It’s been eight years since I got bored while waiting for storms to produce and shot a quick homage to one of my favorite scenes. I ended up seeing – literally – nothing that say…
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Some of the severe weather pictures/videos on Twitter from 4/12/22
Mr. Tornado – an American Experience film
PBS presented a fantastic documentary on Tetsuya Fujita – the man behind the Fujita scale. For those who are curious, “Ted” Fujita moved to the United States from Japan. And used his background in engineering…
RECAP: Looking back at the two-week long severe weather onslaught with maps, explainers and chaser video
After two weeks of every-day-there-is-a-tornado-somewhere weather, the big subtropical ridge in the southeast is shifting to the west. This will shove the jet stream further north and re-position a lot of the moving pieces needed…
WX Info: What is a shelf cloud?
A shelf cloud is the leading edge of a gust front on a line of storms. It often has a lower area where the clouds cover very close to the ground, then a smoother region…
Southern Plains faces another atmospheric assault Saturday
(UPDATE: 10:00 AM) Latest models continue to show storms struggling to develop in the daytime heat on Saturday. That said, there are a few models that are changing their tune and coming around to the…
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Storm chase recap: 4/23/14
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. A Tale of Two Cities is a great read. But not a great title for a storm chase. But this time, the two…
2013 El Reno Tornado
Here is some video I shot on the tail end of the El Reno storm chase. I stayed at a very safe distance – as you can tell from the video – and only caught…
Tornado Video of the Day: 4/15/2011 De Kalb to Scooba, MS EF3 tornado
Fast rotating EF-3 tornado from 2011. A great look at some good contrast. Tornado Video of the Day: 4/15/2011 De Kalb to Scooba, MS EF3 tornado
