JUNE 20, 2025 NORTH DAKOTA: 6 TORNADOES FROM A DISTANCE - NIGHTTIME ENDERLIN EF5

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The first storm blowing up right in our target area as we looked south from Jamestown, North Dakota.

Wall cloud tightening up and spinning hard as we got on I-94 in Jamestown and followed east.

Spinning action area of the tornado warned supercell just east of Jamestown near Bloom on 87th Avenue SE.

One of my biggest mistakes of my chasing career was leaving the storm that produced the Spiritwood tornado and realizing too late as we were already 10 miles south to intercept what I thought was a better supercell. Still was able to view the tornado. Timing is everything!

Another wider shot looking north at the Spiritwood tornado from a distance and sulking at the mistake. UGH

Second tornado that touched down on our southern supercell near Homer, North Dakota. What a beauty of a storm!

Incredible storm south of Homer! Absolutely jaw dropping structure.

I mean, seriously. How great is this twisted soda can structure. Storm was spinning like a top.

Big C Shape cut into the storm here as the RFD was attempting to bring another tornado to life with this awesome structured storm.

3rd tornado of the day briefly formed near Meadow Lake.

Our position near the third tornado of the day.

4th tornado soon after north of Litchville at 10:07 p.m.

5th tornado near Fort Ransom, North Dakota as we were bailing and navigating a path towards home at 10:22 p.m.

Our position relative to the radar and hook echo of the Fort Ransom tornado.

Here's what it's like trying to view a tornado in the distance from a raging supercell in North Dakota at 10:23 p.m. Open the photo and you can see the tornado down the road in the distance. I usually don't like chasing storms when it gets dark but this storm kept pulling me over to take a look as I was navigating the route home.

Another shot of the same tornado from above.

The supercell that went on to produce the Enderlin EF-5 tornado.

The Enderlin EF-5 tornado is visible here underneath the updraft on the right side in the distance. Wish we were closer but this was our vantage point from a distance as we continued to navigate home for the night!

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JUNE 19, 2025 MINNESOTA: FUN LOCAL CHASE

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Severe warned supercell riding south along a warm front near Welch, Minnesota.

Base of the supercell and hail core in sight as we approached from the west near Red Wing, Minnesota.

Beautiful storm over the Mississippi River near Frontenac, Minnesota.

Supercell still looking good near Lake City, Minnesota. Notice the big lowering underneath the updraft at this point.

Interesting lowering here as we stopped of Hwy 61 near Reeds Landing, Minnesota. There was slow rotation and condensation into this feature as we watched from the north just after getting hailed on with nickels.

Lightning illuminating the storm southwest near Kellogg, Minnesota.

One last shot for the evening.

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JUNE 15, 2025 MONTANA: FIRST MONTANA STORM CHASE!

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Tornado warned storm looking north from near Sumatra, Montana. Big time stout lowering in there and very well could have been a tornado. I would have driven north on this dirt road but it was a marked private and no trespassing ranch road :-(

Nicely structured supercell with cow catcher shelf cloud on the leading edge. Inflow bands feeding southwest to northeast into the storm.

Wall cloud reforming on the leading edge of the storm as we watched from well to the south. Really wish we had a public road to get north and take a look at what is in there!

We tried going north out of Vananda, Montana but had cows galore blocking the road. Decided to turn around and head back east on our main road. Family with me really enjoyed this moment ha ha.

Taking pictures of the cows instead of the storm :-)

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JUNE 14, 2025 WYOMING: HIGH BASED SEVERE STORMS

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Thunderstorms developing late in the day near Wright, Wyoming.

Small lowering developing on the storm now as it continues to strengthen and move out into better air towards us.

My beautiful daughter enjoying the storm while exploring and picking flowers and dandelions.

A couple of bases on strong thunderstorms southwest of Gillette, Wyoming. Beautiful wide open country out here.

Severe thunderstorm over Gillette, Wyoming as we approached from south of town. Ragged updraft base but intensifying.

Storm gusting out and turbulent skies just to the north of Gillette, Wyoming. Still severe-warned.

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MAY 28, 2025 OKLAHOMA: MOTHERSHIP IN ALL ITS GLORY

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After attempting to chase messy storms in southwest Kansas, we bailed to a tornado warned storm near Beaver, Oklahoma. Great structure when we were finally able to get southwest of the storm and get a view.

iPhone pano of the storm as it was barreling at us and left to right.

Got head of the storm a bit more here to view the incredible structure and stacked plates above the shelf cloud near Slapout, Oklahoma.

Here it comes! Getting close as Silver Lining Tours guests watch in awe and eager anticipation.

Looking back to the northwest as the tornado warned storm is about to overtake us.

Pano from the iPhone. WHAT A MOTHERSHIP!!

Mr. Pickle, our stormchasing mascot, needed a shelfie.

Got back ahead a bit more for our last look of the day at this awesome storm. Still holding on to great structure with a stout inflow beaver tail feeding into the base.

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MAY 25, 2025 TEXAS: BRIEF TORNADO & SUPERCELL STRUCTURE

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Supercell exploding and starting to get going near Floydada, Texas. Rotation in the base already.

Base under the hook echo swinging around the south end of the storm.

Nice long-lived shear funnel.

Beautiful structure on this storm! Became tornado warned here with wrapping up base and long inflow tail cloud.

Storm slowly getting its act together and broad rotation.

Broad mesocyclone with lowering on the right side near the core. Another rain core is wrapping around the south side of the hook.

Cigar shaped funnel cloud forming near Afton, Texas.

We have a tornado! Confirmed to have touched down near Afton, Texas. Awesome structure too.

The tornado lifted and we were left with a beautiful storm and stout wall cloud while Silver Lining Tours guests enjoyed the amazing view.

Electrified storm near Rule, Texas.

What a great looking supercell at the end of our chase day! Still sparking like crazy.

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MAY 23, 2025 COLORADO: STORM STRUCTURE OF THE YEAR!

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Storm just getting going near Kit Carson, Colorado.

Beautiful storm exploding right in front of us. Very strong updraft and solid base forming.

This storm just had the look like it was going to do something special.

Incredible structure. Love the oil pump in the foreground and the wide open spaces.

And it gets even better at sunset!

Holy crap! What an amazing supercell. Really hard to be able to top that structure and lighting.

Getting pretty dark here after sunset while the storm is holding onto terrific structure.

Lightning starting to really spark after sunset, indicating the storm still had a lot left in the tank.

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MAY 22, 2025 TEXAS: SUPERCELL STORM STRUCTURE

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Storm with large lowering near Archer City, Texas. Outflow to the left with the RFD, and inflow to the right with new developing wall cloud tucked in right next to the core.

Storm now organizing and pulling in focused moisture as evident with the organized inflow tail from right to left into the rotating action area.

Another shot, similar to the last one of the storm structure and inflow tail.

Supercell storm moving right towards us with organizing wall cloud and scud fingers rising up into the action area.

Bailed the Archer City storm and went towards other storms forming closer to the triple point near Crowell, Texas. Unfortunately, these storms were immediately outflow dominant but did produce some good structure and striking shelf clouds.

My favorite photo of the day of a shelf cloud as we raced north and east to try and get ahead of the storms as we made our way back to Oklahoma City. I believe this would be near Quanah, Texas.

Stopping for a gas stop and bathroom break for the tour as the storm was bearing down on us.

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MAY 18, 2025 OKLAHOMA: THE ARNETT EF-3 TORNADO

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Storm updraft exploding looking west towards the Ellis County Wildlife Management Area in western Oklahoma near the Texas border.

First tornado of the day looking southwest towards Dreyfoos, Texas. This was an EF-1 and was on the ground for 1.8 miles.

Now we have two tornadoes! The one on the right never officially made it into the tornado database but was confirmed by other chasers that were closer to have briefly touched down.

Closer view of the second tornado that briefly touched down right as the first one dissipated to the south.

Love the zoomed out view of the structure with the tornado in the distance.

Talk about a merry go round! This fast rotating wall cloud went right over us and moved on to the northeast, eventually spawning the Arnett tornado a short time later.

Wall cloud sure looked like it was ready to drop one here with condensation fingers rotating around the action area. Thought it was going to drop one right in front of us but it waited a bit longer to do so.

Here we are trying to blast north behind the tornado as we could only get glimpses of it through the rain, which led to a great rainbow/tornado shot.

Emerging from the rain and THERE IT IS IN ALL ITS GLORY!

Spectacular structure of the entire mesocyclone with RFD cut and beautiful tornado with hail streaks as we viewed from the northwest.

Closer shot of the tornado with substantial debris cloud.

My favorite shot of the day of the entire mesocyclone and tornado.

This is a unique perspective as we were just west of Arnett. Wes Hyduke and I were blasting east to catch up to the tornado from behind before it roped out just before reaching the road ahead of us. This while getting pelted with golf ball size hail after we stopped to take a few photos from further back 🤪 Quite the intense experience!

Tornado #4 on the northern side of Arnett and about to rope out. Thankfully it barely missed the town!

This is what’s left of the supercell after producing all those tornadoes as it became LP and eventually shriveled up and died.

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MAY 16, 2025 MISSOURI: EF3 AND EF1 TORNADOES

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Tornado warned storm in the Mark Twain National Forest near Ellsinore, MO. Large, broad mesocyclone present.

Fell behind the storm and trying to catch up and get ahead as it remains tornado warned near Dexter, MO as we blasted east on highway 60. Explosive updraft that is tilted over and looking amazing.

Tornado! We were able to just get ahead in time and get through the town of Bertrand, MO to find a clearing to view the tornado, looking northwest. Thank you Roger Hill for texting me and letting me know there was a tornado occurring or we may have missed it! Tornado was on the ground for 16 miles.

Beautiful view of the tornado and storm structure. That is one stout inflow band on the right feeding this storm.

The rope-out of the tornado was spectacular!

Another tornado! This one was an EF1 that was closer than it looks near Benton, MO.

Beautiful contrast of this tornado as it meanders just south of town. It was on the ground for 1.3 miles. Thankfully did limited damage.

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AUGUST 5, 2024 MINNESOTA: EF-1 TORNADO NEAR ST. JAMES

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Storm really looking interesting right away as we got on it between Darfur and St. James, Minnesota. Great inflow of hot, humid air, wall cloud forming, clear slot, and great structure.

Tornado developing!

Beautiful EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph, width of 50 yards, and on the ground for 2.3 miles. Rotating mesocyclone and tornado. Textbook.

Tornado getting closer and coming right towards us.

Tornado really getting close here. Time to bail and get out of the way!

Gage enjoying the view as the storm continues to rotate but lost a lot of punch after producing the tornado. Going to take time to recycle.

Beautiful storm structure near Truman, Minnesota. Last look at the storm for the day before we decided to call it off and head home.

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JUNE 22, 2024 IOWA: TORNADO WARNED STORMS AND FUNNELS

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Storm near Ackley, Iowa ingesting hot and humid air. Decent looking base here with inflow tail on the right side that looks like a funnel but is not. Intense core on the right as well.

Ragged wall cloud at the same position as the last photo. Not much movement or rotation with this feature.

Tornado warned storm and rotating wall cloud!

The kids throwing rocks at the storm, taking photos, and enjoying the scene :-)

Weak unattached lowering here so nothing threatening, but still some decent structure with this storm.

Still has a lowering but starting to look like it's gusting out with a hybrid shelf.

Funnel cloud as the storm to the south was about to merge with ours near Petersburg, Iowa. Did not see it touch down and the funnel was weakly rotating.

Love this shot at the end of the day near New Vienna, Iowa. Clearly have a rotating supercell!

Shelf cloud as we were heading home near Garnavillo, Iowa.

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JUNE 15, 2024 NEBRASKA: KALAMAZOO TORNADO

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Initial storm going up near Brunswick, Nebraska with strong core.

Storm with a lowering on the south side with several needle funnels being produced as we watched from the west near Neligh, Nebraska. Not a normal position to watch a storm but this was a unique day where the action areas were on the far southern portions of the storm and made for easy, safe viewing.

Big time rotating wall cloud right in our faces. Thought for sure this was going to produce a tornado near Petersburg, Nebraska.

Funnel cloud near Closter, Nebraska on the southern edge of a line of storms.

Another funnel cloud as we waited southwest of Emerick, Nebraska. Notice the storm in the distance too which ended up being the storm that produced our tornado.

Gage is loving the scene and funnel right behind him!

Wall cloud rotating hard west of Kalamazoo, Nebraska. About to produce a tornado.

Tornado occurring near Kalamazoo, Nebraska!

Emerging from obstructed view to see the tornado.

One of the last shots of the day with lightning and a rainbow.

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MAY 23, 2024 OKLAHOMA: ONE OF THE TORNADOES OF THE YEAR

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Storm starting to intensify with some decent structure near Dodson, Texas.

Storm looking better! Forming a wall cloud on the right side of the base.

Funnel looking thing here as it was twisting and turning, condensing up into the base. Thought it might actually produce here but it did not.

Beautiful structure on this storm as it moves into far southwest Oklahoma.

This was the supercell before it became tornado warned northwest of Eldorado, Oklahoma. Twisting and turning storm, good inflow, and a lowering embedded in there.

TORNADO! Watching from the intersection of Hwy 6 and Hwy 34 with many other chasers.

EF2 tornado moving to our north across Hwy 34 with the Doppler on Wheels (DOW) taking good measurements from our position.

Barrel tornado continuing to the northeast of our position as we watched and about to bail east to stay with it. This was one of the last views we got before the tornado eventually rain-wrapped and lifted. What a last day of the tour!

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MAY 21, 2024 IOWA: TORNADO OUTBREAK - 4 TORNADOES

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First tornado of the day touching down near Red Oak, Iowa.

Another zoomed in view where you can see the debris cloud.

Second tornado touching down west of Corning, Iowa and heading right for us. Love the wrapped up look of the mesocyclone with a big bowl lowering and tornado.

Tornado still down and was a multiple vortex heading right for us at 60 mph. We had to get out of there fast shortly after I took this photo!

Third tornado occurring to the northeast of Corning, Iowa.

Debris cloud on the tornado as it was rapidly moving right to left in this image and about to cross the road to our east.

This is what we call a “dead man walking”. Multiple vortices like these typically will indicate a strong, possibly violent tornado is about to occur.

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MAY 20, 2024 COLORADO: HIGH PLAINS SUPERCELL

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Long and stout inflow beaver tail into the storm near Akron, Colorado.

Classic eastern Colorado supercell here, although bases are lower than normal for this area. Active condensating scud underneath the base as the storm continues to ingest decent air, and will be moving into a better environment with time.

Storm loses some punch here due to a cell merger and two noticeable cores. Still plenty of good inflow going on though and a wide lowering in the rain on the right storm.

An eastern Colorado beauty.

Pretty cool shot of one of the primary inflow bands directly overhead and feeding this storm directly into the photo.

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MAY 19, 2024 OKLAHOMA: JAW DROPPING STORM STRUCTURE

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Storm already taking on terrific structure shortly after initial development near Roll, Oklahoma.

Rotating storm intensifying and starting to spark like crazy! Ingesting plenty of warm, moist air with continuous condensing scud underneath the base.

Supercell inching closer and right at us as we wait patiently in the same spot.

Interesting lowering in the middle right in the main action area as a large, ragged wall cloud develops with fast inflow air from right to left as noted by the inflow scud cloud on the right side of the base.

Had to move and keep up with the supercell still exhibiting great structure somewhere around Anthon or Custer City, Oklahoma.

Wow. Just awesome structure as this storm continues to churn away and move slowly to the east-southeast.

Wall cloud to our north that we are watching for any tornado development. It was rotating and right in the inflow notch on the northeast side of the storm base. Certainly in the right spot!

Really starting to look interesting here with a funnel like feature on the wall cloud as it tightens up to our north.

This is the storm that just does not quit. What a structure-fest!

After sunset, we decided to stop near Bridgeport, Oklahoma to watch the spectacle and let the tour guests enjoy the moment.

One last shot of this beautiful storm. It did go on to produce a couple nighttime tornadoes after we left the storm. We typically will not chase tornadic storms during the night due to safety.

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MAY 16, 2024 TEXAS: SUPERCELL IN THE OIL FIELDS

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Storm developing near Rankin, Texas. Long, dark base with clear slot already punching through the western side of the storm.

Severe warned storm now with intense rain and hail core as we waited in the same spot. The storm was moving very slowly so we were able to wait until hail started falling to bail.

Roger Hill instructing the Silver Lining Tours guests that it’s time to go!

I think this was near Texon, Texas or in the vicinity as the supercell started to show more outflow-dominant characteristics. There was still some inflow occurring on the right side, however, but we knew this storm would never have a chance of producing a tornado. Pretty structure though!

Storm is still holding on to some mid-level inflow at this point near Big Lake, Texas. Typical chase country here with the sprawling, large shrubby brush.

Interesting stout mid-level inflow bands into this storm as it is still ingesting warm, moist air as noted with the condensing scud under the base.

Silver Lining Tour guests enjoying the view of our storm near Barnhart, Texas.

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MAY 15, 2024 KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA: SEVERE STORM AND DECENT STRUCTURE

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Supercell starting to get its act together near Hunnewell, Kansas near the Oklahoma border.

A short while later the storm taking on more of a classic supercell shape with wall cloud attempting to develop on the northeast side of the core.

Much better look to this supercell near Ponca City, Oklahoma. Really nice structure.

Intense core on this storm now as it starts to create more outflow.

Somewhere southeast of Ponca City, I think near Ralston or vicinity.

Beautiful country out here to chase storms.

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