than 200 feet from camera Sells Arizona
Oranging Sky Sells 1993
 Lightning strikes ground 50 feet from camera (the bolt on the left) east of Sells, Arizona at sunset looking west. Microscopic Dust particles from the Volcano Mt Pinatubo two years prior to this picture floating in the upper atmosphere makes this sunset and sky extremely orange and glowing. Shot on a Hasselblad Superwide Camera on Fuji Velvia Film. June 23rd. 1993

severe lightning storm east of Benson Arizona
LIGHTNING 021		 Lightning bolts at dusk Tucson arizona
LIGHTNING 022		 Lightning storm over the city of Tucson Arizona from windy point
LIGHTNING 023
lightning down interstate 10 toward mexico
LIGHTNING 024

lightning bolts hit peaks in Catalina mountain range

LIGHTNING 025

 lightning bolts hit peaks in Catalina mountain range
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lightning near San augustin Chapple Tucson
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Lightning storm over the city of Tucson Arizona from windy point
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 lightning bolts hit peaks in Catalina mountain range
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Huge lightning bolt hit near houses in Benson Arizona
Daylighter Benson 1995
A rare lightning storm in February 1995 south of Benson Arizona. This very large lightning strike illuminates the ground like daylight, looks like it is striking a telephone pole. This storm headed north and we were caught in core of the storm, it dropped 2 inches of hail on interstate ten as we drove back to Tucson.
lightning over electric power plant red rock arizona
LIGHTNING 031		 lighting over Rincon mountain ranges Tucson arizona
LIGHTNING 032		 Spider lightning from colapsed thinderstorm complex Tucson Arizona
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Lightning at dusk over Maranna Arizona
LIGHTNING 034		 Severe thunderstorm with several strikes Tucson Arizona
LIGHTNING 035		 Very close lightning bold against Orange Sky near Sell Arizona
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Lightning strikes on orange sky west of Tucson Arizona
LIGHTNING 037		 Lightning on the Tucson Mountains at sunset Tucson Arizona
LIGHTNING 038		 lightning on orange and purple sky at dusk Tucson Arizona
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Huge very tall thunderbolt out of Severe thunder storm with Saguaro Cactus in foreground
Black Saguaro Electric Sky 1988

Saguaro Cacti silhouetted by severe thunderstorm on the Northwest side of Tucson, Arizona, shot from near Silverbell road. This storm top is about 28,000 feet we watched the lightning blow about 8 transformers that night. The one big lightning bolt is estimated to be longer than 20,000 feet.

Lightning over Red Rock Power generating station Shot on a hasselblad 500 CM Arizona
LIGHTNING 041		 Beautiful lightning strikes crash dow on the cascading Rincon Mountain Range East of Tucson Arizona Shot on a Hasselbald 500 CM
LIGHTNING 042		 Lightning storm near Siera Vista Arizona shot on a Hasselblad 500CM
LIGHTNING 043
Lightning at dusk west of Cells Arizona Near the Mexico US border
LIGHTNING 044		 Car driving through a lightning storm with very large close strike shot from the driver pint of view as car drive into storm, Tucson Arizona
LIGHTNING 045		 Severe thunderstorm with many cloud to ground lightning strikes move accross Oracle Arizona
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Huge lighting bolts in a distant storm looking west on interstate 10 by Picacho Peak Arizona
LIGHTNING 047		 Big lightning bolt in Down towm Tucson Arizona
LIGHTNING 048		 Isolated lightning storm over Tucson
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severe thunderstorm extreme weather with many very close lightning strikes crashing down on the university of Arizona Student Union under construction Tucson
Lightning 050
Severe thunderstorm over the New University of Arizona Student Union under construction. These bolts were huge and close, lightning was hitting in every direction, I was sitting in my car it was so close. This was one of the few good shots I was able to get in 2001 as it was a lame year for lightning.
San Augustin Mission at night with lightning in the distance at night Tucson Arizona
Lightning 051		 Lightning over McCale Center University of Arizona Campus
Lightning 052
Positive lightning strike with road and telephone pole down roadway Tucson Arizona
Lightning 053
Sepia toned lightning image with one single huge close bolt with another smaller lightning bolt next to it dwarfing telephone poles on the ground South of Tucson Arizona
Lightning 054		 Winter sotrm over seattly at dawn snowstorm
Blizzard 001		 car driving into blizzard on snow covered mountain road
Blizzard 002

A. T. Willett Storm Cloud Photo Gallery
Severe thundersotrm over furrow in farm land Hail County Texas
Storm Clouds 001		 Looking down road at a toranado producing supercell thunderstorm at dusk Just east of Laverne Oklahoma, Tronado droped about five minute after this photograph
Storm Clouds 002		 Looking down road at a toranado producing supercell thunderstorm at dusk Just east of Laverne Oklahoma, Tronado droped about five minute after this photograph
Storm Clouds 003

Large glowing thundhead with shelf cloud move into the Tucson valley with band of rain and a single lightning bolt hitting the ground Tucson Arizona
Storm Clouds 004
Ominus Cumulonimbus clouds from explosively growing Tronado producing Supercell thunderstorm west of Anthony Kansas
Storm Clouds 005		 Dryline supercell in west texas with Crown Anvil Near Andrews Texas
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Ominus Cumulonimbus clouds from explosively growing Tronado producing Supercell thunderstorm west of Anthony Kansas
 
 
 
Large white tornado over green Wheat Field NE of Gruver Texas Image show very small farm house and windmill in the foreground
Gruver Texas Tornado 1995
Large White Tornado 15 miles NE of Gruver Texas over green wheat field shot from the window of a moving truck, windmill and farm house show scale of Tornado Rated F3 on the Fujita scale. This tornado destroyed a large farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle no deaths or serious injuries reported with this storm. May 5th. 1995 this tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes.
Tornaod in the Oklahoma Panhandle
Tornado 002		 Close up of Tornado Tube McClean Texas Tornado Funnel Cloud Close up
Tornado 003		 Laverne Oklahoma Tornado F3 west of Town
Tornado 004
Tornaod Damage Fork Driven into tree by Killer Saragossa Texas Tornado F4
Tornado 005		 tornado north east of Gruver Texas wide F3 over green wheat field
Tornado 006		 tornado north east of Gruver Texas Medium F3
Tornado 007
Large Tornaod NE of gruver Texas Wedge Tornado
Tornado 008		 Laverne Oklahoma Tornado Wide showing supercel structure
Tornado 009		 Laverne Oklahoma Tornado Wide showing supercel structure
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Wizzard of Oz like rope tornado with old farm houses in the Texas Panhandle Norht of McClean Texas
 
Tornado 011 This tornado is a digital composite of real tornado elements the tornado is a rope tornado which touched down North east of McClain Texas and the foreground image is from a wheat field in the North Texas Panhandle area.
Tornado on the New Mexico High country out of rotating supercel thunderstorm
Tornado 012		 Stove Pipe shapped tornado over green Field in Texas Panhandle
Tornado 013		 Tornado Debris as tornado moves through small town digital composit
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Tornaod forming west of Laverne Oklahoma
Tornado 015		 Tornaod forming south west of Laverne Oklahoma
Tornado 016		 Tornado F3 passes just south of Laverne Oklahoma
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Tornaod over green grassy Field
Tornado 018		 Fork Driven into tree trunk by F4 Tornado
Tornado Damage 001		 Tornado 020
wicked OZ like tornado reaches down from stormy kansas Sky
Tornado 021 Wizard of Oz like rope tornado on a scary wicked sky in the Kansas Plains
tornado pover grren grassy field in New Mexico High Country
Tornado 022 Tornado on the New Mexico High country touches down out of a rotating supercel thunderstorm
     
  Lightning strike and thunderstorm over Down town Tucson Arizona shot on a Hasselblad Xpan Camera Panoramic Camera  
Vertical Panorama of Lightning storm over downtown Tucson, Arizona skyline. Shot on a Hasselblad XPAN 35mm Panorama camera showing film strip and edge numbers Shot on Fuji Velvia. This was a difficult shot to shoot because the XPAN camera has a 30 second bulb time. This was the one major draw back of this camera which otherwise would be a great lightning camera. I sold it and this was the only shot I really liked from the camera. The newer version has a longer bulb time. This was a 100 megabyte drum scan. It makes a realy nice 16 by 30 inch print.
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A. T Willett at Dusk Showers Point in the Catalina Mountains North of Tucson. Showers point is the place where I was almost stuck by lighting not on this day but another time I was showing someone the View from up there and lighting was hitting about five miles away. I said we can go take a look but the lighting is getting close we will have to leave really quick. Showers Point is a cluster of rocks in the Catalina mountains which is about 150 Feet above the forest, the highest point around for two miles. I could see the lightning bolt from the storm come right toward us, right over our heads and then strike behind us on Mount Bigelow. When the bolt went over head the charge built up in the rock bellow us, I could feel the charge come up from the rocks, flow up through my body and the air around my face got really hot. "Geeeeezzzzeeee we almost got struck", I said, I had my car keys in my hand and spare change in my pocket (both mistakes for being around lighting). We climbed down and got back to the car really quickly. Way too close for me.
     
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
 

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Lightning 021 Severe Lightning with hundred of bolts per hour storm rolls across the Rincon Mountain Range into south east Tucson Arizona
Lightning 022 Lightning bolts from a severe thunderstorm crash down against the sky at dusk, shot from the east side of Tucson Arizona
Lightning 023 Located in the Santa Catalina Mountain Range a view from Windy Point at dusk of a summer monsoon lightning storm moving across the city of Tucson and the Tucson Valley, Arizona, USA
Tornado Photograph descriptions dates, places and other information
Tornado 001 Large White Tornado 15 miles NE of Gruver Texas over green wheat field shot from the window of a moving truck windmill and farm house show scale of Tornado rated F3 on the Fujita scale. This tornado destroyed a large farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle no deaths or serious injuries reported with this storm. This tornado lasted about 40 minutes and mostly passed over open pastures.
Tornado 002 A tornado winds down into a very thin rope, NE of McClain Texas 1997
Tornado 003 Close up of a tornado tube with swirling vapor long rope tornado, NE of McClain Texas
Tornado 004 Large tornado approaches Laverne Oklahoma rated F3 on the Fujita scale May 15th. 1991 This tornado slightly grazed the southern part of Laverne causing damage to several home and power poles, a few people were seriously injured although no deaths were reported from this storm.
Tornado 005 Kitchen fork driven into tree trunk by killer Saragosa Texas Tornado, Storm killed 33 people in this small farming town of just over 200 people. Note the shredded tree trunk that was done by this tornado which was rated at F4 on the Fujita Scale, winds over 200 miles per hour.
Tornado 009 Large F-3 rated tornado near Laverne Oklahoma May 15th 1991, this tornado slightly grazed the southern part of Laverne causing damage to several home and power poles, a few people were seriously injured although no deaths were reported from this storm.
Tornado 010 Large F-3 rated tornado near Laverne Oklahoma May 15th 1991, this tornado slightly grazed the southern part of Laverne causing damage to several home and power poles, a few people were seriously injured although no deaths were reported from this storm.
Tornado 014 Digital tornado composite photograph from real tornado elements
Tornado 015 Large cone forms and begins swirling dust on the ground this is the first image of the tornado forming which later became an F-3 rated tornado near Laverne Oklahoma May 15th 1991, this tornado slightly grazed the southern part of Laverne causing damage to several home and power poles, a few people were seriously injured although no deaths were reported from this storm.
Tornado 016 Swirling dust cloud on the ground as tornado begin to take shape forming a large F-3 rated tornado near Laverne Oklahoma May 15th 1991. This tornado slightly grazed the southern part of Laverne causing damage to several home and power poles, a few people were seriously injured although no deaths were reported from this storm.
Tornado 017 This image shows the weakening tornado as it just crosses the southern edge of Laverne Oklahoma. It has probably dropped to F2 strength at this point, May 15th 1991, this tornado slightly grazed the southern part of Laverne causing damage to several home and power poles, a few people were seriously injured although no deaths were reported from this storm.
Huge waves from Hurricane Nora approaching Rocky Point Mexico Fork Driven into tree by killer Saragosa Texas F4 rated Tornado Cumulonimbus clouds in Tornado Producing supercell over Anthony Kansas

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