Black Hills, SD Supercell
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...
Category: 2015 (Chasing)
The Storm That Tried
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...
Nebraska/Kansas Supercells 5/15
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...
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...
Striated Supercell, Bucklin, KS
After being relatively quiet for most of Saturday across western Kansas, thunderstorms finally began to reach severe limits shortly before midnight. This particular storm had a Tornado Warning issued for it at one point,...
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...
Wild Chase Day in Texas
Sunday had potential and although no significant tornadoes were reported, there were at least a dozen tornadoes in total across north-central Texas. As for my chase, I left Oklahoma City in the morning and...
Kansas Chase Recap 4/24
A trip to the central Plains. Leading up to this chase day, it was fairly clear that a relatively small geographical area in Kansas would be under the threat for severe weather. A cluster...
Kicking Off Chase Season
It’s great to be back in the Plains. Yesterday was the first chase day of my season and I had to drive nine hours before I even made it to my target in the...