Tornado Chasing

Chasecation 2013 Day 6 – Dust. Lots and lots of dust.

Today brought a Texas Panhandle chase as we set out from Amarillo and ended up on the storm Floydada. A…

12 years ago

Chasecation 2013 Day 5 – Travel day to the Caprock

The gang will be driving up to the Texas Caprock today in preparation for Thursday's setup. There is a slight…

12 years ago

Chasecation 2013 Day 4 – A leisurely stroll through Texas

We started the day not expecting much as far as tornadoes within our target area of central Texas. Persistent overcast…

12 years ago

Chasecation 2013 Day 3 – Hat trick day?

We are targeting southern Oklahoma today for what might be our third tornado day in a row. It is quite…

12 years ago

Chasecation 2013 Day 2 – Two tornado days in Kansas

We have spent the first two days of our chase trip nabbing tornadoes in Kansas. The storm on the 18th…

12 years ago

Chasecation 2013 Day 1 – So… who’s NOT in Kansas?

Ian, James Hyde and I made the overnight trip from Maryland into Kansas! After a long night with little sleep,…

12 years ago

Tornado Chasing: Mapping the typical peak since 1990, plus longer-term climatology

Want to look back at how past storm chase season's progressed? We've got the maps for you!

12 years ago

Talking #Twister on Twitter

ABC Family ran a special back-to-back set of Twister. And the tweeps loved it.

12 years ago

The early days of storm chasing video

While not necessarily mainstream, storm chasing is much more common these days compared to the past. Some crazy footage came…

12 years ago

May 25, 2012 Storm Chase

UStornadoes.com members Ian Livingston and Mark Ellinwood were out chasing in late May, when they landed upon a beautiful tail-end…

13 years ago