The Nebraskan Night
This was not expected to be a night for storm chasing. In fact, I started the day in central Kansas and was planning on checking into a hotel in Lincoln, NE and calling it...
Category: Storm Chasing
Nebraska-Kansas Chase (June 27)
The severe thunderstorm threat today targets southwest/south-central Nebraska down into the northwestern chunk of Kansas. A few isolated tornadoes will be possible, especially just northeast of a surface low from mid to late afternoon....
Colorado Storms 6/25/14
Wednesday was a travel/chase day as I started the morning in New Mexico and made it into northeastern Colorado by mid-afternoon. While some storms were firing to my east, I caught something in the...
Exploring New Areas to Chase
Today starts what should be a long stretch of several storm chasing opportunities. Today will bring me to a new area that I have not visited yet, the High Plains across eastern Colorado. My...
Chase Potential for the Next Week
After taking about a week off from storm chasing, it looks like there will be several potential chase days between Wednesday, June 25th and Tuesday, July 1st. I have been staying with a friend...
Lane/Alpena Tornado: Wide Angle Video
Here’s nearly complete footage (22 minutes) of the tornado, starting just as the storm was underway and ends just a few minutes before it roped out.
Lane, South Dakota Tornado: Source 2
I witnessed a tornado from start to finish in Lane, SD on Wednesday between about 8:00 and 8:28 p.m. This is video from a video camera mounted inside my car. Due to this setup,...
Laurel Tornado, HD Video Footage
This is a video showing a tornado developing into a wedge late Tuesday afternoon on June 17th, 2014. The storm began near Coleridge and moved erratically at a relatively slow pace.
What a Night for Tornadoes
If Monday wasn’t wild enough, things got crazy once again Tuesday evening in northeastern Nebraska. A tornado turned into a wedge and began spinning off multiple vorticies/tornadoes. A storm fired up Tuesday afternoon, but...
Laurel Tornado, Time-lapse
Panoramic video footage, sped up to 32x the actual speed and split up. The tornado becomes a partially rain-wrapped wedge toward the end. I changed location, but due to obscured visibility and lowering light...
Stanton-Pilger Tornadoes Full HD
One tornado touched down in Stanton and just as that tornado was beginning to rope out, a large tornado formed just to the east with a 3rd storm (funnel cloud) beginning to take shape....
Twin Tornadoes (Short Clip)
The tornado that I first witnessed in Stanton moved northeast and was quickly joined by two additional tornadoes. These two storms, very close together, were quite destructive and ripped through Pilger, Nebraska on June...
Stanton Tornado Touchdown
Watch as a wall cloud lowers, eventually spawning a funnel cloud and finally a tornado. This occurred in Stanton, Nebraska on the afternoon of June 16th, 2014. The tornado crossed the road in front...
Tornado Prospects Today
Severe thunderstorms are likely today across Nebraska and spreading east into portions of the upper Mississippi Valey. Some thunderstorms Monday morning are already becoming severe, but this is round one of what should be...
Monday, the Big Day?
Although I will be out in the field looking for storms today/Sunday, the next day that really captures my attention is Monday. This is just a quick overview before I hit the road, but...
Saturday Summary
Saturday was quite a day, as I started my trip by leaving Connecticut at 7:45 p.m. Friday and arrived in Nebraska by about 4 p.m. A Tornado Watch was issued a couple of hours...