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It Finally Happened! Tornado #500!!!

September 30, 2026 | Post-Mortem

IT HAPPENED!!! On the third tornado of an EIGHT TORNADO DAY in Kansas, I documented my 500th career tornado!  It’s after midnight, I am exhausted coming in less than 36 hours after wrapping my East Coast Nor’Easter coverage and left this morning on a whim only to have my best tornado chase day of 2026 and it’s not even close!  Plenty more to talk about, but I absolutely HAD to mark the occasion, my number 1 goal of 2026, which I inched slowly and painfully to, finally happened!!!

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Tony's 10-Day Chase Outlook

TODAY OCT 7
No Chase Planned
<5%
TOMORROW OCT 8
Likely Tropical Day
60%
Central Gulf Coast
FRIDAY OCT 9
Likely Tropical Day
>95%
Central Gulf Coast
SATURDAY OCT 10
Likely Tropical Day
>95%
Central Gulf Coast
SUNDAY OCT 11
Possible Chase Day
60%
Southeast US
MONDAY OCT 12
Possible Chase Day
40%
Southeast US
TUESDAY OCT 13
Watching
20%
TBD
WEDNESDAY OCT 14
Watching
20%
TBD
THURSDAY OCT 15
No Chase Planned
<5%
FRIDAY OCT 16
No Chase Planned
<5%
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