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Welcome to NebraskaStorms.com, your source for severe weather
pictures and videos. Here on this site you will find photos and videos
of tornadoes, monster storms, lightning, and all kinds of severe
weather. You will also find storm chase accounts from all of the storms
I've chased over the years based from Nebraska. Download videos,
screensavers, and weather software. You can even watch the
LIVE
CHASE CAM! Check back often for new updates!
Thanks for visiting NebraskaStorms. -
Brian
Thalken
June 19, 2008 - Tornado outside of Lincoln, NE
I witnessed a brief tornado very close to home today!
Well I only had to storm chase about 5 miles from
where I live. Caught an unexpected brief tornado at about 6:43pm. I was
located near 112th and Fletcher looking north. My guess is that the
tornado touched down between Fletcher and Alvo Rd. just to the west of
112th. I had only left my
apartment ~10 minutes before the tornado touched down. By far this was
my shortest storm chase ever!
Click the picture below to play the video!
Click the picture below to play the
time lapse video!
More
pictures and video coming soon...
Little Sioux Boy Scout Camp Tornado - June 11, 2008
Omaha NWS damage survey team confirms EF3 tornado with winds of 145mph hit the Little Sioux, IA Boy Scout Camp on June 11, 2008.
Official NWS Valley, NE DAMAGE SURVEY Link
I chased central Nebraska to southeast Nebraska on June 4,
2008. Followed a monster HP supercell towards just north of
Lincoln. The storm ended up catching us just north of Raymond,
NE. Looking at radar while being pounded with hail, there was a very
strong velocity couplet on the storm relative velocity. This couplet
was almost directly over Ceresco, NE. According to the National
Weather Service Valley, NE office, two tornadoes struck Ceresco, NE.
Ceresco, NE TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEY Some
of my relatives live in Ceresco and they took a lot of damage from these
tornadoes.
Kearney, NE - Tornado May 29, 2008
I observed the tornado over the city of Kearney, NE on May 29, 2008. This photo shows the tornado being illuminated by a power flash. I also encountered major damage just south of Aurora, NE. More to tell about that soon. Chase account, videos, and more pictures will be posted soon. Tornado over the city of Kearney, NE - May 29, 2008
Caught a large EF4 cone tornado near Quinter, KS May 23, 2008 shortly after
4:30pm. Witnessed a weak short lived tornado close to my location
following the large tornado. I was able to broadcast live video of the large cone tornado on my
website. Was in the thick of it when the storm by Ness City went
bonkers along with the other 200+ chasers. (that was just insane,
nothing like bumper to bumper traffic trying to get away from that storm
as fast as they could, again it was insane - it's difficult to come up
with words to describe the utter chaos) Did you see the live video? More pics and videos will be posted.
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An intense non-stop storm chase...I chased in Kansas around the I-70 area between Oakley, KS and Wakeeney,
KS on
May 22,
2008 with
Jonathan Garner. Caught
several tornadic supercells moving north/northeast. Observed 5
tornadoes for the day. More pics, videos and chase account will be
posted.
I chased in southwest Kansas around the Garden City area again on
May 6,
2008 with
Jonathan Garner. Tracked a
cell that developed northwest of Garden City, KS. Great view of
the mesocyclone almost right above us. Encountered some wicked
gustnadoes (will post video clips soon, it was intense). Ended
the chase with some great mammatus clouds by Scott City, KS.
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I chased this supercell in southwest Kansas around the Garden City area on
May 5,
2008 with
Jonathan Garner. Tracked a
slow moving supercell for several hours. Encountered drifts of hail
while driving back to Garden City, KS. Click the picture to play the video of lightning with the meso.
I chased this long-lived supercell in northwest Kansas on April 24,
2008 with
Jonathan Garner. Watch the videos and view the pictures below from the chase. Northwest KS - April 24, 2008
SUPERCELL VIDEO #1
The National Weather Service office in Valley, NE issued the tornado warning at 6:23pm and the tornado touched down around 6:35pm.
There WAS warning before the tornado touched down. The were 4 fatalities from this tornado and 40+ people were injured.
It's saddens me very much to hear about the loss of lives and injuries caused by this tornado and by any storm. Again this points out the need for everyone to have a NOAA Weather Radio.
Do YOU own one? If not, you should buy one. They are in-expensive and they can save lives!
Omaha,NE Tornado June 8, 2008
Omaha NWS damage survey team confirms EF2 tornado
hit Omaha...
Around 2:29am storm spotters confirmed a tornado
in Omaha, NE. There are many reports of damage in the Millard
area. I had just gotten back from taking lightning pictures and
was up at the time watching this unfold on radar as the tornado hit
Omaha.
Radar image of Storm Relative Velocity showing strong velocity couplet
over the west edge of Omaha, NE at 2:24am. Click
HERE
to load a radar loop of the storm relative velocity to see the velocity
couplet form.
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June 4, 2008 - Southeast Nebraska
Tornadoes
Ceresco, NE tornado damage photos.
Damage south of Aurora, NE - May 29, 2008
EF4 Tornado Quinter, ks May 23, 2008
5 Tornadoes - Kansas - May 22, 2008
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Supercell - SW Kansas - May 6, 2008
Chase account coming soon.
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Supercell - SW Kansas - May 5, 2008
Chase account coming soon.
Videos and more pictures coming soon...
Click the picture to play the video large lowering to our northwest.
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Click the picture to play the video after the hail storm driving west.
Supercell - NW Kansas - April 24, 2008
Click
HERE to read the full chase account by
Jonathan Garner.
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Northwest KS - April 24, 2008
SUPERCELL VIDEO #2
Northwest KS - April 24, 2008
SUPERCELL VIDEO #3
Northwest KS - April 24, 2008
SUPERCELL VIDEO #4
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