Elm Creek, Nebraska 6/20/2011 Tornado — Bryce Kintigh

Published on June 20, 2011

This day was a bit challenging, as we thought storms would fire further east than they did. We started off the day in York, Nebraska, patiently waiting for storms to develop.

Some days patience is not a virtue of mine. We opted to boogy down I-80 westbound to a storm that had cyclically produced tornadoes throughout Northwest Kansas. We made a bet that this storm would still be producing tornadoes as it moved into Nebraska.

Tornado just south of Elm Creek, Nebraska on June 20, 2011.

We made a bet that paid off. The storm produced a weak tornado that mainly crossed in open fields, but man was it beautiful. It lasted approximately 6 minutes, and had us in awe the entire time.

Video of the tornado near Elm Creek, Nebraska.

Bryce Kintigh

Bryce has been chasing storms since 2003. Growing up on a farm in North Central Kansas, weather has always played a big role in his life. In 2018, Bryce finished his Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. His favorite weather memory would have to be seeing a large wedge tornado with a satellite tornado in 2007. When Bryce isn’t on the road chasing storms, he enjoys spending time with friends, cheering on the Kansas State Wildcats, and traveling. He hopes to visit every National Weather Service radar site in the nation, visiting over 135 thus far. Bryce is often heard on KAKE-TV, tracking storms all across Kansas and the Midwest.

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