Tornado Threat Forecast: June 15-21, 2015

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Most activity will be limited to the High Plains this week. Eastern Texas and coastal Louisiana could see brief tornadoes…

Chasecation 2015 Day 14 – Another bust saved by lightning

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The Kansas/Nebraska border was an almost-perfect play, except the atmospheric cap that had been absent all spring suddenly decided to…

Chasecation 2015 Day 13 – Another state, another supercell

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Today took us to Wyoming to take another stab at getting some upslope tornado action. What was originally thought to…

Here’s where tornadoes typically form in June across the United States

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June is typically the final month of peak tornado activity in any given year. What it often lacks in huge…

Chasecation 2015 Day 12 – Incredible lightning show

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I don't throw superlatives into my discussion often, so take note of that fact when I tell you that today's…

Chasecation 2015 Day 11 – Winding through the Black Hills

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Today brought us to the Rapid City, South Dakota area on the northern end of the Black Hills. A brilliant…

Chasecation 2015 Day 10 – Supercells on the KS/CO border

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Today we found ourselves tracking south out of North Platte, Nebraska to get to an area that had good convergence…

May 31, 1985: A tornado outbreak out of place

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You might expect a volley of violent tornadoes in the Plains or the South, but not in Pennsylvania and surrounds.…

Chasecation 2015 Day 9 – Time for some northern Plains action

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We spent today traveling north to Nebraska to position ourselves for the next week of storm chasing, which looks to…

Chasecation 2015 Day 8 – Missing the “fluke”‘ tornado

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There was a very pretty tornado in eastern New Mexico today... and we missed it. There were signs of having…