r/stormchasing

Very eventful chase in southern MN on 4/13/26

https://youtu.be/qxEq6Aiyu0g?si=oeHZL8tu3VHbvo0t

This is a REALLY rare storm chasing documentary titled “Norman, OK” (filmed in 2003, released in 2009) by John Yost.

During the 2003 tornado season, a film crew from RIT traveled to Norman, Oklahoma to document storm chasing activity. The result is an observational documentary showing life in the field during that period, which ended up being the calmest 2 weeks of the season.

It includes some of the earliest footage of the TIV-1 (Tornado Intercept Vehicle 1) but also recording the Doppler on Wheels (DOW), along with interview and observational segments featuring storm chasers and researchers including Sean Casey.

The documentary was unavailable everywhere, could not find to watch, and I couldn’t find it through normal sources. I contacted the filmmaker, who made it over 20 years ago, and he said he was open to wider sharing due to interest from storm chasing and meteorology communities. I offered to help make it accessible, and he kindly gave permission for it to be shared.

Sharing here for anyone interested in very rare storm chasing history and EARLY TIV-era / DOW documentation.

I was getting really nice pictures of the approaching shelf but reacted too late and ended up getting hit by the worst of the storm, car was shaking and winds got up to like 80mph, tornado touched down like 300 yards north of me too 😭

Saw this nice cloud structure on a passing storm near Litchfield Ohio, April 15th.

If you enjoy storm content and weather photography, check me out on tiktok/insta/yt @whenthemoodsright !

Bavaria 04/19/26

First Stormchase of the Season!

Saturday April 18th 2026 - Kearney Nebraska

I've been chasing storms for a long time but this one's got me baffled... I'm thinking it's a cold air funnel. Cuz it was super nice right before this happened no winds and then we had a batch of cumulus pop up... Virga was everywhere... But this caught my eye so I drove out to the west of the city and this happened...

But 11:30 a.m. ish

You can see the lowering of the rain base here definite rotation but we get dust devils and weird stuff like this all the time...

I initially thought it was just virga... Strong downdraft winds....

Anybody clarify?

Multi state tornado outbreak! We're up to 10 confirmed tornado reports so far.

Surprised it didn’t drop anything you can see some funnels forming tho as I drive ahead of it.

Had an absolute blast on Tuesday! This bad boy was so photogenic!

Debating on going back out tomorrow!