An isolated thunderstorm developed over the western portion of the Oklahoma Panhandle yesterday. While the thunderstorm was not particularly intense, it did moved fairly slowly, allowing for me to sit in one location and...
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...
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...
As May carries on, poleward moisture transport is beginning to support storm chases farther north. Although it’s not completely unheard-of, it is still a bit early (climatologically speaking) to be chasing in the Nebraska...
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...
