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...
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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...
Brief Tornado Near Abilene: March 28, 2017
I followed an isolated supercell in the warm sector of a southern High Plains storm system Tuesday afternoon, southwest of Abilene, TX. As this supercell approached town, it briefly produced a small/narrow tornado. Similarly...
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...
AR/KS/MO/OK Severe Threat: Thursday, March 9th
Thursday PM is gradually becoming more interesting with respect to a localized severe threat across the southeastern KS/southwestern MO/northeastern OK/northern AR vicinity. The large scale pattern is not particularly interesting, but a wave of...
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...
Where Did I Chase in 2016?
This was my most active chase year with the most miles driven, tornadoes seen and chase days in a calendar year. The year started quickly with my first tornadoes coming on February 2nd in...
South Dakota Storm Chase: Aug. 9, 2016
This video condenses about an hour’s worth of video into less than four minutes.The chase began with a dominant supercell thunderstorm that passed from southeastern Montana into northwestern South Dakota. Through early evening, multiple thunderstorms...
North Dakota Tornado: Aug. 3, 2016
These are a few clips of a tornado I chased just southwest of Warwick, North Dakota early yesterday (Wednesday) evening. This footage is from the early portion of the life cycle of the tornado.
Midwest/Lakes Severe Setup: June 22, 2016
A threat for severe thunderstorms with large hail, destructive winds and a few tornadoes is taking aim at portions of the Midwest and Great Lakes late this afternoon into tonight. Chicago is very close...
Tornado Near Amarillo: June 13, 2016
I pursued a slow-moving supercell to the north of Amarillo, Texas on June 13th, 2016. After producing a large, rotating wall cloud, the storm proceeded to drop a few funnels, but no tornado, at...
Saline-Dickinson County Kansas Tornado: May 25 2016
I watched a long-lived tornadic supercell over north-central Kansas on May 25th, 2016.
Tornadoes Near Dodge City: May 24, 2016
Here are videos from the first of several tornadoes between Minneola and Dodge City, Kansas on May 24th, 2016.
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...
Back to the High Plains: May 7
It was back on the road for May 7th for the first High Plains storm chase of May. The prior day was a travel day from Georgia to Kansas, putting me into great position...