June 12, 2021 - Arengard, North Dakota

The final day of our Twister Hunt 2021. We documented three tornadoes from two supercells on a volatile day on the Northern Plains. Thankfully the tornadoes occurred over rural areas, causing no damage.

May 17, 2021 - Lubbock, Texas

Thankfully the day underperformed, as it was forecast to be a tornado outbreak kind of day, with a moderate risk and 15% hatch for significant tornadoes. We tracked a supercell staying mostly south of the storm as it periodically dropped brief, weak tornadoes. The storm encountered some dry air as it entered the city of Lubbock and withered away.

May 16, 2021 - Earth, Texas

Some of the most incredible storm structure ever witnessed as a tornadic supercell moseyed across the West Texas plains. The storm periodically dropped weak tornadoes, but the well structured mesocyclone was the story of the day.

April 23, 2021 - Lockett, Texas

Twister Hunt 2021 kicked off with a cyclic supercell which produced five tornadoes in Northern Texas. The final tornado caused EF-2 damage to a home on the edge of the small community of Lockett, Texas. Thankfully the occupants were uninjured.

May 22, 2020 - Electra, Texas

Thankful to squeeze out a couple twisters in an abbreviated Twister Hunt 2020. This supercell along the Red River produced a couple brief tornadoes and dropped some gargantuan hail as residents of Burkburnett reported softball sized stones coming through their ceilings! Thankfully nobody was injured by this dangerous storm.

October 20, 2019 - Dallas, Texas

We made a last second decision to make a couple hour drive up I-35 to get a glimpse of a nocturnal tornadic supercell pushing through the Dallas metro. The storm caused damage along its path and left several people injured.

June 4, 2019 - Hope, New Mexico

Proof that tornadoes can and do occur in very marginal environments, this twister occurred over rural land in eastern New Mexico causing no damage. The storm did not even have a severe thunderstorm warning on it. The twister occurred when one storm interacted with another’s outflow.

May 27, 2019 - Holyoke, Colorado

The High Plains of Colorado did not disappoint on this day with a total of four tornadoes from two different supercells. The twisters were brief and weak causing no damage as they occurred over rural areas.

May 17, 2019 - McCook, Nebraska

This was supposed to be a down day, but was too good to pass up. We hustled early that morning from Dallas, Texas to make it to McCook, Nebraska just in time to see a large white elephant trunk tornado, complete with dusty base. The storm would keep producing tornadoes but we had to immediately turn around and leave to make it back to Dallas in time to pick up that week’s guests. The tornadoes caused damage and injuries but thankfully, no deaths.

May 5, 2019 - Tahoka, Texas

Topping off a very active week across the state of Texas, in which we saw tornadoes on three different days, this day saw a large shape shifting, dirt shrouded tornado south of Lubbock. The tornado was long lived, on the ground for over an hour, spanning 17 miles. We moved south as the twister moved southeast, eventually crossing the road less than 1/4 mile behind us as it snapped power poles. The storm did cause damage but thankfully, no injuries.

May 1, 2019 - Seymour, Texas

We were right back at it, on tornadoes in Texas for the second day in a row. We targeted Seymour and spent that day in the small town before ducking south late afternoon as a stout stovepipe tornado tore through a wooded area with no roads. The storm produced a second photogenic tornado just south of town to end the day. No structures were impacted and no injuries were reported.

April 30, 2019 - Byers, Texas

First day of Twister Hunt 2019 and for the third straight year, day one tour guests get tornadoes. We observed one tornado from a distance and another at a more reasonable range. No damage or injuries were reported.

May 1, 2018 - Tescott, Kansas

We followed this storm for hours and it looked like garbage the entire time. Finally we left for an isolated cell to the south, but changed our minds a few minutes into repositioning. We went back to the original storm as it produced a strong wedge tornado caused EF-3 damage. Luckily there were no injuries or fatalities.

May 18, 2017 - Waynoka, Oklahoma

A rare HIGH RISK day from the Storm Prediction Center, mostly underperforms, but we encountered the needle in the haystack that day capturing a tornado tearing across the highway in Oklahoma.

May 16, 2017 - Waynoka, Oklahoma

We documented an elephant trunk tornado outside of McLean, Texas. We then bailed on the storm due to chaser convergence and witnessed more tornadoes on subsequent supercells in Oklahoma. Unfortunately, the EF-3 tornado we documented in Elk City caused extensive damage and resulted in one fatality.

April 29, 2017 - Canton, Texas

We documented a series of tornadoes across the area, including an EF-4 and EF-3 which caused heavy damage in the city of Canton. We were first on scene of an animal rescue that was directly impacted by the tornado. The chase was immediately ended and we assisted in search and rescue. Unfortunately these tornadoes caused four fatalities, multiple injuries, and extensive damage.

May 24, 2016 - Dodge City, Kansas

This was the final day of my first group storm chasing tour. The first couple days were rough, bad forecast, stuck in mud, etc. We targeted Bucklin, Kansas and the storm went up just to the west of there. It quickly produced a tornado, then another, and another. By the time all was said and done, the storm had produced a dozen tornadoes with two on the ground at three different moments and briefly had three tornadoes on the ground at once! Incredibly, there were no injuries.

May 16, 2016 - Boise City, Oklahoma

We started the day off in Colorado and the first storm of the day initiated near Kim. We tracked the storm into the Oklahoma Panhandle as it produced its first tornado. As the storm pushed south into Texas, it produced another twister. We bailed on the storm for a cell in eastern New Mexico and we watched it produce a final tornado from a distance.

December 23, 2015 - Clarksdale, Mississippi

A stark reminder that tornadoes can, and do, occur any time of the year. The ingredients were in place for a tornado outbreak across Dixie Alley. Storms were screaming in excess of 55mph. We got on the first cell of the day and watched a wall cloud develop. We raced to keep pace with the storm as it produced a violent tornado (EF-3). The storm cycled, producing another tornado (EF-4) but we stopped the chase when we came across damaged homes. The tornado was the strongest of 31 that occurred that day and was rated an EF-4. Sadly, 11 people lost their lives in these tornadoes and many more were injured.

May 7, 2015 - Krum, Texas

Very messy day on the warm front along the Red River. Storms interfered with each other all afternoon. Finally a storm went up to our south in a more favorable environment with less interference. We punched through the forward flank then headed west as the storm produced a multi vortex that transitioned into a wedge. We kept pace as the sun went down and the tornado roped out into a stovepipe at dusk.

June 12, 2014 - Briggs, Texas

Very challenging chase due to the terrain this storm was over in the Texas Hill Country. A lacking road network combined with the hills and trees made getting a good view of this storm tough. The storm struggled to stay organized but ingested an outflow boundary late in the day and produced an EF-2 tornado in Briggs. The tornado moved an entire home off its foundation but nobody was hurt.

May 31, 2013 - El Reno, Oklahoma

Fresh off seeing my first tornado just three days before, we found ourselves face to face with the largest tornado in U.S. history. We perched up on a hill and watched from a distance as chaser vehicles were pummeled by a rapidly accelerating, widening, and strengthening tornado. We then moved south out of the path as the tornado crossed Highway 81. Mobile doppler radar measured windspeeds of 296mph. The storm killed 19 people, all in vehicles, including storm researchers Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young.

May 28, 2013 - Bennington, Kansas

A discrete supercell produced a long lived, slow moving tornado that remained over farm land. Locations in the path experienced wind in excess of 150 mph for more than 15 minutes. Had this tornado impacted a town, damage would have been unimaginable. Thankfully, nobody was injured by this tornado.