April 21, 2008: Maysville, OK Supercell

On April 21st, 2008 Simon Brewer intercepted a supercell near Maysville, OK, which produced frequent lightning and large hail. The storm developed along the dryline in Central OK in the late evening. Simon documented quater-size hail, but much larger hail was reported by other chasers in the precipitation core of the storm.

April 7 , 2008: Electra, TX Tornado

On April 7th, 2008 Tom Santillo, Jim Bishop, Simon Brewer, and Cory Rundquist documented documented a tornado northwest of Electra, TX. Heavy precipitation wrapped around the tornado, so it was uncertain how long the tornado event lasted. The chasers witnessed a condensation funnel connect with the ground briefly early in the tornado's life cycle as a small multi vortex. The tornado became rain-wrapped and invisible to the chasers later to become briefly visible as a stout cone/stovepipe only to disappear behind the rain again, and then become visible as a long rope in the latter stages of the tornado event cycle. The supercell became elevated and never produced another tornado.

March 31, 2008: Southeastern Oklahoma Supercells

On March 31st, 2008 Simon Brewer, Shawn Maroney, and Cory Rundquist documented 3 supercells in Southeastern OK. The storm chasers documented golfball to baseball-size hail with one hailstone measured at 3.25 inches in diameter. The storm chasers followed the main supercell of the day from Madill, OK to north of Hugo, OK.

March 30, 2008: Western Oklahoma Supercells

On March 30th, 2008 Simon Brewer documented 2 supercells in Western Oklahoma near Cordell, Rocky and Binger. He documented large hail; a few stones at 2.5 inches in diameter (one near Rocky and a few more stones south of Cloud Chief).

March 18-19, 2008 Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe National Parks (NM and TX Respectively)

On March 18-19th, 2008 Simon Brewer and Anna Morrell traveled to Carlsbad Caverns Nat. Park in southeastern New Mexico and Guadalupe Mountains National Park in southwestern Texas. The chasers witnessed spectacular rock formations over 700 ft below the surface in the caves of Carlsbad Caverns, and then climbed to the top of Texas on Guadalupe Peak at 8,749 ft.

March 17, 2008 West Texas Supercells

On March 17th, 2008 Simon Brewer and Anna Morrell intercepted a 2 supercells near Abilene, TX. There was low CAPE and a strong CAP, which inhibitted supercells developing along the dryline in west Texas. The chasers captured some lightning photos near dark on an elevated supercell northeast of Abilene, TX.

March 2, 2008 Eagle City, OK Tornado

On March 2nd, 2008 Simon Brewer intercepted a tornadic supercell in western Oklahoma north of I-40. The storm produced a tornado near Eagle City northwest of Watonga. The tornado was intermitently on the ground for several minutes until a very well defined cold front undercut the storm northeast of Eagle City, OK.

February 11, 2008 Rare Compact Texas MCS

On February 11th, 2008 Mark McGowen intercepted a rare tightly packed mcs south-southwest of Houston, TX. The compact complex of storms developed during the afternoon and continued into the night. Analysis of radar, surface, and UPA data suggests the strong circulation in the storm was not a supercellular-mesocyclone, but instead a meso-low driven by latent heating of the low and mid-levels of the storms.

December 9-10 Oklahoma Ice Storm

On December 9th and 10th Western, Central, and Northeastern Oklahoma received a significant ice storm that crippled the electric infrastructure for a few days following the event. I received electricity a few days after the event and received internet to post this only a few hours ago (night of the 13th).

2007 Year Review

Check out the 2007 Year Review of tornado captured by the Stormgasm Team. 2007 was a very active tornado year for the Great Plains and Team Stormgasm was there to document some of those twisters.

October Supercells

October 17, 2007: Simon Brewer, Anna Morrell, and Corey Rundquist documented 2 low-topped supercells and numerous thunderstorms across Central Oklahoma. The chasers experienced quater-sized hail, high winds, and photo opportunities throughout the day. Please check out their pictures from this beautiful fall day.

Hurricane Felix (CAT 5)

September 4, 2007: Hurricane Felix reintensifies to a Catagory 5 as it makes landfall on the northeastern coast of Nicaragua! Winds in the right eyewall on the coast will be at or above 160mph! Deadly flooding and landslides will occur inland due to heavy rain associated with Felix.

September 2, 2007: Hurricane Felix became the 2nd Catagory 5 Storm during the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season with winds sustained at or above 165mph and a central pressure of 930mb!

Arnett, OK Tornado

May 4th, 2007: Simon Brewer documented a beautiful low-precipitation tornadic supercell near Arnett, OK. Simon also documented hail larger than baseballs; one hail stone shattered his windshield!

Central Kansas Tornadoes

April 24th, 2007: Jim Bishop, MaryLeigh Sanders, Simon Brewer, and Mark Mcgowen witnessed 3-4 tornadoes from a tail-end-charlie supercell in Central Kansas. All of the tornadoes were very weak, but one tornadic circulation lasted 15+ minutes with intermitent weak spinups.

Southwest Kansas Tornado Outbreak

April 23, 2007: Simon Brewer and Mark Mcgowen witnessed several tornadoes in NW OK and SW KS; most of the tornadoes in Kansas occurred near the town of Protection, KS.

Fort Worth, TX Tornado

April 13th, 2007: On Friday the 13th Simon Brewer witnessed a tornado on the Southwest side of Fort Worth, TX. The tornado was on the ground for 2-3 minutes.

"Tornado Express" The Best Tornadoes of 2006

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