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2025 Storm Chase Logs
| TOTAL MILES: | 7,222 |
| TOTAL CHASES: | 6 |
| TOTAL TORNADOES | 3 |
| TORNADO DAYS: | 1 |
| TORNADO AVG: | 0.167 |
| TOTAL SPOTTER: | 1 |
| TOTAL ALL LOGS: | 7 |
| 1K CHASES: | 4 |
In Progress
Northeast Colorado
Chase Miles:
643
Storms in eastern Colorado struggled most of the day before a long-lived sub-severe storm exploded into a tornado-warned blizzard hailer south of Sterling.
Tornadoes:
None
Hail:
1.25"
Flooding:
None Observed
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Nebraska Panhandle
Chase Miles:
450
A day I was gonna toss aside turned into one of the best overall chases of 2025 that included some epic daytime lightning photography and a couple stat-padder tornadoes.
Tornadoes:
2
Hail:
0.88"
Flooding:
None Observed
In Progress
Western Texas
Chase Miles:
723
A cyclic tornadic supercell from New Mexico produced a family of tornadoes on its way to Lubbock, including a monster, career tornado near Morton, Texas.
Tornadoes:
10
Hail:
None
Flooding:
Flash Flooding, Urban Flooding
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Northeast Colorado
Chase Miles:
339
On a chase that reminded me a lot of Yuma 2023, I saw several tornadoes, including a long-lived, very photogenic tornado near Akron in northeast Colorado.
Tornadoes:
3
Hail:
None
Flooding:
None Observed
In Progress
Northwest Kansas
Chase Miles:
654
In one of the largest tornado outbreaks to hit Kansas in the last decade, we had one of our most intense tornado encounters of our careers. And oh yeah, wedge-fest to boot!
Tornadoes:
6
Hail:
1.00
Flooding:
None Observed
In Progress
Southeast Missouri
Chase Miles:
611
Incredible intercept of a large, high-contrast tornado that crossed I-55 north of Sikeston; one of three tornadoes I would document in southeast Missouri in this localized tornado outbreak.
Tornadoes:
3
Hail:
0.88"
Flooding:
None Observed
In Progress
Western Nebraska
Chase Miles:
851
Spout-fest in western Nebraska as I observed three of the multiple landspout tornadoes that dropped from a slow-moving supercell west of North Platte.
Tornadoes:
3
Hail:
1.00"
Flooding:
None Observed
In Progress
Southeast NE/Southwest IA
Chase Miles:
757
A 'Hailuva' chase that included two weak landspout tornadoes and a large tornado after sunset in southwest Iowa. But monster hail in both states yielded the biggest remembrance of this day.
Tornadoes:
3
Hail:
4.00"
Flooding:
None Observed