Video Archives
On this page you'll find videos of a few of the better tornadoes I've seen along with a couple of other things I found video worthy. These videos are also available on the pages for the year they were taken as well as the specific day they were taken on. The videos are in chronological order.
Chappell, Nebraska stovepipe tornado: The best tornado I've ever seen. The tornado gets larger and larger as the video goes along. At the beginning, the first few moments are the preview to the main feature: The Woodrow, CO truncated cone tornado we'd seen the day before.
Chappell, Nebraska run for our lives!: After seeing the Chappell tornado, we chased the storm north where it eventually morphed into an HP hailer up in the Sand Hills. Our escape road, which was indicated to be paved by our Delorme GPS, turned out to be an unpaved glorified cattle trailed that weaved back and forth for 17 miles as we got pummeled by hail of up to golf ball size and 70 MPH winds. We drove through puddles, of road into the fields, and through a herd of cows before we got to the main road. Video taken by SLT guest Greg Mazur, the only video / photography on this site I didn't take myself! I'm driving the gold van in front of the one the video is being taken from.
Bismarck, ND Night Time Lightning: Tim Marshall has an incredible knack for finding the absolute best spots from which to film. On May 27th, 2006, we stopped on a hill overlooking the city of Bismarck, ND and watched a highly electrified storm pass over.
Erick, OK Hail Core: On May 30th 2006, we decided to let a HP supercell run us over and sample the core from the shelter of a car wash.
Chappell, NE Tornado: On June 10th, 2004, we intercepted a tornado near Chappell, Nebraska that is still the most photogenic I've seen to date. We observed the tornado for over 30 minutes as it circled the outer edge of the meso (I have video where it at first is moving left to right on my screen, then as it comes around the back of the meso it is going right to left) then collapsed into the wall cloud and generated a very large stovepipe. Here are the highlights.
Quinter, KS Wedge Tornado: On May 23rd, 2008, I saw the largest and strongest (rated EF-4) tornado I've seen, south of Quinter, Kansas. This tornado was a monster, at times nearly a mile wide.
Glen Elder Multi-Vortex Tornado: On May 29th, 2008, we intercepted a multi-vortex tornado between Tipton, KS and Glen Elder, KS. The mesocylone produced tornado after tornado as it charged towards us. The most exciting 15 minutes of chasing I've been through.
Rhome, TX Lightning Show: On May 26th, 2009, we saw possibly the most beautiful supercell I've ever seen at twilight to the northwest of Ft. Worth, TX. Rather than charging for the core, we decided to stop about 10 miles away and observe the lightning show at dusk.