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Professional storm chaser, Guinness World Record holder for most tornadoes documented, tour operator, photographer, author, slot canyon fanatic, bowler.

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2 years
An amazing display of structure yesterday. This shot (taken while driving unfortunately!) of the INCREDIBLE updraft of the Dover, OK tornadic supercell! The structure was far better than the tornado!
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Telluride, CO now. Storm clouds parted and left this AMAZING scene!!! Colors are perfect now!
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1 year
Beauty near Plevna, MT! (iPhone pic)
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1 year
WOW. What can you say. Last night's Sweetwater supercell was a jaw dropper!!!!
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2 years
An amazing sight at the Grand Canyon last night!!!!!
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The Castles at Crested Butte, CO. What a scene on Tuesday!
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #36 . THE BEAST. June 28, 2018, Capitol, MT beauty. A half mile wide EF3 that in my opinion was probably stronger. One of 8 tornadoes from this amazing supercell. Can we have another in 2022 please???????
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #3 ! May 16, 2013 Broken Bow, NE beauty! Amazingly electrified LP supercell!
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1 year
Massive wedge near Ollie, IA!
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7 months
Montana at it's finest! This tornadic supercell occurred near Capitol, MT 6/28/2018 and produced 8 tornadoes. In my 38 years of chasing, this one ranked in the Top 10!
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6 months
Lightning striking the top of Devil's Tower, Wyoming on July 19, 2020 from a developing supercell. One of those bucket list shots!
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1 year
Can't wait for spring! (June 28, 2018 EF3 near Capitol, MT)
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. The Spaceship is Landing!!!!!! April 22, 2013 near Weatherford, OK, as a night supercell bears down on the town with tennisball hail. Great day earlier near Leedey and it kept on spinning in the dark!
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Mt Wilson, CO in its fall glory as storm clouds broke last week.
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8 months
Top 40, #2 ! Although never tornadic, this southeast Montana supercell on June 19th was a beauty!!! Throw in the gorgeous countryside, and it's one of my top scenes for 2023!
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Kansas at its finest! One of the prettiest supercells I've seen there in over 35 years of chasing! Douglass, KS 6/26/2018.
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1 year
Coolest November nighttime tornado event in the Texas panhandle! 11/16/2015 near Groom, Texas.
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1 year
Another shot of the 4/25 Sweetwater, TX beauty!!
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #5 . June 5, 2012, near Judith Basin, MT. Stunning stack of plates hp supercell loaded with baseball sized hail and also produced 2 tornadoes. An amazing sight to sit and watch!
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7 months
Spectacular HP supercell near Judith Basin, MT, complete with tornado on June 5, 2012. One of those great Montana set ups!
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8 months
Mt Beckwith and Kebler Pass are stunning in the fall. The largest single grove of aspen trees in Colorado is located there. It is also considered the largest living organism in the world!
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1 year
Oh to have had a tripod and digital camera on this shot from May 29, 2001 near Turkey, TX. One of the prettiest HP supercells I've ever seen! The late Tim Samaras was a tour guide for us and standing next to me whooping and hollering! (Nikon F5 film camera)
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #7 . June 10, 2010 near Last Chance, CO after this supercell dropped two elephant trunk tornadoes. Insane structure at sunset!
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28 days
One of my fav pics from today's Hawley, Texas strong tornado. #txwx
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5 months
Broken Bow, Nebraska 5/26/2013. That barber pole was such a beauty! You can see the laminar appearance down low due to limited 100MB CAPE, and clearly see the LFC in the mid levels of the updraft. An electrified machine!
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1 year
The rope out of the June 18, 2014 Alpena, SD EF4 tornado was just amazing!
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1 year
Behold the structure!!!! June 26, 2018 near Douglass, KS! BEAST!
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7 months
One more fall colors pic! Taken by Crested Butte, this old log cabin is really photogenic with the colors behind it and departing storm.
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5 months
Nebraska's finest! To this date, my all-time favorite HP supercell near Valentine on 7/13/2009. Structure was a 10 PLUS! Low level winds were weak, thus only briefly tornadic, but man that structure was a sight to behold. Storm formed near Sturgis, SD at noon, and at 11pm was
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6 months
Perfection! The rope out of the Alpena, South Dakota EF4 on 6/18/2014 was just incredible! A couple more South Dakota pics, then on to Nebraska!
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11 months
Bizarre lightning north of Kermit, TX today.
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1 year
Gorgeous mammatus on a tornadic supercell near Pleasantville, IA 4/4/23.
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6 months
Wedgefest, Kiester, Minnesota 6/17/2010. This 1.2 mile wide EF4 tornado was on the ground for over half an hour!
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7 months
One more Montana beauty! This HP supercell near Ft Benton, MT on June 4, 2012 was tornado warned and produced baseball sized hail. Sure was a pretty one!
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7 months
Continuing with Montana, this AMAZING supercell occurred the day after the Pilger, NE twin EF4s. When you get 75 dews in SE MT, a boundary and strong shear, this can happen! This mile wide EF3 was the strongest tornado to ever hit the state. North of Capitol, MT 6/17/2014.
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2 years
May 24, 2016 was a CRAZY day! We watched over a dozen tornadoes from the Dodge City supercell. This video is a long one, but man, there's some sweet shots here! Enjoy!
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2 years
A little nostalgia. May 29, 2001 near Turkey, TX. OLD film camera, but man was the structure of this HP insane!
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #2 . May 21, 2020 near Satanta, Kansas. Beautiful supercell that was electrified as can be! It tried hard to produce but could never get a funnel to the ground.
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1 year
Since I've been on the subject with LP supercells, here's another beauty! Northfield, TX May 23, 2016. Jaw dropper right before sunset, then turned into a tornado machine.
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Dodge City, Kansas May 24, 2016, was an incredible day with over a dozen tornadoes, with multiples occurring as well! Incredible event! Here's a link to my Youtube video from that day as well:
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Spectacular mothership coming over Weatherford, OK 4/22/2013 at night! What a sight! #okwx
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Pilger, Nebraska June 16, 2014. An absolutely amazing event with twin EF4 tornadoes (and 2 other EF4 tornadoes we witnessed). You always hate to see destruction and loss of life. A very tough day for the small town.
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #52 . Rope out of a cone tornado in the dark lit by a close CG. June 28, 2018 was one of the most amazing days in my 37 years of storm chasing! Slow moving, photogenic tornadoes and a supercell from outer space! Incredible day!
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1 year
Another pretty LP supercell at sunset. It was in its weakening stage here, after it dropped 5 tornadoes on June 21, 2015 in central South Dakota. Sure was an awesome supercell!
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1 year
WOW, words cannot express. East of Roswell, NM May 31st. @NWSLubbock
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16 years ago yesterday, one of the best March events I've ever seen occurred in the Texas panhandle. Numerous tornadoes, some strong, raked the region. This F3 beauty was in Hall county and was on the ground for many miles! Love the sun lit tornado and red dirt cloud!
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The great state of Texas! Here's a cool shot of a strong tornado in Hall county on March 28, 2007. What a day. Love the lighting on this beast! #txwx
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An old, degraded, slightly out of focus transparency from 5/29/2001 near Turkey, Texas. Incredible supercell!!! #txwx
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A late summer supercell near Burlington, CO 8/14/2019. As the sun was setting and the cgs continued it was an awesome sight!
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2 years
Capitol, MT, June 28, 2018. The roar of the beast was amazing!
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Incredible stack of plates!! WOW!!! Judith Basin, MT June 5, 2012. Insane supercell structure and a CG to boot!
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2007 was an incredible tornado year. It certainly started off right with this beautiful F3 tornado on March 28th in Hall county, Texas. Just a jaw dropper!!!
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10 months
Extremely close double strike near Kitt Peak, AZ during our monsoon trip a couple years ago. Can't wait to get back there later this week!
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4 months
Two more Colorado images, then off to Kansas! Here's another shot of the Burlington, CO 8/14/2019 supercell. What a beauty!
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4 months
August 14, 2019 stunning supercell near Burlington, CO. What a spectacular and colorful storm!
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7 months
What a jaw dropper! One of the prettiest HP supercells I've ever witnessed. This 22 year old transparency film image from 5/29/2001 near Turkey, Texas. Very memorable day. Structure was nuts!!
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15 days
Very nice supercell north of Ponca City, Oklahoma right now with softball size hail. #okwx
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6 months
North Dakota BEAST!! On July 11, 2017 this tornadic supercell developed near Hatton, ND. It produced a knarly EF2 multivortex tornado that tracked for 21 miles towards Hillsboro, ND.
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Fun shot from a severe thunderstorm north of Medicine Lodge, KS April 14.
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1 year
Wide shot of an approaching monster supercell over Judith Basin, MT 6/5/2012. A sight to behold!
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Another awesome tornado from Capitol, MT June 28, 2018 (photo from my wife Caryn Hill)!!!!!
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1 year
Wedge tornado west of Ollie, Iowa! What a day!
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor #57 . May 22, 2010, Bowdle, SD. Violent F4 wedge. You can see a farmstead on the right side. The owner and his family raced away at the last minute in his truck and parked by us, asking if we thought it would hit his farm. Unfortunately, it leveled it.
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5 months
Nebraska!! My next state. This tornado warned LP supercell near Broken Bow on 5/26/2013 was a jaw dropper!!! Great structure but that laminar base shows very little 100mb CAPE.
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Ok a couple more Nebraska images before I head over to Iowa. Here's a shot of the Pilger twin EF4 tornadoes from 6/16/2014. Such an incredible day weather wise, but a very sad day for the small town.
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1 year
The June 10th, 2010 Last Chance, CO tornadic supercell. Dropped 2 elephant trunk tornadoes, but the structure was outstanding!
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2 years
Conger, MN June 17, 2010. 1.6 mile wide wedge. One of 18 tornadoes we saw this day!
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Now that we have a break in severe weather, here's another Texas shot. This tornadic, GORGEOUS supercell was from May 23, 2016 near Northfield. Jaw dropper! #txwx
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #9 . June 17, 2014 near Camp Crook, SD. Just a stunning sight! Sculpted supercell with a half mile wide, soon to be wedge, EF3 tornado, barely moving! The second of that 3 day period that made 2014.
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6 months
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here's my last North Dakota image, a classic supercell turkey tower 😀 June 19, 2023 near the ND/MT border.
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What an incredible supercell! One I'll never forget! May 26, 2013 Broken Bow, NE. This LP was the toast of the town!
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #29 . Highly striated beast near Alliance, NE on June 12, 2017. This supercell had dropped over a half dozen tornadoes from Carpenter, WY to south of Alliance, and spun its way into South Dakota late evening. It was also an electrified beauty!
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North Dakota tornado. Yes it does happen. This beautiful "Wizard of Oz" looking tornado northeast of Bismark was on the ground for over 20 minutes. Taken 7/16/2011.
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Amazing tornado near Hawley, Texas right now!
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Ok let's keep these LPs going! How about 6/10/2010, Last Chance, CO! This beauty dropped a couple photogenic tornadoes before this pic was taken.
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11 months
Another shot of last night's colorful supercell north of Kim, CO right before producing a nice tornado. (Pic next!)
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6 months
More South Dakota! Here's a VERY old, degraded transparency film image from a violent F4 tornado in Brown County, SD June 23, 2002. An amazing day with a half dozen tornadoes from a nearly stationary supercell!
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4 months
Satanta, Kansas, May 21, 2020. Beautiful, very electrified LP supercell! A bit more moisture and things would have gotten really interesting!
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2 years
Alpena, SD June 18, 2014. The developing cone tornado grew to an EF4. We witnessed nearly a dozen tornadoes this day!
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8 months
Here it is! My #1 fav image from 2023. Ollie, IA 3/4 mile wide EF-4 tornado from 3/31. One of the strongest tornadoes of 2023 and a noisy one at that!
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Severe warned LP near Pecos, TX now.
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Montana beauty! 6/21/2010 near Broadus, MT. This pretty supercell dropped 3 tornadoes.
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May 28, 2013. Bennington, Kansas. What a monster wedge! Dang thing sat nearly stationary for over half hour.
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2 years
A stormy day over Sedona, AZ August 8th!
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Pretty west Texas LP supercell from June 17, 2019. Even had a tornado warning on it for a bit, however it was a big time hailer!
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Still one of my fav LP supercells. Broken Bow, NE 5/25/2013.
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Cutting Room Floor. #1 !!!! The final image in this series! With tours starting in two weeks, most of the future images will be from there. June 8, 2020 near Anselmo, NE. This gorgeous supercell was a sight to see!!!!! Structure, mammatus, color and foreground.
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Grass Range, South Dakota tornado warned supercell from July, 2012. Gorgeous structure and an amazing amount of clear channel bolts this thing produced!
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Something warm and humid to vision on this cold Christmas eve day. Judith Basin, MT (06/05/2012)
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Top100! #25 !!!! Capitol, MT EF3 wedge from June 18, 2014. BEAST! #Tornado #thunderstorm
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Another Satanta, Kansas shot from May 21, 2020. What a beauty!!
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More Wyoming fun! Cool old car and stack of plates supercell near Carpenter on July 19, 2020. Quite the prolific hailer!
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Eva, Oklahoma April 15, 2016. Great multi tornado day from that supercell!!! #okwx
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Snow blankets the San Juan mountains of southwest Colorado, as cottonwood trees turn yellow and orange. The aspen leaves are gone now, but cottonwoods are at peak. Near Ralph Lauren's ranch, Ridgeway, CO. Taken 10/28.
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South Dakota at its finest! This sunset tornadic supercell near Glad Valley, SD on 6/21/2015 was just stunning. It had produced 5 tornadoes earlier in its life cycle in northwest SD. Just a reminder any image I post here can be purchased! Just pm me for details!
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10 months
Awesome monsoon core from 7/31/23 east of Ajo, AZ! Beautiful!
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My last South Dakota shot before moving on to Nebraska. The full blown EF4 Alpena, SD cone from 6/18/2014. What a beast!
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2 years
Cutting Room Floor. #35 . Sometimes it is nice to stay back and see the wide view of a supercell. This June 25, 2019, high based storm was near Newcastle, WY and was a prolific hailer. Love seeing the structure with updraft/downdraft visible and being lit by the sun.
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The Bowdle, SD wedge from May 22, 2010. Very close, very loud. EF4 that barely missed town, thank goodness! Fortunately, no fatalities.
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10 months
Awesome arrival day storm west of Tucson for our 17th annual Desert Thunder Tour! Incredible sunset!
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