Thunder Dome: Storm Chaser Captures Supercell Timelapse

By Mark Hodge @MrHodgey

AN INCREDIBLE storm spreads across the sky and reaches down into the earth in a devastating display of nature's power

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Videographer / Director: Robert Sinner / LSM
Producer: Mark Hodge, Chloe Browne
Editor: Joshua Douglas

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The huge rotating thunderstorm spread across the sky
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Haunting beauty: The ferocious storm continues to evolve as the sun goes down

Shot on June 4 by extreme weather enthusiast Robert Sinner, 34, this dramatic timelapse shows a ferocious supercell evolve and move across the countryside in Hanston, Kansas.

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Storm enthusiasts take pictures of the complex looking supercell

Supercells are also known as rotating thunderstorms and are among the most powerful weather phenomenon found on land.

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The angry looking storm tares up the Kansas countryside
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The giant thunder storm moves across the sky while ripping up the ground below

The storm produced hail stones which were larger than baseballs, terrorising the residents of Western Kansas on Wednesday evening.

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A hail stone measuring three and a half inches produced by the supercell
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An act of God: The supercell was shot by experienced storm chaser and army veteran Robert

Robert said: “I have chased hundreds of storms, but finding a rare low precipitation supercell with a sunset, which is isolated with no other storms around is rare.

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Thunder and lightning, very, very frightening: The supercell is a breeding ground for other weather phenomena such as lightning

“It had a breathtaking structure showing the rotation and updraft of the cell, along with the biggest hail stones I have ever seen, which measured over three inches wide.

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The huge storm has an amazing contrast of shapes and colours

“In the video you can see the updraft rotating and the storm topping out between 48-50000 feet is a perfect mix for large hailstones.”

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Thunder Dome: The storm produced hail stones the size of baseballs
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The storm snapped in the sky looking like a child's spinning top against the backdrop of the sun as it burst through the clouds

Disabled army veteran Robert, who lives in Kansas, became interested in storm chasing four years ago.

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Storm chaser Robert first became interested in extreme weather in 2011

He said: “I was already a keen photographer when I chased my first storm and tornado in 2011.

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The incredible supercell dominates the West Kansas skyline

“After that I was hooked, not realising it would become more than a hobby but a passion all in itself.”