StormChasingUSA.com blog

My storm chasing vacation of 2020 is cancelled – and it is painful

By StormChasingUSA.com | May 1, 2020 | 0 Comments
2020 season cancelled

In the advert of the Covid-19 outbreak I was still expecting to chase (albeit with some difficulties) but ever since the US closed the borders for travelers from Europe in March, I have known that the chances for me chasing this year has been slim. The borders were, at first, closed for 30 days but […]

How will the Corona virus (COVID-19) affect the storm chasing tours in 2020?

By StormChasingUSA.com | March 16, 2020 | 2 Comments
corona virus storm chasing

There is not much needed to say about the Corona virus as I am sure you are quite well informed about the health situation. The effects of this pandemic are obviously vast and it affects (most importantly) the health of people, the World economy but also storm chasing. Most chasers are US based and may […]

Interview with Gregg Potter – owner of F5! Tornado Safaris

By StormChasingUSA.com | February 24, 2020 | 1 Comment
gregg potter f5 tornado safaris

Who is Gregg Potter? I was born in Cleveland, OH and moved to Castle Rock, CO when I was 6 years old. With storms blowing up along the front range of the Rockies, I got my love for the weather and storms at a young age. I knew I’d be a Meteorologist by the time […]

SDS – Storm Deprivation Syndrome

By StormChasingUSA.com | February 20, 2020 | 0 Comments
sds storm deprivation syndrome

Storm Deprivation Syndrome (abbreviated SDS) is a anxiety syndrom that mainly affects storm chasers when there are no storms to chase for an extended period of time – typically in the off-season. Prevalence SDS is very rare in the general population but is greatly prevalent among the demographic group of so called storm chasers – […]

Storm chasing music: My “Getting Charged Up to Chase” playlist

By StormChasingUSA.com | January 31, 2020 | 0 Comments
epic storm chasing music

Music is a big part of my life and I have some sort of music on during much of the hours I am awake. I use music to accompany my mood or use it to change or enhance my mood. When it comes to storm chasing I usually travel with others and we usually go […]

Relaxing and soothing videos of storms and tornadoes

By StormChasingUSA.com | January 21, 2020 | 0 Comments
relaxing storms video

At home, we have a Samsung “The Frame” TV. You know, one of those that you can put in “Art mode” and it looks like a painting. We don’t have it connected to the normal cable but internet only. As such, we only watch streamed content on YouTube or Netflix. Most of the time, we […]

Interview with Roger Hill of Silver Lining Tours

By StormChasingUSA.com | January 13, 2020 | 0 Comments
roger hill and caryn hill

I continue with last year’s endeavour to interview tour company owners and tour guides from different storm chasing tour companies. Today, the interview is with Roger Hill, the owner and tour guide for Silver Lining Tours. He does not only run the biggest tour company in town, he is also the Guiness’ Book of Records World […]

Chasing with Extreme Tornado Tours in 2020

By StormChasingUSA.com | January 9, 2020 | 0 Comments
extreme tornado tours booked

I am very happy right now. I have just finalized my registration and bought a plane ticket to OKC in order to chase with Extreme Tornado Tours this season. For a long while it seemed like it would not be possible as I have a two year old son and a 3 month old daughter […]

Printing and framing my storm photos – help me decide!

By StormChasingUSA.com | November 5, 2019 | 0 Comments
wall with storm photos

Last year I finally came to print my first storm photo. It was my shot of the first tornado on the Dodge City, 2016, outbreak. It was one of my most significant photos as it was my best chase day, one of my best photos and it also included a few storm chasers in the […]

What is our responsibility when we share close-call tornado videos on social media?

By StormChasingUSA.com | November 4, 2019 | 0 Comments
close call leoti ks weather nation

It is difficult not to have a double-sided attitude towards social media nowadays. At its best, it is a fun and excellent source of information, the perfect way to quickly get crucial information, and to keep in touch with friends, acquaintances and like-minded all over the world.  At its worst, social media can be used to easily spread […]

Road trip with thunderstorms in Sweden

By StormChasingUSA.com | July 17, 2019 | 0 Comments
thunderstorm front

I live very close to the Falsterbo Horse Show which is an annual and very popular horse event in Sweden. It is also a good time to get the heck out of Falsterbo, rent out the house and go visit friends around the country, which is exactly what I did with my family. I was happy […]

Going home through storms and a summary of chase season 2019

By StormChasingUSA.com | June 18, 2019 | 0 Comments
shelf cloud

My flight was not until later in the afternoon so we had a slow morning and as the other guys went for lunch I got a ride to the airport. I enjoyed the time at the airport editing photos while waiting for my flight. My first flight was through Dallas, which actually had a 5% […]

Day 10: My last chase day

By StormChasingUSA.com | June 16, 2019 | 0 Comments
wakita

I had been quite stressed about how to get back to Tulsa as the other would keep on chasing and I had booked a rental car in Amarillo just in case. During the morning forecast however we realized we had the option to, once again, chase high-based storms in the Texas panhandle or go for […]

Day 9: Chasing 5 states in one day

By StormChasingUSA.com | June 15, 2019 | 0 Comments
lightning

The moisture had returned to our target area but we were waiting for a weak trough to eject into our target area to enhance 500mb winds etc and strengthen any storm that would exist in our target area – but it really hadn’t passed over the mountains yet, so no help from there. Thus, when […]

Day 8: Lightning storm at sunset in New Mexico

By StormChasingUSA.com | June 14, 2019 | 0 Comments
lightning at sunset

We slept in Raton, NM, which was pretty much our target area for the day to come as well. We knew the storms would fire off the mountains and take their sweet time to get to out on the front range where the severe storm potential was better – and they sure did. We chased […]

Follow StormChasingUSA

Twitter is StormChasingUSA's main channel. See cool photos, get updates on chases & tours and other interesting aspects of storm chasing.

@stormchasingusa on Twitter

Get info on deals & see amazing photos on our Facebook page.
@StormChasingUSA on Facebook


See amazing photos of tornadoes and supercells on our Instagram account.


Be the first to see our storm videos by subscribing to our Youtube-channel.


@StormChasingUSA on Youtube

Get notified on great deals etc.

Get news about deals, discounts and cool things going on in the storm chasing tour industry by subscribing to our newsletter now:

How’s chasing today?

Convective outlook

Tornado risk

Storms reported

Recent Comments