Famed storm researcher Josh Wurman sounded off on a Weather Channel blog this week about the problems and dangers caused by extensive chaser convergence in Oklahoma during this past Wednesday’s high risk severe weather episode. An excerpt: There were huge crowds of storm chasers yesterday (Wednesday, May 19) and those chasers did direct harm to [...]

Here are some more videos from Terry Sasser’s storm chase of last Sunday in Shelby County… This was along I-65 between Pelham and Alabaster as the EF0 was hitting: Here is an additional one… Here is Terry’s personal YouTube page.

The National Storm Chasers Convention is being held in Denver this weekend. I really wanted to go, because the lineup of speakers is outstanding. But I am getting to attend virtually, via a pay per view live stream being hosted by SevereStudios.com. It is $29.95, but the quality is good and the content excellent. You [...]

Dr. Tim posted the video, so not to be out done completely, here are a few images I took of the storm chase yesterday. It was not a hectic storm chase like some can be since it was a pretty well behaved event. I don’t really like squall lines because they can be tremendously tough [...]

Meteorologists, especially storm chasers, seem to be drawn to the wide open spaces of the American Plains. Is it just because of the tornadoes? Or is it other elements? Stormchaser Steve Marshall shares his thoughts in an excellent essay from the WX-CHASE mail list. My wife asked me why I long to live in the [...]

May 29, 2004 is a red letter day in my personal weather history. That year, I decided that I would like to chase storms. I guess as a kid, I had left more like the chasee, so the thought just never occurred to me that I would want to chase them. And anyway, I was [...]

For your reading pleasure… MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0876 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1132 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 AREAS AFFECTED…SRN MIDDLE TN…NRN AL…NWRN GA CONCERNING…TORNADO WATCH 300…302… VALID 110432Z – 110630Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 300…302…CONTINUES. 04Z MESOANALYSIS PLACES A WARM FRONT ACROSS NERN AL INTO NWRN GA WITH A [...]

Monday night, storm chaser Brian Barnes found himself on the wrong side of the law in west Texas. He was leading a storm chasing tour in Crane County in Texas. The group was parked along a road when a Crane County deputy sheriff ordered him to move along. Apparently, the law enforcement officer had already [...]

Storm Chaser Brian Barnes was arrested while leading a storm chasing tour in Crane, Texas Monday night. Here is his story, taken from WX-CHASE… Dear All – It finally happened, a storm chaser was arrested on May 06 for “storm chasing” and unfortunately it happened to me (while I was conducting a tour) and I [...]