High Plains Tornadoes
It’s been an active stretch across the High Plains with daily bouts of severe thunderstorms for more than a week. I’ve traveled over several states during the time and May 26th brought me to...
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Twin tornadoes: August 13, 2019
An eight hour drive from Oklahoma City did not stop me from making it to Colorado in time to see my first tornadoes since May of this year.
Clay County, Texas: April 30, 2019
For the first time in what seems like ages, a tornado outbreak was threatening a broad swath of the Plains and Midwest in April. With the focus of tornado activity expected to be around...
High Plains Tornadoes: June 12, 2017
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...
Tornadoes Near Dodge City: May 24, 2016
Here are videos from the first of several tornadoes between Minneola and Dodge City, Kansas on May 24th, 2016.
Top 10 Storm Chases of 2015
Here is a countdown of my top 10 storm chases in 2015. Storm chases were ranked by a number of factors, including photo opportunities, storm structure, excitement, etc. Let me know what you think!...
Panhandle Magic Part II: 11/16
In perhaps one of the last storm chases of the year, a tornado outbreak struck the High Plains from the Texas panhandle to western Kansas. It was a setup you would expect to see...
April 2015 Tornado Forecast
After a very persistent pattern through much of the winter, featuring a large ridge across the West Coast of the U.S. and troughing in the East, the pattern is undergoing changes. After record low...
Violent Tornadoes: 1962-2011
Over a 50-year span from 1962 to 2011, the most violent (F/EF-4 and F/EF-5) tornadoes occurred over Oklahoma and Mississippi. The maximum grid-points reported 16 over that period, with two of those grid-points in...
Tornadoes in New York: May 29th, 2013
Two tornadoes (an EF-2 and an EF-1) touched down in eastern New York on May 29th, 2013, both around 7:00 p.m., according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The stronger tornado, an EF-2, had...
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...
Early Spring Tornadoes in Connecticut
Severe weather season doesn’t really get going until June and July in the Northeast, but tornadoes have formed in Connecticut during April and May… Earliest Tornado on Record: On April 26th, 1961, an F1...