Eugene Thieszen and myself sat north of Flagstaff for over two hours, waiting patiently for developing storms to finally unleash tons of lightning. I was about to give up hope until, near sunset, the final storms of the day finally showed their fury. The bolts varied from massive branched bolts to quick single strokes. It…

I absolutely love chasing the high desert of Northern Arizona during monsoon season. The landscapes are absolutely breathtaking, but in a different sort of way. The area around/near Flagstaff is one of my favorite places in the whole country, and seeing storms over this area is almost a yearly tradition. In this video, myself and…

Haboobs (another name for dust storms) are usually outflow-driven events with collapsing thunderstorms throwing out strong wind gusts, which pick up ample dust at the surface. As this mini cold front surges outwards and away from the collapsing storms, a wall of blinding dust accompanies it. On this day, Raychel and Eugene finally achieved their…

A cluster of storm cells pushed out a lot of outflow south and west of Casa Grande, Arizona. This set the stage for a classic southwest monsoon event: A dust storm. We positioned ourselves west of Casa Grande, AZ as we saw dust emerge in the distance. It was clear that we were about to…

As the week moved on during our monsoon chase trip, it was becoming obvious our hunt for the elusive haboob was going to have its best shot at success on July 24, 2022. On this day, we knew a cluster of storms would form south of Tucson and likely race north. The outflow from this…

Join storm chasers Raychel Sanner and Eugene Thieszen as they track down a stunning monsoon storm near Tucson, Arizona. This video shows their thrilling journey as they capture striking lightning bolts during sunset. Experience the raw power of nature as they navigate challenging terrain to document this mesmerizing storm. This is a dream come true…

Some moments in storm chasing are just indescribable. But I’m going to try anyways. As myself and Eugene watched a dream storm on the west side of Tucson, I knew a massive bolt from the storm branching out and away from the storm could happen. This would give me an absolute dreamy shot of a…

This monsoon chase day started off VERY slow. As you can see in the video, I was beginning to blame Eugene for all of our failings on what seemed like a hopeless day (hint: I was joking because I was actually at fault). We even had gotten to the point we gave up on the…

Join Raychel and Eugene on a thrilling monsoon storm chasing adventure in southwest New Mexico! We were lucky to watch in awe as the sky transformed into a canvas of dark clouds and vivid lightning bolts during our first storm chase of the week. With towering cloud to ground lightning strikes, this storm was a…

Embark on a journey of excitement and adventure with this storm chasing video in Eastern New Mexico. On June 7, 2022, I followed the path of a powerful mothership supercell, forming off of the Sangre De Cristo mountains and ending past Tucumcari. Initially I intercepted a storm that formed west of Springer, NM. It had…

By June, it was becoming painfully apparent that the season in the Central and Southern Plains was not long for this world. Weather models held little promise of any major severe weather setups, with only meager flow forecast beyond the first week of June. It was the worst case scenario for the season, which had…

I left my home with VERY low thoughts on May 31, but with big hopes. There was just enough turning of the winds, lots of instability, maybe…just maybe May could do May things and I could see something interesting?! I started the day near Memphis, Texas (this was the town of 2022 I think for…

I had such big plans to chase the last 1/2 of May but the atmosphere, had less ambitious plans. Still, a localized event with marginal moisture but plenty of shear presented itself in east-central New Mexico — with supercells possible. I gave it a go and ended up seeing a couple of interesting storms as…

This tornado formed from a supercell which exploded off of the dryline south of an advancing line of storms. The environment on this day (May 2, 2022) was high end and I managed to intercept this cell near Loyal, OK as it dropped a twister. There is one VERY painful moment in this video which…

The first ‘big’ risk of the day I was able to chase was the May 2, 2022 event in Northern Oklahoma. All signs pointed to an atmosphere ripe for tornadoes if you could keep storms isolated. That was going to be an issue to be sure, but it wasn’t going to stop us from giving…

You never know how a storm season is going to go, and I thought a string of setups in early May looked like the first truly great multi-day chase experience (it was the only truly great multi-day chase experience for me it turns out haha!). I started this trip with a bit of a long-shot…

My 2022 storm chase season began in the Texas Panhandle on April 22. A trough with strong winds aloft was passing overhead, but that also created strong southerly winds at the surface. With strong drought conditions present, that created a dusty mess of a day which made chasing storms…difficult. Still, despite what I thought were…

Tornado Titan Jason Caster is in the southwest documenting the 2022 monsoon season across southern Nevada! Flash flooding during the Southwestern Monsoon is a real danger, especially in urban areas like Las Vegas, NV. Here, a heavy thunderstorm core can create a raging river down city streets incredibly fast. This is exactly what happened on…

A tornado touched down mainly in rural areas surrounding the town of Loyal, OK. While the rotation was impressive, the tornado only touched down a few times and never got very strong. Also included in this footage is video from a roof mounted GoPro and a roof mounted 360 GoPro.