Leoti, Kansas Tornado: May 21, 2016
Here is a short video showing the life cycle of a brief tornado near Leoti, Kansas late Saturday afternoon. I was chasing with Ian Livingston and we had a very eventful chase. This video...
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Analysis of 3/30 Tulsa Tornado Environment
A tornado affected the north and northeast suburbs of Tulsa, Oklahoma early yesterday evening. Despite the conditions in place, a Tornado Watch was not in effect, as instead, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch had been...
Tornado in Arkansas: March 13th
A chase in Arkansas is a battle between harsh terrain in the western part of the state, and the more chaser-friendly Mississippi Valley to the east. I found myself in the middle of these...
Rough Clips of Memphis, AL Tornado
Here are a few raw clips that I shot of a tornado near and just south of Memphis, AL late yesterday afternoon. This was likely a strong tornado, associated with a long-lived supercell. I...
Top 10 Storm Chases of 2015
Here is a countdown of my top 10 storm chases in 2015. Storm chases were ranked by a number of factors, including photo opportunities, storm structure, excitement, etc. Let me know what you think!...
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...
Elk Creek, NE Tornado 8/8
A long, three day weekend with a severe threat across the mid-Missouri Valley gave me the opportunity to get back on the road to chase. I left Atlanta around 4 a.m. that day and...
Winona Tornado
After a long day of storm chasing through eastern Colorado, I headed east into Kansas as the sun was beginning to set. At the southern flank of a line of thunderstorms, a section of...
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...
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...
Violent Tornadoes: 1962-2011
Over a 50-year span from 1962 to 2011, the most violent (F/EF-4 and F/EF-5) tornadoes occurred over Oklahoma and Mississippi. The maximum grid-points reported 16 over that period, with two of those grid-points in...
U.S. Tornado Days Per Year
The United States has a greater frequency of tornadoes than most other counties. For many factors, the vast majority of tornadoes occur east of the Rocky Mountains across the continental U.S. Although the central...
Tornado Strikes Worcester, Mass.
A high-end EF-0 tornado hit Worcester, Mass. early last night. The National Weather Service (NWS) out of Taunton, Mass. estimated that the tornado was on the ground from about 8:10 to 8:14 p.m. local...
Lane/Alpena Tornado: Wide Angle Video
Here’s nearly complete footage (22 minutes) of the tornado, starting just as the storm was underway and ends just a few minutes before it roped out.
Lane, South Dakota Tornado: Source 2
I witnessed a tornado from start to finish in Lane, SD on Wednesday between about 8:00 and 8:28 p.m. This is video from a video camera mounted inside my car. Due to this setup,...