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.
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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....
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...
Mayflower Tornado Footage
It’s not the best footage, but it’s what I’ve got. I came too close to the tornado from the north end and my view was greatly obscured. I bailed north, perhaps further than I...
Connecticut’s Tornado Season
I decided to take a look back and see where the average “tornado season” falls for this area. Where frequency is the running 10-day daily frequency of a tornado between 1950-2013 The months with...
Northeast Tornado Stats: 2013
Here’s a recap of the 2013 tornado season across the Northeast. Connecticut had four reports of tornadoes during 2013, which is roughly twice the average amount of about two. Keep in mind that 2012...
November Outbreak
A major late season (fall) tornado outbreak occurred across the Midwest and Ohio Valley region on November 17th, 2013. It was my first opportunity to chase in the thick of such an outbreak. November...
Tornado? Actually, No.
This may look like a funnel cloud or even a tornado, but it’s not. What the heck is it? It’s actually called a scud cloud. These clouds are often mistaken for tornadoes or funnel...
Storm Chasing Lessons
This was my first attempt at storm chasing in the central U.S. and let’s just say that it made me take a step back and take some time to better prepare for future chases....
Significant Tornado Parameter
A severe weather forecast index called the Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) is often used when predicting the potential of tornadoes. There’s actually an algebraic equation that’s used to come up with STP: STP =...