"Finally, out ahead of this thing!" Just east of Kearney, Nebraska, I finally emerged far enough ahead of this supercell to get some good photos of the entire sky spinning like a top. Prior to this I'd punched along I-80 underneath the RFD (an area of strong winds to the rear of a storm) and through the hook (the area most likely to form a tornado) -- now I was finally in the inflow, the area near and ahead of a storm that draws air up into it. If you're ever near a storm and feel the wind at your back, blowing up into it -- you're in the inflow.
By this point, the storm had already dropped several tornadoes and torn up a swath of Kearney. After this photo, it kept marching east, where eventually it destroyed homes near Aurora, Nebraska. This was one of the more visually impressive - and structurally bizarre - storms I've ever chased.
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