Lightning

June 16, 2025 The Wellfleet/Dickens, Nebraska Tornado (Part One, the account)

I have made two Stormbruiser web entries for this chase day. This page, Part One, contains the chase account and iPhone images and the video… [Read More]

June 16, 2025 The Wellfleet/Dickens, Nebraska Tornado (Part Two, the images)

This Part Two web entry contains a large selection of images off of the Canon cameras for the Wellfleet/Dickens tornado event. The chase account, including… [Read More]

June 15, 2025 Merriman, Nebraska, LP Supercell

Start: Holyoke, CO/lunch: Grandma Jo’s in Sidney, NE/End: Valentine, NE/409 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One 20Z Mesoscale Discussions 2:13 p.m. CDT (Montana) 3:49 p.m…. [Read More]

June 14, 2025 Cheyenne Ridge storms

Start: Denver/lunch: Arbys in Cheyenne/End: Holyoke/405 miles This was a rather low-end chase day for the start of Tour 7. We played with run-of-the-mill stuff… [Read More]

June 6, 2025 Sundown, TX Tornadic Supercell

Start: Littlefield, TX/lunch: Chillax Cafe in Morton/End: Lubbock/331 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z Mesoscale Discussions. 3:54 p.m. CDT. 6:18 p.m. CDT. 7:11 p.m. CDT…. [Read More]

May 27, 2025 Southern New Mexico Thunderstorms

Start: Littlefield, TX/lunch: Seminole Dickeys BBQ/End: Roswell, NM/377 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z Mesoscale Discussions 2:24 p.m. CDT. 7:41 p.m. CDT. 9:57 p.m. CDT… [Read More]

May 24, 2025 NW Oklahoma Supercell at Dusk

Start: Dodge City to OKC for end of Tour 4/End: Shamrock Storm Reports SPC Day One 20Z Mesoscale Discussions 3:57 p.m. CDT 7:52 p.m. CDT… [Read More]

May 6, 2025 Dusk Supercell east of Laredo

Start: Monahans/lunch: “The Sighting” in Sanderson/End: Laredo/448 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Mesoscale Discussions: 7:06 p.m. CDT. 7:35 p.m. CDT. 10:00 p.m. CDT. Our… [Read More]

June 18, 2024 Liberal and Forgan Severe

Start: McCook/lunch: Oakley fast food/End: Liberal/387 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One We put ourselves along an obvious boundary in southwest Kansas, and watched some… [Read More]

Chase Summaries, 2024 Tour Four, May 18 to 25

Link to May 21, 2024 Tornado Chase in Iowa May 18/Lightning Show in SE Colorado Begin: OKC/lunch at La Carlitos in Woodward, OK/End: Lamar, CO/465… [Read More]

June 27, 2023 Oklahoma Panhandle Supercell

Start: Sidney, NE Lunch: Eads, CO/Subway End: Hugoton, KS 520 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z Surface map for 5 p.m. CDT above. Note… [Read More]

June 20, 2023 Strong Thunderstorm in Northeast Wyoming

Start: Baker, Montana Lunch: Ekalaka/Wagon Wheel Cafe End: Sundance, WY/325 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z Chase account by TT guest Lesleyanne According to the… [Read More]

June 7, 2023 Rio Grande Supercell and CG Show

Start: Santa Rosa, NM Lunch: Grab-and-Go/Pilot/Hobbs End: Fort Stockton, TX/557 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z Chase account by TT guest Lesleyanne Above: Surface map… [Read More]

May 20, 2023 Lightning Show at Capulin

Start: Oklahoma City, OK Lunch: Woodward fast food End: Clayton, NM/485 miles The first day of Tour 4 out of OKC started out on the… [Read More]

May 6, 2023 Archer and Throck storms (and gaudy rainbow)

Begin: Killeen, TX Lunch: Billy’s/Cisco End: Wichita Falls, TX/359 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z Another chase day in Texas for Tour 2, and we… [Read More]