This chase day was long, challenging and exhausting, at times frustrating and at times rewarding! There appeared to be a risk for tornadoes all the way from West Texas, up through northeast New Mexico and into Colorado, but as the morning evolved, more and more … Read More

October 4 was an enhanced risk setup across the Central Plains and, feeling storm deprived after a month or two without chasing, I decided to pull the trigger. I connected with friends from Forever Chasing and we made our way west from Wichita by mid … Read More

I will never forget this storm chase. On the morning of May 24, we woke up in Plainview, Texas, after catching an unbelievable series of after-dark tornadoes near Northfield the night before. I targeted the town of Meade, Kansas, just east of the dryline and near to where … Read More

This was the first day of a multi-day setup and it kicked off our long weekend chase trip with a bang! I targeted Scott City, Kansas, and so Mike, Anne, Scott, Mackay and I set out from Oklahoma City to get into position. We arrived in … Read More

Like many May days in Tornado Alley, a chance of severe storms presented itself on Saturday the 7th. Models indicated storms might fire along one of two boundaries draped across Northeast Colorado. Knowing that it was a 5 hour drive to our initial target of Last … Read More

Our target on the morning of April 24 was somewhere around Harper or Kingman, Kansas. It looked like a day when large hail would be the primary threat, although we expected there to a be a window of opportunity in the evening for tornadoes to … Read More

March 30 was a fun chase day in Southeast Kansas that yielded my first March tornado. Was the tornado that we caught a fluke, a mesoscale accident and a needle in a haystack?… Yes. But it was a beautiful cone tornado nonetheless! Sometimes, these chases … Read More

July 13th, 2015, was a great chase day for a number of reasons, although not one that yielded tornadoes. I flew into Madison, Wisconsin, to meet up with Alex, Adam and Adam, planning to chase Northern Illinois that afternoon. Morning convection would leave outflow boundaries … Read More

  We woke up on the morning of May 16th to a large moderate risk area that had been issued by the SPC; it included the Red River Valley in Texas, all of Oklahoma and Kansas, as well as Southern Nebraska. Dynamics would be impressive … Read More

May 6 was a frustrating chase day to say the least. The dynamics were incredible from Southern Oklahoma up into Nebraska. SPC issued a slight risk across the region in the morning, but by midday they increased this to enhanced; 10% hatched area for tornadoes through … Read More

April 24th was a very difficult chase day. SPC had issued an enhanced risk for Central Kansas, with a 10% hatched area for the possibility of strong, long-track tornadoes. Our initial target was Russell Kansas, where we figured the triple point would set up. We made … Read More

April 8 was a fun but challenging first chase of the season. SPC issued a moderate risk for severe, including the possibility of strong, long-track tornadoes, through much of northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas. Overall, the day did not play out as forcast and was … Read More

The day’s initial target was Petrolia. It looked as though the area south of a line from from Sarnia to London would see the best chance of evening supercells, with storms firing in southeast Lower Michigan in the late afternoon and crossing the border around … Read More

My first Ontario storm chase of 2014 took place on May 21, exactly one day prior to that of the previous year. The day looked marginal for severe weather in Southwest Ontario… but still just a little too interesting to pass up. While good upper … Read More

I had spent the last twenty minutes chasing, photographing and filming one of the prettiest and most photogenic tornadoes that you could ever hope to see. What’s more, this wasn’t in Kansas, Oklahoma, or any of the other Tornado Alley states – this was just … Read More

July 10th was a fun but challenging chase day.That morning I looked at the models and, initially, a  triangle between Woodstock, Norwich and Brantford stood out to me as a potential target area by early to mid afternoon. CAPE values were very respectable, forecast to … Read More

You can’t hope to chase a storm in Southern Ontario with much better structure than the supercell that traveled from Listowel to Creemore on May 22nd. I woke up that Wednesday morning and looked over the models, having been excited about the prospects of a … Read More

The setup on May 18 presented a classic two-target scenario that is frequently a challenge for chasers. One target was to the north, near the tripple-point in Kansas, the other was south, along the dryline in Oklahoma. I was with Silver Lining, and Roger positioned … Read More

May 19 was a surprising chase day. I was out with Roger and Silver Lining Tours, and despite the SPC’s slight risk that extended from Iowa to Texas, we were not optimistic about the day’s prospects. In particular, large temperature/dewpoint spreads meant that storms would … Read More

Just days after our close encounter with the Joplin tornado, we woke up on May 24 to the possibility of another extreme and potentially deadly tornado setup. SPC was forecasting a major tornado outbreak across much of Kansas and Oklahoma, issuing a rare high risk. … Read More