On the board with the first tornadoes of the season, but this chase will forever be known for the Illinois record-breaking hail over 5″ in diameter, largest hail I have ever seen! And the best single lightning clip I’ve ever shot!
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Tony's Blogbach, Between the Isobars
Facebook Live Party Friday Night
Welp, the YouTube launch happens on Friday! At 6:30pm, the first NEW video of the NEW rebrand premieres! It’ll be the first time ever online I have detailed out my first chase and first tornado all the way back in 1997. It was the chase/tornado that started this whole thing…
The Regular Season To Commence?
If you’ve followed me for a long period of time, you know I compare chase season to football season; with March being the pre-season chsaes, April through June the regular season, the summer into early fall the post-season, and the winter the off-season. If you believe the long-range models, the…
Using Downtime to Swap Cameras?
Not exactly the news I wanted to start my week with, but alas, so it goes. Nikon sent out this advisory earlier this week, and wouldn’t you know it, my month-old Nikon Z6 III was part of the advisory. When I called Nikon to inquiry about turn-around time, not only…
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…