#weatherpicofday OTD 13 years ago, May 20, 2013, Juston Drake and I documented a violent EF5 tornado devastate parts of Moore, Oklahoma. Some of the more intense damage and debris granulation I've documented. We played it safe and further back in city streets. #okwx

Please checkout our NEW VIDEO: Kansas Tornadoes near Blue Rapids on May 18, 2026 with Juston Drake #kswx #chaserconvergence #muddyroads youtu.be/CnD8pFTDEIc?...

a tornado anniversary post that I missed from a few days ago while out chasing - May 18th, 2025, Arnett, Oklahoma - a true western Oklahoma classic and I loved every minute of it

I was a new post-doc back in May 20, 2013 when these storms fired. I tried to make it home from the National Weather Center to get home to my dog. Luckily it missed my house by a mile or so. This is the view looking northwest while driving on Indian Hills Rd. just west of I-35.

Tornado near Palmer, KS on 5-18-2026

Some wild structure on this tornado-warned supercell in Kansas yesterday [dash cam timelapse].

Crappy cell phone shot of the St Paul, NE tornado and crunchy screengrab of the Blue Rapids, KS tornado from the past few days. I know I should feel better about actually scoring but wow what a miserable stretch of days to chase.

Yes, I know this one was too small to keep so I threw him back. This was just south of Palmer, Kansas today. #kswx #tornado

Challenging chase day in Kansas but I was able to stay well ahead of most storms and got lucky to snag the tornado near Palmer KS.

nice structure near Miltonvale, Kansas earlier

Shout out to NWS employee and storm chaser for the assist on getting me on the board for 2026 I didn't get any decent pictures due to seating arrangements in the car, but here are ones from @strmchsrhunterf.bsky.social who I was sitting right next to

second day in a row with a tornado emergency

Tornado south of Palmer, KS lasted from about 2058-2105z.

closer view of the tor from scott peake's stream

tornado on @otusproject.bsky.social's stream right now near palmer, ks

Base of supercell at Miltonvale KS 3:15p CT #KSwx

Monster tornado-warned storm near Minneapolis, KS. #kswx

AN INCREDIBLE TORNADO AND CHASE DAY in Nebraska today!! A wedge tornado with violent motion combined with Mammatus and beautiful lighting and a rainbow. WOW.

Video after the tornado crossed the road to our south 2/2

Video of a tornado this afternoon between St. Paul and St. Libory, NE, sampled by NSSL as part of LIFT field project 1/2

Saw a tornado and some other stormy scenes across Nebraska and Kansas yesterday evening

#weatherpicofday OTD 13 years ago, May 18, 2013, Juston Drake and documented a couple of twisters in the late evening near Rozel, Kansas. #kswx

OTD last year, May 18, 2025, Juston Drake, Michelle Reed, and I documented a significant Great Plains tornado outbreak across 3 states: 10 tornadoes near Arnett, Oklahoma, Greensburg, Pratt, and Plevna, Kansas. okwx txwx kswx VIDEO LINK BELOW: youtu.be/jVfpAXoPJSM?...

Dumb hobby. Left late this morning, got to Hawarden, IA, then drove back northeast to play the cells on the WF. Wimpy rope from 8+ miles away, estimated near Welcome, MN. Deserving of a back of camera photo. Still counts! 2 for 2 on the season.

York mammatus after today’s chase ended.

Cellphone shots of the powerful St Libory tornado.

A beautiful severe-warned storm at sunset near Ellsworth, KS. #kswx

Here’s some video of the Saint Libory, NE tornado from our HailCam deployment.

possible strong tor may have passed through winnebago, ne 10 mins ago

GID issues Tornado Emergency [tornado: OBSERVED, damage threat: CATASTROPHIC, hail: 2.00 IN] for Thayer [NE] till 7:30 PM CDT Link

a tornado earlier today near Saint Libory, NE #newx

North of Grand island earlier.

DOW A’s view of the tornado near Saint Libory, NE at 2 different times Image 1: 2211 UTC with eye Image 2: 2213 UTC with debris ball

From our vantage point we saw this tornado develop to our southwest and become intense very quickly before being wrapped up in its mesocyclone surrounded by rain and dust. West of Central City, Nebraska. 17th May 2026. Not for media use.

N of st libory earlier #newx

shaw is on it www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F6y...

Received multiple reports of a landspout tornado near I-70 and Tower Road 📸: Thomas Burton #COwx

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#weatherpicofday OTD 7 years ago, May 17, 2019, Juston Drake and I documented a cyclic supercell and 5 twisters over over Southwest Nebraska near the communities of McCook and Farnam. #newx

Juston Drake and I documented a nice little supercell with a couple of wall clouds, a few tight occlusions, and large hail near Beatrice, Nebraska this evening, May 16, 2026. #newx

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Ethereal structure on the tornado warned Goodland storm.

#weatherpicofday OTD 11 years ago, May 16, 2015, @ Juston Drake and I documented a significant wedge-shaped tornado near the community of Elmer, Oklahoma. Got really lucky capturing a nice lightning bolt in this photo. #okwx

We had some utterly amazing lightning in Norman tonight! According to a few of my friends, the lightning tonight was a lot like what you might see during monsoon season in Arizona.

This has to be one of the most comprehensive and detailed damage surveys that I’ve ever seen! NWS St. Louis spent the last year refining the May 16, 2025 St. Louis Tornado damage assessment Incredible work by the forecast office and local partners www.weather.gov/lsx/STLTornado

This is the largest enhanced day 1 area fully contained within Iowa's border, as it always should be, TBH.

#weatherpicofday OTD 23 years ago, May 15, 2003, Jim Bishop , Mark McGowen , and I documented several twisters over the Northwest Texas Panhandle, including twin large tornadoes near Stratford, during significant outbreak. #TXwx #film VIDEO LINK BELOW: youtu.be/KvDSBjF8sEg?...