2018 Storm Chase Videos

June 22, 2018 Storm Chase | NW OK Supercells and Derecho

This was the ceremonial end to the 2018 storm chase season. Emphatically it was finally over, with few really great highlights in what was one of the quietest/least productive chase seasons of the past two decades. Still, this day promised the possibility to grab a tornado intercept at the end of the season, with supercells…

May 25, 2018 Storm Chase | LP Supercell followed by quick MCS generation!

Admittedly the title to this video is not fully quite what I would deem as something that makes sense. But the dryline went in the later afternoon with a pretty LP supercell over the Texas panhandle. This storm looked puny on radar but was generated some pretty large hail. We tried to stay with the…

May 18, 2018 Storm Chase | High Based Supercells in the Texas Panhandle

On this day we kept tabs on a few supercells over the Texas panhandle. Initially there was a tornado warning issued but the bases were just too high. However, as storms matured into the evening, the structure really improved into sunset. Also shoutout to the red light one lane construction north of Miami, Texas on…

May 14, 2018 Storm Chase | The Missed Opportunity

This is a sad story of storm chasing (don’t let the video lie to you). While a supercell along an outflow boundary fired and produced a tornado in southern Kansas — we were in NW OK covering weather for TV. This was an unfortunate scenario because it meant we missed the first real tornado event…

May 13, 2018 Storm Chase | Beautiful flying saucer near Childress, Texas

This was a solid day that required some thought in getting to the right location for a photogenic cell. While it seemed the best tornado risk of the day was pointed further north per morning models, obs and experience said be a bit further south for more isolated storm modes and perhaps a chance at…

May 1, 2018 Storm Chase | LP cells along the Kansas-Oklahoma border

This was a more classic looking day as opposed to the day before, as moisture was somewhat higher and the shear was better overall. However, the problem we were dealing with on this day was the fact the cap was quite strong, especially as you got towards the KS/OK border. With Sanner’s chase range limited…

April 30, 2018 Storm Chase | LPs in the Texas Panhandle

It seemed that, finally there was a glimmer of hope when it came to chasing. A dryline was to set up in the Texas panhandle with the odds of getting storms not being anywhere near zero — so we decided to give it a shot despite the lower end of the scale the risk resided…

April 17, 2019 Storm Chase | The Rhea Wildfire Burns Intensely on Day Six

The sixth day of the Rhea wildfire featured a fire setup that was described as ‘extremely critical.’ Very strong winds, hot temperatures and dewpoints cratering meant that wildfire spread conditions were on the extreme side. This was a day that would feature a when, not if, of a major breakout of the Rhea wildfire.

April 12, 2018 Storm Chase | Massive Wildfire in Dewey County, OK

This was the day we saw 100,000 acres burn in a single day in NW Oklahoma. This remains one of the most intense extreme weather experiences we’ve ever had. With firenadoes and incredible wildfire behavior observed, we certainly were overhwelmed with this day in retrospect.

March 26, 2018 Storm Chase | “Super”cell on the Red River

This was a day where we had some higher hopes given the successful chase that had just occurred the day before down in Texas along the Red River. Unfortunately, our forecast wasn’t the best on this day and storms pretty much instantly lined out. The highlight of this day was the brief spurt of electricity…

March 17, 2018 Storm Chase | Central Texas Supercell Chase

This storm chase day in Central Texas was one where we kinda took a long shot chance at getting a good start on the season. This storm ended up looking pretty good for a brief time with some pretty hot lightning. It was a solid start to the 2018 storm chasing festivities for sure!

April 6, 2018 Storm Chase | Severe Storm along the Red River

This was another very marginal day in the early part of the storm season. In reality this was the dreaded ‘equipment test’ day. In lieu of having anything to actually shoot, I headed out to SC OK to shoot storms that were forming along the red river. We actually got to film some severe storms…