Five years and six days after another spectacular western Kansas sunset with a low-precipitation supercell, the atmosphere offered up a remarkable facsimile a few counties to the north. Of course it wasn’t a duplicate—no two clouds ever are—but the similarities were so remarkable that I couldn’t help but think back to that moment while appreciating this. The updraft here was more tilted and narrow, with a long rear-flank tail, corkscrewing skyward through the day’s last sun rays. This wasn’t all! Notice the ground seems somewhat oddly lit from the right (east), and for good reason; a younger storm and its accessory clouds, combined with the anvil from this supercell, threw off a wild display of light and color, not far to the east.
5 NE Rozel KS (21 Apr 22) Looking NNW
38.2336, -99.3153