Weather, Storms & Hurricane Blog

Kansas was the main show for Tornadic Supercells yesterday, with 8 tornado reports as of this morning. The heart of the spring Plains storm chasing season is in full swing and today looks to be another active day. The Storm Prediction Center has a moderate risk outlined for today for the central Plains, and more […]

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Not a big tornado day yesterday in the Plains like you would normally find this time of year, but one tornado was captured on video in North Dakota that I know of. This nice Tornadic Supercell, developed about 25-30 miles west of Bismarck, North Dakota on May 21, 2007. This cell looked to be the […]

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Plains storm season returns this afternoon and evening after a break from the severe weather. Yesterday, large hail storms developed over the northern High Plains in South Dakota. Hail and damaging winds were the main outcome of the storms. Here is a radar picture of one of the severe hail storms east of Rapid City, […]

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Good Sunday morning. It’s a slow weather day pretty much over much of the nation on this mid to late May weekend. Only good severe storm action that is possible is over the far northern Plains. This looks to be the only chaseable weather this weekend, and if your on the Plains right now for […]

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First off, let me start be saying it’s great that were receiving rains like we have had over the last week. Picked up another 1.46 inches during last nights severe storm that moved through the area. I was just getting back into town when I saw the hard rock convection blasting upwards northwest of Okeechobee, […]

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A little update on the Florida Bugaboo wildfire in Baker / Columbia counties. The Florida Department of Forestry, say that the fire is about 65% contained as of this morning, but more problems could be in the near future as a cold front will be moving through the area today. This cold front is expected […]

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Normally I would be out in Tornado Alley about this time, as much of the month of May would be my annual chase season expedition. The last two years, I have opted not to take these long three week dedicated trips, as in 2006 much of May was ridged with no decent weather patterns for […]

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