Monthly Archive: May 2015

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June 2015 Tornado Forecast

Recapping May: On the heels of a relatively active month for severe weather and tornadoes in April, May 2015 continued the pace. Although the month started slow with no tornadoes for the first two days...

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The Storm That Tried

A long day of storm chasing in Colorado this past Friday finally paid off just before sunset. Storms were struggling to organize, but one storm in particular captured our attention around 8 p.m. local...

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Nebraska/Kansas Supercells 5/15

Friday was a long day. It started out in eastern Colorado and brought me into Nebraska and Kansas before the day was over. It was a challenging storm chase, as the tornado reports were...

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A Strong Tornado Hits Tipton, OK

Several tornadoes were reported near the Texas/Oklahoma border yesterday. Here is one that I witnessed in Tipton, OK. Below are a couple of videos from the storm: The storm chase actually started in the...

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Tornado Outbreak Likely: 5/16

Everything is coming together for what will likely be a tornado outbreak across portions of the central to southern Plains this afternoon and evening. While some specific details are still to be ironed out,...

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Severe Threats: May 14-16

The relatively active month of May looks to heat up again in the coming days. After a lot of severe thunderstorm activity last week, the first few days of this week have been on...

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Striated Supercell, Bucklin, KS

After being relatively quiet for most of Saturday across western Kansas, thunderstorms finally began to reach severe limits shortly before midnight. This particular storm had a Tornado Warning issued for it at one point,...

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Analyzing Today’s Tornado Threat

After an already active past few days, a significant severe potential will arise later today (Friday) and beyond that, tomorrow continues to look like a tornado outbreak. While there are some mixed signals for...

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Mount Hope-Halstead Tornado

A tornado touched down near Mount Hope, KS at or shortly before 5:00 p.m. on May 6th. The tornado quickly wedged out, caused some damage and continued on a NNE to NE track. It...

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Severe Weather Threats May 6-10

As the pattern over North America shifts, an extended period of potential severe thunderstorms targets the central U.S. Although this update covers May 6-10, thunderstorms are ongoing today (May 5th) and were prevalent in...

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Upcoming Severe Potential

The final few days of April finished on the quiet side in terms of severe and that continued into May 1st. With that said, a larger-scale pattern change is likely to be accompanied by...