A severe thunderstorm and isolated tornado threat exists across portions of the middle Mississippi River Valley late this afternoon into the early evening hours. While severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds will...
The evolution of today’s severe weather threat was assumed to be complex from the start and it’s certainly unfolding that way. A potent mesoscale convective complex (MCC) developed over the Dakotas late Sunday night and...
There is the potential for a regional severe weather event on June 22nd. The threat zone extends from portions of the middle/upper Mississippi Valley into the western Great Lakes. All severe weather hazards are...
A severe thunderstorm threat is expected to develop late this afternoon into the evening hours across portions of the northern Plains. The setup includes an area of surface low pressure ejecting from Wyoming toward...
As the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill move northward through the southern Plains, a modest threat for tornadoes may develop on Wednesday. Typically with landfalling tropical systems, the northeast quadrant is where there is...
As the calendar passes deeper into June, there is typically a steady drop-off in the frequency of severe weather threats across the U.S. Last year featured a grand finale to the severe weather season...
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...
An interesting first chase in Wyoming landed a couple of funnel clouds. They were associated with a relatively weak looking cell on radar, but wind shear and upslope aided in assisting the rotation. This...
Tuesday was a long day of storm chasing across the Dakotas. Not many storms reached severe limits, but there was plenty of neat structure to observe. The above photo is from about 9:30 p.m....
After a travel day on Monday that finished with a storm chase in South Dakota, today looks to feature an even greater severe weather threat across the northern Plains. Both of the Dakotas come...
After starting the morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I managed to leave by 6 a.m. and arrive in South Dakota before sunset. (That was over 800 miles of driving, nearly non-stop.) A supercell thunderstorm...
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...
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...
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...
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...
