Chris Collura Captures Wedge Tornado Near Bowdle, SD

May 22, 2010 – Once again Storm Chaser Chris Collura captures a stunning large tornado. This wedge tornado was near Bowdle, SD. I got a call yesterday evening from Chris as he was chasing this violent tornadic Supercell in South Dakota. He described the tornado as a monster, and when I received the email with the above picture, he wasn’t kidding. A impressive close up picture of this very dangerous tornado as he and several other chasers that made the call to head way north to chase. You can read Chris’s full chase season reports on his site: Sky-Chaser.com

Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak Pictures Wakita – Rentrow

May 11, 2010 – Fellow Storm Chaser and good friend Chris Collura captured these images of several tornadoes in extreme north-central Oklahoma during the May 10, 2010 outbreak. The large developing wedge tornado in the first two pictures is the storm that first produced tornadoes southwest of Wakita, OK. Then, Chris captured these wedge images of the tornado as it was just southwest of Rentrow, OK. The smaller “whilte cone” tornado picture was later and further east Ponca City, OK. You can read the rest of his chase reports for 2010 on his website: Sky-Chaser.com | Chase 2010 - Thanks to Chris for sharing these images.

More tornadic Supercells went on further south into central Oklahoma, where significant tornado damage took place in the eastern greater Oklahoma City region.

Texas Panhandle Supercell Video – Vortex2 Scans Storm

June 13, 2009 – One of my favorite places to chase Supercell thunderstorms is West Texas and the Panhandle region. Jim Edds on Saturday was chasing a lovely Supercell in the Texas Panhandle. The video sent in overnight to me was his latest HD video of severe storm captures of the day southwest of Pampa, TX. Jim is currently on his several weeks expedition in Tornado Alley. This Supercell showed strong signs of ration at many stages during it’s life span. Vortex2 2009 was also sampling this storm as seen in the above video, with their DOW radar scans and wind probes surrounding the storm. The cell never produced a tornado, but was pure eyecandy to all the Storm Chasers playing around in the notch of the storm.

Massive Supercell Thunderstorm East Of Pueblo Colorado

June 11, 2009 – Massive eastern Colorado Supercell thunderstorm over the High Plains east of Pueblo, CO. Once again, Storm Chaser Jim Edds FTP uploaded HD video to Weatherzine servers of the latest severe storms captured during his Tornado Alley 2009 expedition. This was a impressive Supercell, with rotating wall clouds, microburst structure, vivid lightning and very large hail from Thursday June 11, 2009. This severe storm not only was impressive in the field, it was a scary looking cell on Nexrad radar scans for several hours.

Storm Chaser DashCam Video Of Wyoming Tornado

June 5, 2009 – Here is another vantage point from my fellow Storm Chase partner Jim Edds, as he closes in on the June 5, 2009 Wyoming tornado. This is a view from Jim’s dash-cam as he and other Storm Chasers intercept the tornado. Listen as fellow chasers discuss over 2- meter Ham Radio as the close in on the impressive mature Wyoming tornado. Large hail was also encountered on this chase day.

Related Tornado Video From 6/5/09:- Storm Chaser Jim Edds Captures Wyoming Tornado Video

Related Severe Weather Video 6/3/09: - Southwest Kansas Severe Storms – Storm Chaser Jim Edds

Storm Chaser Jim Edds Captures Wyoming Tornado Video

June 5, 2009 – Friday a Tornadic Supercell developed northeast of Cheyenne, WY, producing a vivid tornado. Fellow chase partner and friend, Storm Chaser Jim Edds filmed a few miles away during the second half of the tornado’s life. Outstanding video of it beginning to rope out with a dancing funnel backlit over the open High Plains. Jim fed this HD video in from the side of the highway over the 3G network. Great work Jim!

Related Tormado Video From 6/5/09:- Storm Chaser DashCam Video of Wyoming Tornado

Related Severe Storm Video 6/3/09:- Southwest Kansas Severe Storms – Storm Chaser Jim Edds

Southwest Kansas Severe Storms – Storm Chaser Jim Edds

June 2, 2009 – Fellow Storm Chaser and Hurricane Chase partner, Jim Edds, spent the last two days chasing severe storms in central and southwestern Kansas. Jim mostly has come across hail storms with 50-60mph winds and some impressive storm structure. He fed me in some video tonight of some of the scenes in video and some pictures. Better tornado chances possibly by late week and Jim plans to remain out on the Plains a few more days. Visit ExtremeStorms.com

Tornadoes Reported In Illinois, While Storms Continue

Tornadic Storms Moving Through Midwest -

Currently monitoring severe weather moving through Southeastern Missouri, and southern Illinois. There are several active Tornado Warnings in southern Illinois in Washington and Mount Vernon counties at this hour. There has been already two confirmed tornadoes on he ground that have produced damage in Jersey and Sangamon counties in Illinois. Tornado Watch #49 issued by the Storm Prediction Center, is active until 4:00PM Central Time for the region.

In Missouri there is a active Tornado Warning for Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties, and there have been numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds across the state so far today. The entire region is out looked in a moderate risk of severe storms, with a few strong tornadoes possible.

Edmond Oklahoma Tornadic Supercell, Storms Continue

Tornadoes In Oklahoma -

Early February tornado event underway now in Central Oklahoma, with several confirmed tornadoes now on the ground and that have produced damage. A tornado near Edmond, Oklahoma not only was seen and filmed by Storm Chasers on the ground, but also broadcast live on TV from local Oklahoma City TV news helicopters. Confirmed damage with this cell in coming in from local news and Chasers in the area. Another active tornadic Supercell is just southwest of Yukon, OK with a confirmed tornado on the ground by storm spotters. This very dangerous storm is racing northeastward near 45mph. This storm recent just crossed interstate I-40. This broken line of rotating storms continues to intensify and more tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds are possible well into the evening hours.

Texas Storms Up Next? -

I’m continuing to monitor radar, and incoming reports from the field and online. A new Tornado Watch #10 was recently issued for Northern Texas, including all of the greater Dallas metro region. Possibly even more violent storms could be developing in this region in the coming hours. Stay tuned to this post for updates on both Oklahoma and Texas severe weather.

 Update – 5:45pm ET -

Update 9:00pm ET -

Storms now evolving into a broken squall line in Central Oklahoma and extending south-southwestward into north and central Texas. Right now some of the strongest cells are moving into the greater Dallas Ft Worth region, extending from the Red River I-35 corridor southward through DFW to Waco. The severe weather with embedded Supercells and isolated tornadoes will continue well into the overnight hours.

Some very impressive helicopter tornado footage from the tornado near Edmond, OK earlier today. These HeliChasers are becoming better and better every season, getting really close to these tornadoes. In this video you have a great view of the tornado debris field at ground level. All while other helicopters are flying around in the background of the shot shooting their angle of the tornado. Pretty wild stuff. Watch the Edmond Tornado Video Here.

Monitoring First Storm Outbreak Of 2009 Texas Oklahoma

Severe Storms Looking Likely -

The atmosphere over Northern Texas and Southeastern Oklahoma is becoming more unstable as we move into the early afternoon hours. Everything is coming together to produce the first severe weather outbreak of 2009. February normally hosts severe storm and tornado outbreaks further east and south, and this is more like a late March early April setup for the Southern Plains and Arklatex region. Higher dew points in the lower to middle 60’s are now beginning to filter into the North Texas region under cloudy skies. Latest visible satellite trends over the area show the higher upper-level clouds inhibiting any good heating right now, and should be moving off to the east in the next few hours. The warm sector is extending slowly further north into Southern Oklahoma as seen on surface observations and satellite imagery. It’s going to be a interesting afternoon and evening for some in the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley later today.

…A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK — INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WITH STRONG TORNADOES — IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR ERN OK/NE TX…INTO WRN/CENTRAL AR AND NW LA…

Arm-Chasing From Florida, But Wish I Was There -

I’m here in South Florida early this afternoon monitoring from home using WeatherTap‘s RadarLab HD. I’ll be arm-chasing this event, but I’m monitoring several Storm Chasers that plan on chasing today’s possible tornadoes. It’s going to be tough for those chasing, as these Supercells will be racing 40-60mph. I will post a new Nowcast post once things get going later this afternoon, and update it throughout the remainder of the day.

For those of you living in the outlined area’s for today’s severe weather, be sure to keep up with the latest watches and warnings and have that NOAA Weather Radio activated. It could get pretty rough after dark in the Arklatex region. More to come….

 

New tornado watch issued for Northwest Texas and Central / Southwest Oklahoma. Isolated severe storms about to develop. Discussion from the Storm Prediction Center.

DISCUSSION…CU FIELD CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER NORTHWEST TX AND SOUTHWEST OK…IN REGION OF RELATIVELY STRONG HEATING AND INCREASING MOISTURE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THIS REGION IS NEAR CONVECTIVE INITIATION. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SUPERCELLULAR WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THREAT FOR STRONG TORNADOES WILL INCREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS LOW LEVEL VERTICAL WIND PROFILES STRENGTHEN.

Update – 4:14pm ET -

First possible tornado observed outside of Edmond, Oklahoma within the last half hour. Severe storms continue to organized in Central and Southwest Oklahoma, and extend into Northwest Texas southwest of Wichita Falls. Back in Oklahoma, there is a active tornado warning in Canadian and Oklahoma Counties. And now a newly issued one for Logan and Payne Counties in central OK. This is the same possible tornadic cell near Edmond earlier now just south of Guthrie.

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