Michael Thornton
Tornado fest in NW Texas
On April 23rd, the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, put an Enhanced Risk for severe weather in both Oklahoma and Northwestern...
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Michael Thornton
- Mar 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Happy, TX tornado
March 12th, 2021, was a significant bust for me. I drove over 498 miles to see nothing but the backside of HP tornadic supercells because...
Michael Thornton
- Jul 1, 2020
- 6 min
Chased by a squall line
The day before June 21st, I was looking at weather models and noticed that both the NAM 3km and HRRR agreed that we could have dewpoints...
Michael Thornton
- Jun 12, 2020
- 14 min
The 2020 Spring Chase Season.
The time has finally come. The blog that talks about my 2020 spring storm chase adventures is here! Only a week late, of course. I have...
Michael Thornton
- Apr 3, 2020
- 4 min
Low risk in the Oklahoma Panhandle
The setup On the morning of March 30th, I woke up and checked the weather models like I would on any other chase day. I noticed that the...
Michael Thornton
- Sep 26, 2019
- 3 min
Dust storms in September
Hey everyone! It has been a long time since I last wrote a blog on one of my chases. Today I will be talking about a chase that I did...
Michael Thornton
- May 30, 2019
- 3 min
Why I love the Texas Panhandle.
Hey everyone! It's time for another blog about one of my chases! Today I will be talking about a chase I did back on May 23rd. I left...
Michael Thornton
- May 11, 2019
- 2 min
Muddy roads and HP Supercells
Hey everyone! Today I will be talking about a chase I did back on May 7th, 2019 in the Texas Panhandle. Originally, I was going to...
Michael Thornton
- Apr 10, 2019
- 3 min
Hail madness
Hey everyone! It's that time again, another chase to talk about. Today I will be talking about a chase that I did back on April 3rd. Now...
Michael Thornton
- Mar 26, 2019
- 3 min
The first chase of 2019
Hey everyone! This is a few days late. But better late than never as some say! I chased a marginal risk setup that was over Central...
Michael Thornton
- Aug 14, 2018
- 1 min
The Marginal Risk payoff
Well, I didn't originally plan on chasing today. But the weather models looked good, and if nothing formed or if a storm didn't become...
Michael Thornton
- May 29, 2018
- 1 min
Last chase of May.
Today is May 29th, and it's the last chase of May. This season has been very slow so far, and I haven't really gotten a lot of footage or...
Michael Thornton
- May 13, 2018
- 1 min
The day of the lightning strikes
There is a good chance for Severe Thunderstorms today in Northwestern Oklahoma and Texas. I left Norman around 11am and headed West for...
Michael Thornton
- May 1, 2018
- 2 min
The first chase of 2018
After such a slow start to the 2018 chase season, May is finally here and I'm chasing on the first day! Weather models all agree that...
Michael Thornton
- Oct 21, 2017
- 2 min
Funnel clouds, lightning, and destroyed windshields
Today looks like a good day for chasing in Southwestern Oklahoma. Before chasing today, I attended the National Weather Festival at the...
Michael Thornton
- Oct 7, 2017
- 2 min
Kansas Supercells in October.
Today look's like a good chase day in Kansas. Technically this is my second ever chase in Kansas. But realistically my first, as the...
Michael Thornton
- May 16, 2017
- 1 min
The Elk City Tornado
At the start of the day I was very excited, because all of the weather models showed some great potential in severe weather including...
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