Illinois Supercell: May 27, 2019
The story of this chase goes back to the 26th. I bailed a moderate risk event in eastern Colorado early to start going east, as the setup was performing well short of expectations. I...
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West Texas/Panhandle: May 7, 2019
This storm chase was all over the place. I left Oklahoma City for Amarillo, TX first thing in the morning and arrived earlier than expected. Despite this time savings, storms were already developing by...
Southwestern Oklahoma: April 3, 2019
I started the chase near Turkey, TX, as I observed agitated cumulus along the dryline relatively early. There was one robust storm north of I-40, otherwise some other convection was ongoing just to the...
Colorado Supercells: June 19, 2018
It took a while, but one of the best storm chases of the year took place in eastern Colorado on June 19th. The early part of this season was very slow in terms of...
Texas Panhandle Storms: May 18, 2018
The day started in Dodge City to keep multiple chase targets in range, but it became clear fairly quickly that I was going to favor the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles. The moist axis verified well and...
Fire-Induced Supercell: May 11, 2018
This was one of the most interesting chase days in my career and it seems fitting that it would happen in the Texas panhandle. Due to the variety of storms I’ve seen in the...
Nebraska Supercell: May 10, 2018
The “southern strategy” paid off on Thursday, as I chased a relatively isolated supercell from far northeastern Colorado into southwestern Nebraska. Around mid-afternoon, multiple thunderstorms developed in the northeastern Colorado vicinity, but it took...
High Plains Tornadoes: June 12, 2017
The storm chase took a while to get going, as relatively high cloud bases limited the tornado potential until late in the afternoon. Once that happened, it turned into one of the top chases...
Western Kansas Supercells: May 25, 2017
Thursday’s storm chase in western Kansas featured quite a bit of structure. Although expectations were fairly low to start the day, it is late May and it’s hard to ignore a threat for severe...
New Mexico Supercell: May 8, 2017
I chased this supercell thunderstorm just to the southwest of Tucumcari, New Mexico Monday evening. The thunderstorm had mid-level rotation, but aside from a few brief funnels, low-level rotation was not particularly impressive. Nonetheless, the...
Oklahoma Tornado: March 26, 2017
I caught this tornado about five miles east of Ada, Oklahoma this evening. This storm chase was interesting, as it took a while for storms to mature and they struggled with only marginal boundary...
Top 10 Storm Chases of 2016
It was an exciting year in 2016 as I chased dozens of storm events all across the United States and even Canada on a pair of occasions. This countdown highlights some of the most...
Mini-Supercell in Arkansas: April 30
After starting the day with a lot of uncertainties, I’m glad I stuck with this chase, because it ended up being worth the patience. Having chased the previous four days and five of the...
Return to the Panhandle: April 28, 2016
Today was a classic panhandle chase that also brought me into northwest Texas and others into southwest Oklahoma. Structure was the key word tonight. As with many storms this season, the supercells in this...
Panhandle Magic Part II: 11/16
In perhaps one of the last storm chases of the year, a tornado outbreak struck the High Plains from the Texas panhandle to western Kansas. It was a setup you would expect to see...
Panhandle Magic 9/20
A marginal severe setup worked out great, on a quiet day in the Texas panhandle with very few storm chasers out. A discrete supercell fired near McLean, TX in the afternoon and moved slowly...