Both cloud-to-ground and upper-level crawler lightning blasted through the common forward-flank core region of both a longstanding supercell (represented by the striated cloud feature in the background) and a newer midlevel updraft train at center. Which was more responsible for the lightning? Likely the supercell, which already had been sparking like crazy for hours before the newer updrafts appeared. This was one of those unusual chases that spill over after midnight and into the next calendar day. The storm complex was moving obliquely west of homeward, so I kept abeam of it to this location before finally breaking off. In the process, I shot hundreds of photos of evening and nighttime lightning alone from multiple places, after the original supercell’s amazing sunset performance—this last stop being just as spectacular and worthy as any of the others.
3 E Lacey OK (14 May 22) Looking WNW
36.12, -98.0332