Severe Weather

Multi‑Day Severe Weather Pattern Taking Aim at Texas and the Plains

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Fatality Update: EIGHT people have been killed from the tornado outbreak in Michigan and Oklahoma. A Mother and daughter were in a vehicle struck by the tornado near Fairview, Oklahoma; thrown off the road and killed. Severe Weather DFW Tuesday, March 10 Update: A large‑scale, early‑season storm pattern is locking in across the central United … Read more

Storm Chasers Broadcasting Live – Watch Now!

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Live stream video from storm chasers

● Future Radar ● Storm Reports ● Rainfall Totals ● Live Lightning ● Today’s Severe Weather Risk Nationwide During periods of severe weather, storm chasers tend to converge on the predicted region, devise their strategy, and hit the road in pursuit of convective development unmatched in variety and intensity anywhere in the world. The United … Read more

Track Severe Storms: The StormNet® Severe Weather Browser

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Scroll down below and witness the power of StormNet: an interactive, zoomable map that puts you right in the heart of the storm. Track the real-time movement of storm chasers as they brave the elements and capture breathtaking visuals of lightning illuminating the sky. Stay informed with up-to-the-minute data on current temperatures, wind speeds, and … Read more

Dallas Battered by Severe Storms, Widespread Power Outages – See the high-wind speeds:

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The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Houston were pummeled by powerful thunderstorms on Tuesday, leaving over a million residents without power and triggering widespread damage. Baseball-sized hail, hurricane-force winds, and the threat of tornadoes prompted emergency alerts and outdoor sirens, leaving residents scrambling for safety. Dallas County bore the brunt of the outages, with officials warning … Read more

Long Track Supercells in the Western Plains on May 16th, 2017

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Long-track supercells formed across the western Great Plains on Tuesday, May 16th, 2017. Accompanied with these supercells were multiple tornadoes, damaging winds, and giant hail upwards of 4.00″ in diameter. Widespread flash flooding also occurred across the Oklahoma Panhandle and southwestern Kansas.  The morning data analysis, including the 1200z / 7:00am CDT observed weather balloon … Read more

Southwestern Oklahoma High-Precipitation Supercells on May 10th, 2017

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Severe thunderstorms were in the forecast across southwestern Oklahoma on Wednesday, May 10th. The potential for supercells (a rotating thunderstorm) existed as well, particularly along the intersection of the dryline and outflow boundary. The forecast was quite complicated, with early morning convection and persistent cloud cover across much of Oklahoma that made for a complex afternoon for … Read more

January 21-23rd Tornado Outbreak Second Largest on Record in Southeast U.S.

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On January 21-23rd, 2017, a rare, multifaceted severe weather outbreak occurred across the Deep South and southeastern United States. 80 tornadoes occurred over the three day span of the outbreak, of which several were strong (EF-2 to EF-3 strength), long-track tornadoes. This tornado outbreak was the second largest outbreak on record in the southeastern United States. … Read more

Active Storm Cell Visualization and Statistics

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● Future Radar ● Storm Chasers Live ● Rainfall Totals ● Lightning Disclaimer: This visualization is experimental and for informational purposes only. Storm-cell characteristics are algorithmically determined and are not human-issued warnings. False positives may occur. Life and death decisions should not be made using these data. For official warnings, use the Severe Weather Browser … Read more

U.S. Tornado Count in 2016 Slightly Below the Annual Average

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The year of 2016, there were a total of 1,059 tornadoes across the U.S. (with the month of May, 2016 having some of the more photogenic tornadoes). How does this compare to other years? According to the 2005-2015 tornado climatology, there was an average of 1,402 tornadoes across the nation. Tornado activity for 2016 was below the 2005-2015 average.  Each … Read more

Remembering the May 21-26, 2011 Tornado Outbreak

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From May 21st to May 26th, 2011, destructive tornadoes tore through the Great Plains, impacting thousands of people and leaving billions of dollars in damage in its wake. During this time period, there were 241 total tornadoes, including two EF-5, three EF-4, eight EF-3, thirty-one EF-2, eighty-six EF-1, and one hundred [and] ten EF-0 tornadoes. … Read more

May 8th and 9th Central Plains Storm Chases

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A multi-day dryline setup was in place across the central Plains on Sunday, May 8th; and Monday, May 9th, respectively. Observed conditions from radiosonde, or weather balloon, launches, indicated an environment conducive for widespread severe thunderstorms was starting to filter into the central Kansas and central Oklahoma region. Important to any storm chase is to … Read more

DFW: Severe thunderstorms possible Tuesday Evening 4/26

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Forecast sounding for Fort Worth valid 7pm CDT April 26, 2016

I typically do not share model data because they can be very complex. I do want to show one of the state-of-the-art programs that I use in my operations to analyze model-simulated soundings. The models do not automatically compute these data; the additional software turns the raw output into meaningful information. At least one of … Read more

Atlanta: Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain Tomorrow (Sun 11/23)

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For the past week, the global numerical prediction models, including the GFS and ECMWF, have hinted at the potential of a negatively tilted trough digging into the Southeast. They have consistently indicated a strong area of low pressure across the Arklatex propagating off to the northeast into Missouri and Kentucky.  Ahead of the low, an … Read more