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OTD 15 years ago, April 9, 2011, @JustonStrmRider and I documented several tornadoes between Onawa, Mapleton, and Pocahontas, Iowa from a cyclic tornado machine. So many twisters occurred after dark it's difficult to say how many we saw, at least 6. #IAwx

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OTD 18 years ago, April 7, 2008, Jim Bishop, Tom Santillo, and I documented a tornado near Electra, Texas. The twister began as a multivortex-cone, became rain-wrapped and roped-out northwest of town. #TXwx

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OTD 25 years ago, April 6, 2001, Jim Bishop, Tom Santillo, and I documented a screaming line over SW Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. It was the first time I had chased a setup where forecasters at the SPC had issued a High Risk Outlook over my target area.

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OTD 23 years ago, April 5, 2003,
Jim Bishop, Tom Santillo, and I chased a significant supercell and tornado near Aspermont, Texas. The storm produced an incredible swath of massive hail across North Texas causing nearly a billion dollars in damage to DFW Airport. #TXwx

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Needle rope-shaped tornado near the community of Springdale, Iowa yesterday, April 2, 2026. @JustonStrmRider and I documented at least 3 twisters from this cyclic supercell. #iawx

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Elephant trunk-shaped tornado near Stamford, Texas OTD 9 years ago, March 28, 2017. Juston Drake, Nate Miller, & I got a few tornadoes and baseball-sized hail.
Earlier in the day, a wreckless storm chasers ran a stop sign, killing chaser, Corbin Jaeger. #TXwx

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OTD 22 years ago, March 27, 2004, @StormgasmJim, Tom Santillo, Lela Davis, Chris Walsh, Maggie Johnson, and I documented 4 twisters over Western Oklahoma. We also joined a significant 'chaser convergence' - less common then, now a very common occurrence. #okwx

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OTD 26 years ago, March 26, 2000,
Jim Bishop, Tom Santillo, & I chased a low-topped supercell near Ada, Oklahoma, on a 'northwesterly flow setup'. It produced large hail, a rotating wall cloud, & a tiny funnel cloud. Ine of my early chases as a 19 yo. #OKwx

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OTD 15 years ago, March 22, 2011, Juston Drake and I documented 2 tornadoes near the communities of Massena, Bridgewater, and Winterset, Iowa. The beginnings of what would become an insane tornado year #IAwx

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Coldcore, cone-shaped tornado near the community of Putnam, Oklahoma OTD 20 years ago, March 20, 2006.
Happy 1st Day of Astronomical Spring! #FirstDayofSpring
#okwx #ColdcoreTornado

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Juston Drake I documented 3 twisters from a cyclic supercell Southwest of San Antonio, Texas OTD 14 years ago, March 19, 2012. The most significant tornado (pictured) hit the community of Devine. #TXwx

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OTD 5 years ago, March 17, 2021, @JustonStrmRider & I documented 2 multivortex tornadoes near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! #ALwx

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Rain-wrapped, wedge-shaped tornado races toward the community of Clarksville, Texas on 8 March 2011. Our 1st tornado of 2011 - we had no idea this would be one of the most intense tornado years on record.
w/ Jim Bishop
& Tom Santillo #TXwx

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Cone/stovepipe-shaped tornado over farm near the community of Rozel, Kansas on May 18, 2013 near sunset. Juston Drake, Jim Bishop, and I documented 2 twisters with this low precipitation supercell storm. #kswx

#TornadoTuesday
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Violent stovepipe-shaped tornado under a sculpted updraft with highly visible RFD cut hits seceral farms near the community of Alpena, South Dakota on June 18, 2014. Juston Drake and I were looking north at this incredible sight. #SDwx

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Sculpted supercell updraft with a relatively large cone-shaped multivortex tornado over ranchland near the community of Sterling City, Texas on May 17, 2021.
with Juston Drake
#SupercellSaturday
Not everything has to suck today.

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Skinny stovepipe-shaped tornado over ranchland approaching highway near the community of Campo, Colorado on May 31, 2010. Juston Drake and I had a small crew with us filming "Storm Riders" for The Weather Channel. #COwx
#TornadoThursday

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Coldcore tornado near Dieterich, Illinois over soybean and corn fields on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006.
This was near our chase 2 days ago on February 19, 2026. Also ran into legendary storm chaser Gene Moore on that day! ILwx

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OTD 17 years ago, February 10, 2009, Juston Drake and I documented tornadic supercells and baseball-sized hail over Oklahoma. Got a glimpse of a funnel before it became rain-wrapped over the OKC Metro. #OKwx

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10 years ago yesterday, December 23, 2015, @JustonStrmRider and I documented a longtrack, violent tornado pass northwest of Batesville, Mississippi, during a significant outbreak. People were at a Christmas festival in town as this beast passed. #mswx

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OTD 7 years ago, December 1, 2018, I chased a small outbreak of #Twisters over Central Illinois. Captured a few cool photos as this cyclic supercell produced half a dozen twisters between Naples and Havana, IL on the 1st day of Meteorological Winter.
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Documented 7 tornadoes over Southwest Kansas between the communities of Dodge City and Cold Water during a regional coldcore outbreak OTD 19 years ago, October 26, 2006. Most were landspout variety with triplets at one point. w/ Mark McGowan #KSwx

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2 mile-diameter megawedge tornado hits the east side of Wayne, Nebraska during a significant Fall outbreak OTD 12 years ago, 4 October 2013. Juston Drake and I documented 3 twisters from this high-end tornado event. #NEwx #IAwx

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Me, our hotel roof debris, and a shredded forest in the background after sunrise following the landfall of CAT 3 Hurricane Rita in Orange, Texas OTD 20 years ago, September 24, 2005. We measured 939 mb min pressure inside eye.
w/ Shawn Moroney, Lela Davis, Joel Taylor, & Reed Timmer

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OTD 5 years ago, September 16, 2020, I documented the landfall of strong CAT 2 Hurricane Sally over Gulf Shores, Alabama. Measured 969.1 mb min pressure inside the relatively calm 'eye'. Also, first met chaser Michael Gordon as the eyewall was moving over the area. #ALwx

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Eerie-beautiful sunset on the backside of CAT 2 #HurricaneFrancine over a storm surge flooded neighborhood in Bayou Dularge, Louisiana OTD last yesr, September 11, 2024. #LAwx

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OTD 8 years ago, September 10, 2017, the 'eye' of CAT 4 Hurricane Irma passed over @JustonStrmRider & I in the Florida Keys. We measured a minimum pressure of 932.7 mb on Cudjoe Key, documented a stout eyewall tornado, & hand measured 117 mph winds. #flwx

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Hazy blue Great Smoky Mountains National Park at sunset from the highest point in Tennessee OTD 17 years ago, September 7, 2008.
w/ Juston Drake

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Bright power flash from high winds lights up Charleston Harbor as CAT 3 Hurricane Dorian passes offshore OTD 6 years ago, September 5 2019. The storm had weakened, but grown in size since hammering the Bahamas as a highend CAT 5. #scwx

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OTD 5 years ago, 27 August 2020, I measured 947.1 mb min pressure inside the 'eye' of powerful CAT 4 Hurricane Laura as it passed over Carlyss, Louisiana. It caused incredible destruction, including the KLCH radar and dome. #LAwx