What Is It Like to Go on a Storm Chase Tour?

For those of you wondering what a storm chase is like, here is an example from April 17th. This all happened in the 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. time frame, very typical for storm chasing. The procedure, narrative, positioning and decision-making are all about the same in every chase. In this case, I intercepted two tornado-warned storms in southwestern Oklahoma.

[@fredmckinney8933]

OK, I just looked at your channel description, which confirmed what I thought. I grew up in the Ozarks and remembered you from KOLR, channel 10 from my growing-up years back in the 70's and 80's.

[@WeathermanTed]

Yes, same fella. How are you?

[@fredmckinney8933]

@@WeathermanTed Doing good. Grew up near Houston, MO, now living in West Plains.

[@falcongaming6861]

hoping to go on a tour when i go to oaklahoma

[@labadaw33]

I really want to go on a storm chasing vacation in the US.

[@WeathermanTed]

They can be quite exciting! Weather dependent of course.

[@huntermoilanen3935]

what is the map behind gr2anaylist right in the beginning of the video

[@nenblom]

Great job!! ⛈⛈🌪🌪😎

[@ventuid]

in order to watch for me its has to be in 480p

[@charlessmith263]

That CG flash at 3:43 was definitely a positive strike. Anyone that got hit in the area of the CG strike there would have been immediately fried, electrocuted and killed!!!

[@charlessmith263]

7:40 mark - If I were an official chaser, I see that the wall cloud from L to R is trying to create possibly an enormous EF4 RWT (rain-wrapped tornado)......I am seeing evidence of developing funneling from L to R......

[@Mortumo]

and to think what would come a month later...

[@melissaallinp.e.5209]

FYI...it's pronounced Chicka-shay, not shaw.

[@Firefly-trike]

Chica-shay, Chica-shaw, Chicken-little. We get the point. LOL

[@jessicalee5260]

I was going to say the same, I used to live sorta near there, in Lawton.

[@michaelross1452]

@@jessicalee5260 Its pronounced Lawertorn

[@WeathermanTed]

Yes, this pronunciation has dogged me for a while. It's an old video but I need to make a correction somehow.

[@IamABeauty]

Chickosha like Kenosha.

[@netabolt6546]

awesome video. great chase :D

[@charlessmith263]

I am trying to call myself "The Human Convective Calculator" seeing this video of this meso here. (Meso - is known as a mesocyclone - or a supercell - or a thunderstorm containing rotating updrafts.) Guessing the tops are up to probably 50,000 feet or so and the CAPE - assuming surface based - up to 4,000 or more j/kg. LI is up to -10, showalter to -8 to -9, and the K index is off the chart - up to 38-40. Lapse rates between 8 to 9 c/km.

[@dragonjoe2345]

That looks like it is rain-rapped.