


My 30th season kicks off with a supercell-filled day across southeast Illinois that ended in a blizzard of hail and an almost tornado near the Wabash River.

Chase Log: September 9, 2025

Chase Log: August 4, 2025

Chase Log: June 13, 2025
Tony's Blogbach, Between the Isobars
Wheels Up Tomorrow For First Chase Stint of 2026
The green lit has been given for the first multi-day outing of the season! Spending a few hours this afternoon readying the gear as this will be my first run with ALL the new gear and setup. My Illinois chase included the tablet run, but since then, new cameras, a…
March To Come in like a Lion
It’s been a minute since we’ve seen a multi-day stretch of outlooks from SPC. If you ignore the calendar, you could pretend this is May, but nope, welcome to the first week of March! I’m prepping here at home today to head out for that multi-day stint. It should all…
It’s Like Old Times Again
In the midst of this mass gear update, I’ve found myself kinda living back in old times. I remember in the early years, many trips to Ace Hardware, particularly the one in Lakewood off Alameda and Union, where I’d go in and buy various pieces to jimmy-rig my chase setup. …
Career Stats

Tactical Weather-Instrumented Sampling in/near Tornadoes Experiment
HAIL CHASES
FLOOD CHASES
LIGHTNING CHASES
MY CHASING HISTORY
The first chase, the first tornado, the May 14, 1997 Ohio-chase that started it all.
The number of Washington Redskins great, Art Monk, becomes a storm chasing icon.
In 22 years, 2 months, and 2 days, I drove half-a-million mile chasing storms across…

















































