Not every successful storm chase requires a tornado and sometimes the least impressive looking atmospheric setups produce some photogenic storms. Today’s storm chase featured very low confidence that anything impressive would form, as the...
The day’s severe threat is focused on western Oklahoma and the ingredients are coming into place for what could be a very active late afternoon. A dryline across the eastern portion of the Texas...
May is here and today’s storm chase features a return to Kansas. Overall, the chase itself is fairly straightforward. Low pressure in the western half of Kansas will be the focus for thunderstorm development...
It took until the final day of April, but there’s finally a worthwhile chase setup in the Plains. This week has been on my radar for a while, but as I’ve learned to do...
Historic wildfires have burned well over 200,000 acres of land across western Oklahoma since April 12th. On that day, ongoing drought conditions combined with hot, dry and very windy weather promoted the rapid ignition...
Three regimes for potentially severe convection on Tuesday are as follows: Warm front from central Indiana to central Ohio. Pre-frontal trough from central/southern Indiana into western/central Kentucky and southwestern Ohio. Cold front from west...
This was my first full chase year based out of Oklahoma. I did not chase nearly as many events as in 2016, but I witnessed at least three tornadoes in Oklahoma, one on which...
The first legitimate storm chase of the season took place in northern Alabama, where significant severe thunderstorms produced destructive hail and tornadoes. Most of the tornadoes were rain-wrapped or occurred after dark, but I...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
