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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 years ago