JUNE 22, 2026 NEBRASKA & COLORADO: BEST SUPERCELLS OF THE YEAR!

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Unreal vantage point to watch this supercell develop initially south of Kimball, Nebraska. Our group got ourselves on a hill watching the storm with the great Tim Marshall. Positioned here for about 30 minutes watching the storm come at us.

I’ll be damned! Here we have a really nice wall cloud developing a short while later as we sat in the same position on the hill.

This storm was sure trying. Produced a little nub funnel here that looked briefly interesting.

Storm about to engulf abandoned building in northeast Colorado in the Pawnee National Grassland. One of my favorite shots I took while stormchasing this season.

Nice lowering on this storm just to the left of the hail/rain core. Had some motion and consistent condensation into that action area. Felt close to producing a tornado.

And a short time later it did indeed produce a funnel cloud halfway to the ground!

Structure of the supercell still holding on strong. The sharp inflow bands caught my eye here with this scene.

Mean looking tornado warned storm that was producing winds of 70-100 mph along the path. We obviously stayed ahead of the core to have some distance between the destructive winds and hail. What a dirty storm too. So much dust and dirt being sucked into the inflow and visibility was down to near 0 at times.

Roger Hill and Connor McCarty in the wild! Shooting the amazing structure of this supercell.

Interesting wall cloud quickly forming here as the RFD was coming around the southwest side of the core. Major hook on radar at this point too. Very close to putting down a tornado. But really nice rotating wall cloud!

Nature's vacuum. Sucking up all the dust and dirt it can. South of Akron, Colorado.

Another shot from this vantage point. Inflow had to be near 50 mph here into this storm from our backs directly ahead into this supercell base.

Wow, what a beauty of a storm! This is why I chase is for storms like this. Terrific structure.

Still tornado warned with an intense hail core and that blue-green color. Ground scraping inflow tail on the right with all the dirt clearly being sucked into the storm.

Absolutely gorgeous storm! Awesome shelf cloud starting to form here now as the storm was starting to become more outflow dominant near Cope, Colorado.

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JUNE 21, 2026 KANSAS: FATHER'S DAY RAGING BEASTLY SUPERCELLS

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Finally got ahead of the initial supercell near Atwood, KS. Great structure. Lots of organized scud rising into the base.

Silver Lining Tour 8 guests out of the vans and enjoying the storm.

Major stout inflow tail into the storm as it got closer. Great to visit with other chaser friends while we watched the storm approach while waiting in this big dirt parking lot!

Something about this shot I really love. Wide open plains of northwest Kansas. Couple of grain elevators in the distance. Beautiful inflow tail into the storm updraft and rain curtains underneath. Great stuff.

New supercell really getting it's act together northwest of Colby, Kansas. Bailed on our initial storm as it started to weaken some and this new storm echo top was exploding further south.

Supercell going beast mode after moving right over Colby. Now approaching Monument and Oakley, Kansas areas as we got in position to the south on Hwy 83.

Tornado warned storm near Elkader, Kansas. Lowering on the storm to the right where it should be and another suspicious lowering on the far left. Definitely not fully outflow dominant just yet here.

Great storm to shoot wide and capture the structure! Again that lowering on the left was real close to the ground and very suspicious but looks like scud being pulled in to me.

One more. What a great storm! Really enjoyed the structure.

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JUNE 10, 2026 MINNESOTA & WISCONSIN: EARLY DAY FUNNEL CLOUD AND SHELF CLOUDS

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Severe warned thunderstorm near Cannon Falls, MN. We were moving east on Hwy 50 to try and get ahead of these storms when they formed near the I-35 corridor shortly before noon. Was not planning to leave this early but when storms formed you have to drop everything and go!

Funnel cloud as we were approaching the storm on Hwy 61 near Welch, MN. Never could confirm if this actually touched down or not and was never confirmed.

Another shot of the funnel cloud as it appeared to be roping out here near Welch, MN.

Wall cloud on the storm as we got closer, looking northeast in Red Wing, MN.

We waited in Menomonie, WI for a few hours as the midday storms cleared and new storms developed around 4pm in the area. Strong core but you can tell this storm is already starting to gust out.

Shelf cloud forming on a good structured storm in Menomonie, WI.

Looking north, the other direction on the shelf cloud moving in on us. We were stopped next to several other chasers and a highway patrol officer at this point.

iPhone pano of the shelf cloud in Menomonie, WI.

Mammatus on the western side of the storm as we headed home at the end of the day.

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JUNE 3, 2026 SOUTH DAKOTA: SEVERE WIND AND HAILER

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Storm just getting going out ahead of the cold front in the open warm sector near Miller, South Dakota. Time is 5pm.

Storm updrafts starting to congeal with the tail end updraft looking stout and likely to take over the show with time. The environment is a good combination of instability and shear in the warm sector, but lacking low level flow.

Around 45 minutes later chasing the storm east to near Wolsey, South Dakota. Storm core really starting to get intense. Weak lowering forming on the left.

I like this shot of the dead tree, slowly developing lowering and intense storm core approaching.

Really intense core now… wow. Would not want to get caught in that! Lowering starting to wrap up a bit with slow rotation.

This was the best the weak wall cloud looked on this storm throughout it’s life cycle. Slowly rotating with condensing scud into it and trying to wrap up a bit. Best shot it had at producing a tornado near Wolsey.

One more lowering, structure, and core shot.

Met my friend Marcus and Ashley out chasing. Newlyweds! Love it that they took a chase trip right after they got back from their honeymoon.

Watching a downburst to the left of the main core descend to the ground. Near Yale, South Dakota.

Decent structure as the storm began gusting out and producing a shelf cloud near Bancroft, South Dakota.

Favorite structure shot of the day with a mean looking shelf cloud!

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MAY 17, 2026 NE/SD/IA/MN: LONG DURATION INTENSE STORM CLUSTER

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Severe warned cluster of storms moving along the Nebraska/South Dakota border, primarily moving into South Dakota. I wanted to play the southern end of this cluster for supercell characteristics and the best potential at a tornado. Looking west from a lookout on the Missouri River southwest of Yankton, South Dakota.

Severe warned storm getting real close now and need to head east to stay ahead. The storm was interacting with a modified outflow boundary that was lifting back north into southeast South Dakota from Nebraska.

Shelf cloud indicating outflow winds already as the storm approached Volin, South Dakota.

Whale’s mouth underneath the shelf cloud near Beresford, SD while I was repositioning and staying ahead. New cells developing at this point to my south to keep an eye on but mainly trying to stair step north and east with this thing for now.

Got out ahead and on a new storm by Estherville, Iowa that was ahead of the line and quickly forming a wall cloud as the storm strengthened and slowly moved towards the Minnesota border.

Blasted back up to I-90 and turned east near Sherburn, Minnesota to see a low hanging wall cloud that has condensing fingers into it in the distance. This was the best attempt all chase to seeing a tornado.

Storm still looking interesting with condensing scud into the action area, but it has certainly lost a lot of the wall cloud here and starting to get that shelf cloud look on the northern edge.

Severe warned storm by Winnebago still looking strong and holding onto the structure. I like this shot mainly for the inflow banding into the storm, the contrast, and the wall cloud with scud continuing to rise into it.

Can see the wall cloud to the west on another storm near Fairmont here at 7:47pm. Actually looks better than the storm I am on!

A short while later the storm still holding onto some structure with a decent tail cloud near Winnebago. Can still see the wall cloud on the Fairmont storm behind it but not looking quite as good as it had.

Continuing to chase this storm (still severe warned) northeast to Mapleton, Minnesota.

Not bad storm structure here at all looking southwest of Mapleton as the tail end storm updraft started to take over and exhibit supercell characteristics.

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APRIL 17, 2026 MINNESOTA: TORNADO NEAR ROCHESTER

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MaryLynn and I were late getting to this tornado after meandering east initially from Farmington into western Wisconsin to intercept a storm coming up our way. Soon realized the storm approaching Rochester was starting to go crazy and saw the last of several tornadoes near Rochester from a distance. Frustrating but at least we saw it!

Another shot of the tornado in the distance over the rolling farmland of southeast Minnesota.

We chased the supercell for another hour as it slowly worked it’s way east towards the Wisconsin border. It became tornado warned once again near St. Charles and had a brief lowering on the left side. Certainly a heavy rain/hail core in there!

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APRIL 25, 2026 OKLAHOMA: SUPERCELLS AND A FEW BRIEF FUNNELS

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Initial storm and rotating, producing a brief funnel just over the trees near Roff, Oklahoma.

Another funnel cloud just above the tree straight ahead near Roff, Oklahoma.

Another shot of the funnel that was condensating a bit more towards the ground as we were racing up the road to get closer.

The funnel lifted as we get closer, only 1 mile west of Roff at this point. Action area and rotating lowering was still present.

Bailed our initial storm and ended up on another severe warned storm near Katie, Oklahoma after sunset.

One last shot of the storm with a lightning bolt in the distance near Katie before we called the chase and headed towards Oklahoma City for the night to get ready for the next day.

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APRIL 13, 2026 MINNESOTA: 2 TORNADOES NEAR TRUMAN

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Initial storm near Trimont, MN feeding off the unstable atmosphere on the warm front.

Multiple vortex tornado number 1 northeast of Trimont, MN. This thing was twisting and turning underneath!

Amazing tornado and structure near Truman, MN. Can really notice that clear slot cutting in on the left (southwest side of the storm).

Tornado stirring up a larger debris field and becoming wider, still holding on strong. The tornado was later rated an EF-1 with peak winds estimated at 90 mph.

The tornado lifted for 6 minutes before dropping back down and producing another to the northeast of Truman near the small town of Willow Creek. Although I had originally counted this as a third tornado, the NWS damage survey confirmed this was a continuation of the same circulation and the previous tornado that had touched down.

Tornado about to lift as we drove north to get closer to the circulation. The tornado started at 6:15 PM and ended at 6:40 PM with an estimated path length of 8.49 miles.

Big fat funnel cloud as the tornado lifted to the west of Amboy as we continued to drive closer to the circulation. Even though there were a lot of chasers out for this one, it was very easy to manage due to the gridded road system and the gravel roads across southern Minnesota.

As we progressed east at the end of the chase, it continued to produce wall clouds and areas of rotation, as well as some continued photogenic structure! This same storm produced an EF-1 tornado near Hartland later in the evening.

Radar loop of the event. The Truman storm is in the bottom left. Classic right-moving supercell on the warm front.

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