Mark Ellinwood

Tornado Threat Forecast: April 21-27, 2016

It looks like Mother Nature will lift the lid off of tornado season next week.

9 years ago

Spring 2016 seasonal tornado outlook

After several quieter years, we think this one has a better chance to see near normal or above normal tornado…

9 years ago

Tornado Threat Forecast: June 23-29, 2015

This will probably be the last "regular" forecast for this year, though I will issue special forecasts if a decent…

10 years ago

Tornado Threat Forecast: June 15-21, 2015

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

10 years ago

Chasecation 2015 Day 14 – Another bust saved by lightning

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

10 years ago

Chasecation 2015 Day 13 – Another state, another supercell

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

10 years ago

Chasecation 2015 Day 12 – Incredible lightning show

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

10 years ago

Chasecation 2015 Day 11 – Winding through the Black Hills

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

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

Chasecation 2015 Day 9 – Time for some northern Plains action

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

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

Chasecation 2015 Day 7 – The curious horse

Today's chase was pretty mundane overall, with tornadic storms hard to come by as we traveled across southeastern Colorado and…

10 years ago