Sometimes a storm chase is completely and utterly unexpected in what it produces. On this day, there was a weak MCV in northern Kansas but no other real indications that something incredibly powerful could take shape. In fact, the best tornado risk on this day was shaded south in southern Kansas. Still, Titans Eugene Theiszen…

When lightning is hitting way too close for comfort and Goforth decides it is time to get the shot. Not recommended by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

The Leoti supercell is well known amongst chasers for its various photogenic qualities. This storm formed in an environment just supportive of supercells. It maximized the shear available by turning right against the mean flow, increasing helicity and producing tornadoes along with some incredible structure. The directional shear on this day was pretty intense, so…

This was a pretty famous chase day, where a supercell formed along an effective triple point in SC OK and pretty much immediately dropped a photogenic EF4 tornado while the storm was still pretty LP. When a storm does something like this, its because there is a really good combination of shear/instability along with what…

We could probably make a pretty awesome compilation video of our tornado and supercell intercepts near Sulphur, Oklahoma. However, despite all of that this was probably the biggest/baddest tornado we’ve encountered in this land of the Arbuckles. This wedge was rated as an EF-3, but radar close to the tornado indicated that had the tornado…

The target on this day was W and NW OK where we were hoping for storm development and the possibility of tornado producing supercells. Instead, we ended up struggling as supercells which formed a bit earlier to the south kept throwing off fast moving left splits which moved northerly and swept up the instability in…

This was easily the most photogenic day with a squall line/whale’s mouth in years. We’ve posted some great shots from this on our social media feeds over the years, with an almost unmatched sky that looks ominous and scary. A whale’s mouth is the backside of a shelf cloud that often looks like you are…

A storm chase becomes a fiasco when the expectations are high but the results are low-end because of either the day not panning out or because of chase decisions…or a combination of both. While rooting for big days to produce isn’t really what we’re talking about here, there is a certain amount of preparation and…

Some chases don’t have the most exciting arcs to them. However, on this day we ended what was a pretty pedestrian/non-eventful chase day with a good light show on the way home back to OKC.

For whatever reason, this day really sticks out as a fun little adventure down to Turkey, Texas. The edge of the caprock escarpment is a favorite place for chasers to venture towards and this day was no different. Storms struggled for quite awhile but eventually became severe while taking on supercell characteristics. The timelapses here…

The words ‘marginally severe’ are never a good sign when discussing how a storm chase went. A dryline was set up north/south across the Panhandle with pretty strong shear — but instability and the cap were both limiting factors. Unfortunately for our forecast and photography desires, the cap ended up largely winning through the daylight…

Tell me if you’ve heard this before, a big supercell moves over Denton, TX with copious large hail in April. This supercell formed just south of a surface triple point and moved east and south, almost producing a tornado before it dropped copious hail on us. We let the storm overtake us at I-35, not…

This was a day where parameters weren’t so great early in the day and it showed. Storms were a mushy mess, with little structure and organization. However, as sunset approached, the low level jet really began to crank which increased shear and overall storm organization. Because of that, a supercell with some pretty structure really…