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Graphics Designer / Video Editor / CoCoRaHS and SkyWarn spotter / Weather Analysis / Aurora Lover / Weather Nerd / Storm Chaser

Nashville TN
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VIOLENT TORNADO JUST CROSSED A HIGHWAY IN NEVADA IOWA. GET UNDERGROUND.
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5 months
Uhhhhhh… Clarksville TN
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26 days
More footage coming in from the Lincoln, NE tornado earlier today sent to me by Coby Griffith.
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26 days
GET UNDERGROUND MASSIVE TORNADO
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9 months
Ummmm... what? #wxx #wxtwitter
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3 months
Why in the world is there a giant 76 in the Pacific rn
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13 days
Oh sheesh It’s aurora time in Tennessee
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14 days
Man this is a major tornado in Huntsville…
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3 months
Cam Hayward saying “Oh my gosh, that’s Prince Harry” will be remembered for a long time. That was amazing 😂
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4 months
The snow from above in Nashville. @TeamBoltWX @NashSevereWx
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James Pettus
3 months
Look at the cold front hit the wildfires in TX.
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James Pettus
9 months
I had too...
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James Pettus
11 days
It's May 10th, 2024 all over again.
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James Pettus
12 days
It’s October 31st, 2003 all over again.
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James Pettus
19 days
Buckle up and lock in. We are in for a wild week next week.
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James Pettus
12 days
It’s October 31st, 2003 all over again.
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James Pettus
1 year
WATCH: WTVA meteorologist shows great concern for the city of Amory live on air. Unreal. #wxtwitter #mswx
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James Pettus
21 days
This tornado has been rated an EF1 by NWS Norman. Likely the strongest EF1’s of all time.
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Brian 🌪
22 days
Whatttttt. Excuse me?
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James Pettus
3 months
The man himself. @spann
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2 months
April 8th 2024 (trust)
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James Pettus
16 days
This is the tornado as it exited Barnsdall. It was massive.
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James Pettus
16 days
43 STP
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James Pettus
26 days
Here is a better quality version for those of you wanting it.
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James Pettus
18 days
Analogs have significantly up trended last night. We are looking at a multi day severe weather outbreak next week. This is May y’all, you NEED to be extremely weather aware ESPECIALLY this coming week.
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James Pettus
16 days
HOMES COMPLETELY GONE in Barnsdall per storm chasers and emergency management. This is a very serious situation.
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James Pettus
1 year
You may have but I’ve never seen anything like this… #wxtwitter
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James Pettus
1 month
2024 PLAYOFF HYPE VIDEO. @HousecatsNSH @501Broadway @PredsNHL 🎵 - Run This Town by Jay-Z and Rihana
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1 year
Someone tell @ryanhallyall to get out of the weather house and on the baseball Dimond. #wxtwitter
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6 months
The 2023 Nashville “fireball” tornado.
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2 months
It was nice knowing you @OHWXisweird
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4 months
We hit 7 inches in Bellevue! (SW Nashville)
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James Pettus
14 days
WEDGE TORNADO caught live on stream as it hit Columbia, TN. This is the storm that is moving towards Williamson, Co. @NWSNashville @NashSevereWx #tspotter
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James Pettus
1 year
The red arrow is pointing to a possible car with its headlights on in the Rolling Forks tornado. Stormchaser Olson took this photo. #wxtwitter
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James Pettus
1 month
The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse from Cairo, IL. Shot of a lifetime.
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James Pettus
1 year
Right now 12 years ago, the WORST tornado outbreak in ALL OF HISTORY was taking place. Over 240 people died this day. There were a total of 62 longed track tornadoes in Alabama alone, 4 EF5 and 15 EF4. Never forget. #wxtwitter
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2 months
Confidence map for tomorrow. I am very concerned about the threat of significant tornadoes in TN, KY, OH, and IN. The SPC will likely expand the MDT to include KY and IN and maybe TN. The white circled region is where I think a few sig tornadoes could occur.
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James Pettus
3 months
wow
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6 months
I asked AI to generate a picture of a tornado in Nashville and it is scarily accurate 💀
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James Pettus
20 days
Shame on EVERYONE who is posting the clip of the family injured on this app. It is DISTURBING AND DISRESPECTFUL to the family impacted. You should be ashamed of yourself and a HIGHLY recommended you delete it.
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James Pettus
17 days
CSU analogs dropped and chose violence for Wednesday. We are likely going to see another tornado outbreak.
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James Pettus
11 months
Ummm… guys. #wxtwitter 🎥 - @valcastor
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James Pettus
9 months
Never forget.
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NWS Storm Prediction Center
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11:32am CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook High Risk: for far southeast Iowa, west-central Illinois, far northeast Missouri and in parts of eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi, and southwestern Tennessee
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3 months
Alright so the person who won the weather radio declined. So if one of my followers would like a weather radio that doesn’t have one already, comment below and I’ll choose someone in the morning. RT to spread the word and you must be following. 
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James Pettus
3 months
Wise words from @spann . More clips coming soon.
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James Pettus
11 months
OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING OMGGGGGGGGGGGG #wxtwitter
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James Pettus
12 days
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
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James Pettus
5 months
Nashville 2020 tornado: Slight Risk with a 5% chance of tornadoes Nashville 2023 tornado: Slight Risk with a 5% chance of tornadoes (originally) This is a good reminder that the risk really does not matter and that you should be equally as prepared for every risk.
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4 months
I know some of yall dont like @ryanhallyall . But the fact that he was able to stay up most of the night and provide coverage to millions of people all day today with 2 little kids at home is beyond impressive.
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James Pettus
11 months
Nadocast is on something confirmed. #wxtwitter
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12Z Day 2 Tornado Forecast for 2023-6-14 (New New 2022 Models)
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James Pettus
14 days
WEDGE TORNADO IN COLUMBIA TN #TSPOTTER
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24 days
WHAT?!
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Massive wedge south of Madisonville, TX #txwx
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14 days
Tornado pic from Columbia from Adam Lentz
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14 days
Another view of the Columbia wedge tornado from @daveradar_wx
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2 months
Today is the 1st anniversary of the Rolling Fork, MS tornado, I’d thought I would share probably one of the things that hit me after the tornado struck RF. As @ChrisHallWx realized how bad the tornado actually was, he immediately took to @ryanhallyall ’s stream to call for help.
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James Pettus
3 months
The Nashville skyline. 2015 vs Now Crazy.
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James Pettus
26 days
@HeitmanJake has a VIOLENT WEDGE tornado in Elba, NE. @NWSHastings (The location on the stream is wrong) STREAM:
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James Pettus
15 days
I’m not chasing today. This is way too high end of an event. Going to stay home and ride this one out.
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James Pettus
7 months
sorry i had to
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GAB ★
7 months
Billie Eilish via Instagram stories 💚❤💛
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3 months
We are looking at a possible severe weather event on Tuesday. While we are far out, the signal is there. The map on the left is where I think the greatest confidence is for a severe weather event. The CSU analogs agree with the signal as well. Keeping a close 👀 on it.
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11 months
Just an FYI, the MDT risk area today was under a General T-Storm risk yesterday. I 100% have never seen that before. Wild. #wxtwitter
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James Pettus
3 months
The 2024 Team Dominator commercial is almost completed! 👀
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5 months
This did not age...
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James Pettus
6 months
I asked AI to generate a picture of a tornado in Nashville and it is scarily accurate 💀
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James Pettus
20 days
@FreddyMcKinneyR A man sent straight from heaven Your a hero
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6 months
Last December was such a time to be alive.
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3 months
I woke up, I checked Twitter, and my whole feed be like:
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James Pettus
6 months
Please pray. Please.
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James Pettus
15 days
This is one of the most wild HRRR runs I’ve ever seen for middle Tennessee. PLEASE stay weather aware through tomorrow night. Things are not looking good.
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James Pettus
25 days
Just because the SPC did not pull the trigger on a High Risk DOES NOT mean you should let your guard down. Today has potential to be a really bad day.
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James Pettus
3 months
Based on the latest SPC outlook, I am putting out an area of very high confidence for severe weather. I will be live tonight starting at 6 or 7 with severe weather coverage. Please prepare now if you are in these areas.
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James Pettus
2 months
IF YOU ARE A STORM CHASER OR RESIDENT AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN S&R IN INDIAN LAKE STATE PARK OHIO, GO NOW.
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James Pettus
5 months
Ok who is issuing warnings in Australia 💀
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James Pettus
21 days
In case you were wandering what 5,000 j/kg of CAPE does, here you go.
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James Pettus
2 months
Verified imo
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3 months
The first half of March is looking active 👀
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James Pettus
21 days
Alaska moment
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Sulphur, OK tornado damage from @koconews
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James Pettus
5 months
God bro I didn't think this guy could get any stupider... I was wrong.
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James Pettus
25 days
Every HRRR run is more and more concerning.
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4 months
This shear is crazy. Glad we don’t have any instability here in Nashville. @ReedTimmerAccu @NashSevereWx
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11 days
A night to remember...
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James Pettus
1 year
Mayfield vs Amory Very similar. @ryanhallyall #wxtwitter
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James Pettus
25 days
Nadocast Sig Tor probs are the highest I have seen in quite sometime.
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14 days
@nadocast BRUH WHAT DID I DO TO YOU
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I JUST SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING
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14 days
I’m taking a little nap before the main event tonight. I’ll be back at around 11 to do more coverage. It feels very weird going to bed in a Moderate risk lol
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James Pettus
2 months
18z sounding by NWS Nashville reveals a tornado primed environment once the rapid destabilization begins. In other words, this is NOT good. Prepare to take shelter today in the mid state.
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5 months
For everyone wandering if I am ok, I am ok
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James Pettus
2 months
Yikes
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James Pettus
1 year
Here is my forecast off of the 20z HRRR #wxtwitter
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James Pettus
25 days
Guys, buckle up. It’s going to be a day.
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James Pettus
17 days
@nadocast Que the james spann super mega storm of the century meme
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James Pettus
11 days
It’s happening
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James Pettus
26 days
Here are all of the damage reports per scanner that I have so far. - Debarked and snapped trees - Big medal power polls snapped in half - Leveled houses - Multiple injuries
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James Pettus
15 days
Forecast for tomorrow *Middle TN Only* Let me just start by saying we are going to see a severe weather outbreak tomorrow. Any of these storms will be capable of producing very strong wind, large hail, and tornadoes (a few strong). So lets get into the forecast thread. (Do not
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James Pettus
2 months
KHDC while there is an EF3 on the ground today
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James Pettus
17 days
Just a reminder that Mondays in Oklahoma are known for producing the most notable outbreaks in Oklahoma history
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James Pettus
5 months
I'm going to be doing some tornado path edits for the Dec. 9th tornadoes. I made a "prototype" using the Smithville EF5 path. Let me know your thoughts below.
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James Pettus
16 days
I’m going to be here for however long I need too to keep you safe. Please consider dropping a follow. All in weather mode starts now.
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