Stop What You’re Doing and Check out This Waterspout

In only the second coolest thing I have seen all week (the first was the Phoenix microburst), twin waterspouts formed off of the coast of Hilton Head, South Carolina this morning. Waterspouts this morning at Hilton Head SC… photo from Nicole Smith pic.twitter.com/urxay9pHtC — James Spann (@spann) July 21, 2016 These formed underneath of a […]

Two Years ago Yesterday: Pilger Tornado Family

Two years ago today, one of the most infamous supercells in recent memory formed in one of the most incredible environments in recent memory. The Pilger, Nebraska supercell is one of the most productive and powerful supercells I’ve ever seen, as the storm produced four EF-4 tornadoes. FOUR. That is absolutely insane. The set up for […]

Kansas Supercell Drops Several Tornadoes

Last evening across western Kansas, a monster supercell formed and slowly moved northward. This storm formed along a boundary interaction with the dryline to form this, and other, supercells. This was an absolute beast, and produced upwards of a dozen tornadoes as reported by some chasers on the storm. Because of its relative isolation, this […]

Insane Video of Woodward, OK Tornado

Check out this incredible video of a tornado at sunset in Woodward, Oklahoma Monday evening. The Woodward, OK tornado touched down Monday evening around 8:25 PM. The tornado lifted and touched back down a couple times before completely lifting around 8:35 PM. The Woodward, OK tornado was examined using the UMass Xpol Radar. It will be […]

Today is the 3 Year Anniversary of the Moore Tornado

On this day 3 years ago, an infamous tornado touched down to the west of the central Oklahoma town of Moore. The Moore tornado was an EF-5 monster that traversed through the city, and did an incredible amount of damage as it passed through the town. I remember watching coverage on The Weather Channel of […]

Ridiculous Weather Impacted Central Plains

Monday, Jacob Wilkins wrote about how there were severe weather warnings in areas that were under Blizzard warnings at the same time. Well, yesterday we got our first sights into just how dynamic this system is. There was a strong, and deepening low pressure system over northwestern Texas, and it deepen as it moved northeastward. This system has […]

Rare Tornado In California Yesterday

Today, there are tornado watches and warnings in association with a strong mid and upper level system moving into the central part of the country today. However, in association with the same system was a tornado yesterday. In California. Tornadoes are already rare in California, as they only average 4 tornadoes a year in the state. […]

Wacky Weather in Des Moines

Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa, a very strong low pressure system headed east out of the Rocky Mountains into the Des Moines area, producing heavy snow on the western side of the state, as shown in the tweet below. Six hours earlier, severe thunderstorms producing tornadoes occurred on the eastern side of the state. Nebraska […]

Fort Worth Hit By Tornado

As many of you know, there is a secondary severe weather season over the eastern 2/3rds of the nation during October, November and December. Similarly to spring time, the changing of the seasons brings some strong low pressure systems rolling across the eastern US, leading to the occasional severe weather outbreak. Surprised by a tornado watch […]