Jan 82 minNarrowly Escaping NashvilleThat has to have been the most not in control I've ever felt in a weather situation. I thought we'd left early enough to beat the worst...
Dec 19, 20211 minNew Vlog - "Tornado Outbreak Felt Inevitable"It's been a good fall. Mild weather lasting into December meant plenty of time outdoors walking in the woods and enjoying the backyard...
Dec 15, 20211 minParsons Manufacturing Plant as a Model for Severe Weather PreparednessThis is the Parsons Manufacturing Plant in Roanoke, Illinois before and after it was struck by an F4 tornado on July 13th, 2004. 120-140...
Dec 14, 20211 minAnother Round of December Severe Storms + High WindsA widespread high-end synoptic (non-thunderstorm) wind event is expected to unfold today and tonight with wind gusts exceeding 50-75 MPH...
Dec 11, 20211 minLive Coverage of Tornado Outbreak on December 10th, 2021Here’s an archive of our severe weather coverage on WILL AM 580 last night as tornadoes and high winds swept through central Illinois. We...
Nov 25, 20211 minSKYDRAMA 2021 | The 2021 Storm Observation SeasonThree hours of supercells and tornadoes on the American Great Plains from the 2021 storm observation season. My annual year end storm...
Aug 12, 20211 minAugust 12th, 2021 | 1 in 1,000 Year Flood in Gibson City, IllinoisThunderstorms erupted over the town of Gibson City (about 45 miles northwest of Champaign-Urbana) before sunrise the morning of August...
Jun 25, 20211 minJune 25th, 2021 | Cisco, Illinois TornadoesAn outflow boundary cooked in the late-June sun and produced several mini-supercells along the Interstate 72 corridor in central...
Jun 20, 20211 minJune 20th, 2021 | Pella, Iowa TornadoI spent the entire day worshipping an Illinois MCV and talking smack about the cold front play in Iowa, but as the day wore on I was...
May 17, 20212 minMay 17th, 2021 | Sterling City, Texas TornadoWe woke up in Lubbock on the 17th. I had a bit of work to do for my job, mostly weather forecast updates for our folks in the Canadian...
May 16, 20212 minMay 16th 2021 | Stunning Low-Precipitation Supercell near Lubbock, TexasWe journeyed overnight from Illinois to west Texas in hopes of a late-evening structure show and we were not disappointed. Unfortunately,...
May 3, 20211 minMay 3rd, 2021 | Tornadic Supercell in Central IllinoisOn Monday May 3rd I chased a supercell along the Interstate 72 corridor as it produced brief tornadoes near Ashland and Mechanicsburg,...
Mar 1, 20212 minEarly Thoughts on the 2021 Storm Observation SeasonSome early ideas on 2021 storm season, copied over from social media. La Nina/PDO- combination means we're in for a banger, right? Adding...
Jan 17, 20212 minSnow Squall Slicing | January 15th, 2021I had circled Friday as a potentially stimulating weather day a couple days earlier when I noticed the potential for snow squalls across...
Jan 4, 20213 minA Surreal Snowy World With No HorizonA compact little storm system that was forecast to deliver 1" to 2" of new snow to much of central Illinois on Saturday night...