A massive stove pipe tornado churns near Waterbury Nebraska as the setting sun leaves an ominous hue. I captured this during a localized tornado outbreak in NE Nebraska and SW Iowa on October 4th 2013. This was the third tornado I witnessed.
Tag Archives: storm chasers
Tornadoes rake the Upper Mid West
Tornadic storms are marching across portions of the Ohio Valley as I type this. Over 55 (some likely duplicate reports) tornadoes have been reported with more likely this evening. In all over 200 severe reports have been tabulated for this November outbreak. Early this morning the National Weather service issued a rare High Risk outlook …
Zach’s Corner: Historic Tornado Series-The Greensburg Kansas Tornado of May 4th 2007
The term “worst case scenario” can mean a number of things in the severe weather world. Some scenarios that come to mind are extremely violent tornadoes, tornadoes at night, a tornado that directly hits a town. The Greensburg tornado was all three. May 4th began in much the same way many other spring days do …
Andrea’s Corner: Remain Strong-The Moore Oklahoma Tornado
It is said by people who tally such things that there are around 1000 tornadoes annually in the continental U.S., and that the recent EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma was only the 59th such tornado since 1950. That’s an average of less than one per year, meaning that this unimaginably powerful type of tornado is very, …
Zach’s Corner: Chase Log: Saved by Great Bend 4/7-4/9/13 1680 Miles
Hopes were high for what looked like a potential significant severe weather event sometime around the 10th of April. Not only did the storm system look significant, I had yet to kick off my chase season and I was chopping at the bit. Models were showing a strong trough moving in off the coast of …
Zach’s Corner: Storm Chasing-Find Another Passion
Since making a beneficial career move recently I have had several people ask me why don’t I chase storms full time. I have also received this same question many times in the past. I felt this topic was worthy of a blog. I have my own opinion on this and this does not represent the …
Zach’s Corner: What is Storm Chasing?
When some people think of storm chasers, they may think of the movie “Twister.” While this movie did show what it is like to chase storms and try to figure out what causes tornadoes, like all Hollywood movies, it doesn’t necessarily show you exactly what happens. In real life, those who chase storms usually do so …
