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Here are some images from the 2004 storm chase.

May 1-6: Wind and wacky distractions in Kansas and elsewhere

May 7-10: Hail, lightning, rain and busts in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota

May 12: Tornadoes from really up close in Kansas

August 13-15: The aftermath of Hurricane Charley

September 2: Flying with NOAA's hurricane hunters into Hurricane Frances

August 31-September 9: Humor, high winds and destruction before, during and after Hurricane Frances

Read the diary from this year's Plains chase

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A strange machine in Norman, Oklahoma

Clouds on the brain in South Dakota