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    Narrowly Escaping Nashville
    • Jan 8
    • 2 min

    Narrowly Escaping Nashville

    That 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...
    New Vlog - "Tornado Outbreak Felt Inevitable"
    • Dec 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    New 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...
    Parsons Manufacturing Plant as a Model for Severe Weather Preparedness
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Parsons Manufacturing Plant as a Model for Severe Weather Preparedness

    This is the Parsons Manufacturing Plant in Roanoke, Illinois before and after it was struck by an F4 tornado on July 13th, 2004. 120-140...
    Another Round of December Severe Storms + High Winds
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Another Round of December Severe Storms + High Winds

    A widespread high-end synoptic (non-thunderstorm) wind event is expected to unfold today and tonight with wind gusts exceeding 50-75 MPH...
    Live Coverage of Tornado Outbreak on December 10th, 2021
    • Dec 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Live Coverage of Tornado Outbreak on December 10th, 2021

    Here’s an archive of our severe weather coverage on WILL AM 580 last night as tornadoes and high winds swept through central Illinois. We...
    SKYDRAMA 2021 | The 2021 Storm Observation Season
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    SKYDRAMA 2021 | The 2021 Storm Observation Season

    Three hours of supercells and tornadoes on the American Great Plains from the 2021 storm observation season. My annual year end storm...
    August 12th, 2021 | 1 in 1,000 Year Flood in Gibson City, Illinois
    • Aug 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    August 12th, 2021 | 1 in 1,000 Year Flood in Gibson City, Illinois

    Thunderstorms erupted over the town of Gibson City (about 45 miles northwest of Champaign-Urbana) before sunrise the morning of August...
    June 25th, 2021 | Cisco, Illinois Tornadoes
    • Jun 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    June 25th, 2021 | Cisco, Illinois Tornadoes

    An outflow boundary cooked in the late-June sun and produced several mini-supercells along the Interstate 72 corridor in central...
    June 20th, 2021 | Pella, Iowa Tornado
    • Jun 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    June 20th, 2021 | Pella, Iowa Tornado

    I 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 17th, 2021 | Sterling City, Texas Tornado
    • May 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    May 17th, 2021 | Sterling City, Texas Tornado

    We 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 16th 2021 | Stunning Low-Precipitation Supercell near Lubbock, Texas
    • May 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    May 16th 2021 | Stunning Low-Precipitation Supercell near Lubbock, Texas

    We journeyed overnight from Illinois to west Texas in hopes of a late-evening structure show and we were not disappointed. Unfortunately,...
    May 3rd, 2021 | Tornadic Supercell in Central Illinois
    • May 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    May 3rd, 2021 | Tornadic Supercell in Central Illinois

    On Monday May 3rd I chased a supercell along the Interstate 72 corridor as it produced brief tornadoes near Ashland and Mechanicsburg,...
    Early Thoughts on the 2021 Storm Observation Season
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Early Thoughts on the 2021 Storm Observation Season

    Some early ideas on 2021 storm season, copied over from social media. La Nina/PDO- combination means we're in for a banger, right? Adding...
    Snow Squall Slicing | January 15th, 2021
    • Jan 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Snow Squall Slicing | January 15th, 2021

    I had circled Friday as a potentially stimulating weather day a couple days earlier when I noticed the potential for snow squalls across...
    A Surreal Snowy World With No Horizon
    • Jan 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Surreal Snowy World With No Horizon

    A compact little storm system that was forecast to deliver 1" to 2" of new snow to much of central Illinois on Saturday night...
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