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06/23/2026

06-22-2026 : Incredibly structured supercell with turquoise striations just south of Sterling, Colorado that would eventually go tornado warned.

06/21/2026

06-21-2026

Massive inflow tail to explosive and sculpted updraft near Carpenter, Wyoming this evening. The storm would go on to be tornado warned.

06/20/2026

Listen to the waterfall roar as the Effingham, IL EF-3 tornado crosses the road a few hundred yards to our south.

A quick still frame from the Effingham, IL tornado video shortly after touching down and becoming a fully condensed skin...
06/19/2026

A quick still frame from the Effingham, IL tornado video shortly after touching down and becoming a fully condensed skinny cone. Watching this tornado touchdown and widen into a large truncated cone as it crossed the road behind us was a surreal experience. Full video to come soon.

Still processing yesterday. The day struggled early due to cool low-levels from the morning/afternoon passing MCS. Sto...
06/18/2026

Still processing yesterday. The day struggled early due to cool low-levels from the morning/afternoon passing MCS. Storms took on classic super cellular structure with strong low level inflow, but it was cool. Wall clouds and inflow tails would form, but it was clear the low level instability just wasn’t there.

After leaving two tornado warned storms we headed West to a storm near Charleston, IL. The plan was to intercept the leading edge and sample the hail, but very quickly it was obvious something was different. The storm was pumping out CG strikes and a hard left edge developed. A delayed midlevel impulse had arrived and it pulled in the rich low level moisture / temps from the south with it. Within no time we were contending with a close range, rain-wrapped, large tornado. After creeping in to the inflow notch and sampling it from the north side, we decided to continue with our original plan of letting storms pass and hopping down the line due to fast storm motions.

The next storm was Effingham, IL. The storm had the classic supercell shape but was still lacking a tight mesocyclone at the hook. We cut south through the precipitation core and got out in front right as a couplet was developing. Shortly after a cone lowering developed, and we quickly repositioned as we assessed we were directly in the path. After a short trek north, the tornado fully condensed and we all witnessed one of the most amazing intercepts of our lives. A close range, strong tornado a couple hundred yards away.

06/17/2026

Incredible wave-like leading edge to an early afternoon squall line here in Illinois. The main threat is expected later this afternoon with a high end environment developing.

A prominent whale’s mouth on the leading edge of a morning squall line in Bethany, MO before the main setup later in the...
06/13/2026

A prominent whale’s mouth on the leading edge of a morning squall line in Bethany, MO before the main setup later in the afternoon.

Quick screen grab of the first tornado of the day near Carthage, Illinois for Extreme Tornado Tours Tour 6.
06/11/2026

Quick screen grab of the first tornado of the day near Carthage, Illinois for Extreme Tornado Tours Tour 6.

Quick screen grab of a long lived rope tornado near Table Grove, IL this evening. Getting it done for Tour 6 for Extrem...
06/11/2026

Quick screen grab of a long lived rope tornado near Table Grove, IL this evening. Getting it done for Tour 6 for Extreme Tornado Tours.

Incredible 22 degree halo in Northern Iowa today. These form with refraction through ice crystals in high cirrus clouds...
06/10/2026

Incredible 22 degree halo in Northern Iowa today. These form with refraction through ice crystals in high cirrus clouds.

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