I have been chasing storms across Tornado Alley and the Mid-Atlantic since 1997. I also do nature and landscape photography.
Joined October 2011
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Releasing my first #storm #NFT collection of some of my favorite storm chase images on @opensea Many #Tornado , #supercell and other storm images.
#NFTCommunity #NFTs #nftcollectors opensea.io/collection/beasth…
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6/15/2026 was a meh chase day! I couldn't resist a 2% tornado risk.High CAPE, decent 500 mb flow, poor shear. I followed a storm that was briefly showing rotation on radar E from near Richmond. State highway 60 is miserable chasing east of Bottom's Bridge. #vawx @NWSWakefieldVA
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Nice rainbow picture! I love rainbows and have been feeling rainbow-deprived.
I was getting jealous of everyone else's pictures of rainbows this past week. I feel better now. 🌈✨
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Jun 14
Keep shooting photos even between substorms! Here is a Tall Blue Ray (TBR), possibly a Giant Blue Ray (GBR), captured by Javor Kac from W Slovenia (45°N MLAT) during the 25 September 2023 G2 storm. This blue ray formed *after* a substorm - the substorm lasted about 10 minutes with red pillars / rays reaching about 10° high in the sky. After it faded and only some faint, photographically (barely) detectable red glow remained, this blue ray formed - reaching some 50° high in the sky! Reds 10°, blue 50°! Preliminary triangulation suggests this blue ray reached ~3500 km high!
Jun 13
Various kinds of blue rays all share the same characteristic: they are exceptionally tall. And the blue color, sharing the same emission mechanism - resonant sunlight scattering on ionized molecular nitrogen (N2 ) at very high altitudes, even above the oxygen reds. But being very tall they can be seen very far equatorward, with the lower (red and blue) parts of the auroral oval being below the horizon. I wonder just how often these tall blue rays are seen from lower mid and low latitudes, with nothing else popping above the northern horizon?
This great diagram was made by Geoff Cloake using observations by the GBR group.
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Never stop chasing!
Jun 13
We are so severe weather-aware in Topeka today. Never stop chasing on three.
We will be live by 4 pm
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Jun 13
A very interesting ship off the coast of Virginia Beach Virginia this morning.
#dji #ship #topdown #virginiabeach #sunrise
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Starting to be interested in MD into northern VA for a possible chase Sun afternoon after reviewing 00Z models Sat night. Very high CAPE, 35-45 forecast SW 500mb winds, south-southeast surfece winds, decent shear across the Mid-Atlantic forecast on Sunday. Too early to target.
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Jun 12
Super excited to announce that we have received the preliminary results from SPC's Spring Forecasting Experiment!
StormNet scored 1st place overall, plus:
-1st place at each lead-time.
-1st place each week of the experiment.
Even beating CSU-MLP (GEFS-MLP) and WxNext2!
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Jun 12
Quick edit showing some of the intense moments today while documenting 8 tornadoes in northern Illinois into Indiana. Massive shoutout to @skydrama for nailing the forecast in the warm sector. Hands down the craziest tornado outbreak I've ever documented.
Full video will be released in the near future on the @thestormreel YouTube page.
#ilwx #inwx #tornado #outbreak
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What a beast!
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Jun 12
This was one of the most bizarre moments we’ve seen when covering tornadoes.
This sidewinder tornado near Ipava, Illinois fully wrapped around itself, contorting its vortex and writhing like a knotted-up snake, all the while being stretched into eventual oblivion.
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Jun 11
Incredible images of a tornado on the ground in LaSalle County, IL near Streator.
LIVE COVERAGE: wgntv.com/on-air/live-stream… @WGNNews @NWSChicago
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Jun 11
Twin tornadoes near Ransom, IL moments ago
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Jun 11
Sorry for radio silence, nonstop, filming tornadoes with my jaw on the floor in North Central Illinois.
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