Best Radar Images of 2008

[Christopher E. Kincaid]

Here is my favorite. It certainly is not the most impressive hook, but it sure made a nice tornado.

In fact this was going down during the above volume scan:

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

This was my 2nd best radar capture of the year. A tornado was reported on the ground by law enforcement. I was stuck at work on duty. I had my wife take cover as I watched in horror as this cell went over my house. As I took this screen capture, the phones at my house went dead and were not back up for about 10 minutes. A little nerve racking to say the least. Only a little hail in my neighborhood!

The dot in the center is my house....

You must live where my brother does (S of Grand Ave Pkwy exit). I nowcasted this one with him on his cell and his wife screaming at him to get under the mattress. He was reporting bear's cage rotation and cursing himself for not knowing where the videocamera was. Must be in the blood.

 

[Jarrod Cook]

Here is my favorite. It certainly is not the most impressive hook, but it sure made a nice tornado.

In fact this was going down during the above volume scan:

I'm pretty sure that is not a tornado.

 

[Randy Denzer]

You must live where my brother does (S of Grand Ave Pkwy exit). I nowcasted this one with him on his cell and his wife screaming at him to get under the mattress. He was reporting bear's cage rotation and cursing himself for not knowing where the videocamera was. Must be in the blood.

Darrin,
We live up the road from Grand Ave. Parkway in Round Rock. I was working at a fire station by 35 and Parmer when this cell was approaching. Pflugerville was hit pretty hard by straight line winds and we were listening to the FD channels to the reports coming in fromthe cell. My wife was NOT happy when I told her that I was not joking and to get her and her kids into the closet under the stairs NOW!
It's one thing to be chasing and get excited about seeing a cell like this coming versus seeing one coming at your OWN house. I was sure this cell was producing and after a bunch of praying, we had no damgae at all. Just a VERY upset wife when she emerged from under a mattress under the stairs!!


Randy

 

[Christopher E. Kincaid]

I'm pretty sure that is not a tornado.

LOL... I know... I just love that picture.

Is this better? It's from the same storm.

Another radar shot... I call it the rubber chicken signature... lol

 

[Jay Cazel]

These to radar grabs are from 5/30/2008 up in north central Kansas. I think the town of Courtland got hit that night, there where a few chasers on this storm as you can see by spotternet, just can't remember who they were.

 

[Nick Parker]

Little Rock Sup - - 4/03/08 7:50 P.M.

 

[jeremy wilson]

Someone mentioned earlier the Breckinridge storm but I haven't seen any radar grabs from it. Myself and Jay Brock were right next to the rain wrapped multi-vortex monster and I would love to see someones radar grabs if they got em.

 

[Chad Cowan]

Here are a bunch I've saved this year, anyone that can guess the date of the top one shall win a prize (internet forum respect )

June 7th, 30 miles south of Chicago:

April 4th, tornado hits Little Rock NWS office and radar site, tornado being sampled about 200 feet above the ground in these images:

March 30th, grabs from online streaming coverage out of OKC:

February 5th, Super Tuesday Outbreak:

January 8th, near Raleigh, MS:

January 7th, beautiful vault and debris return moving into Springfield, MO:

 

[Willoughby Owen]

Got too close for comfort with this wedge on May 22,

Dighton on May 23

Probably scared *a few* folk, May 26

 

[Tony Lyza]

Well, after sorting through 20 some pages of images...

Heidi asked for images from the long-tracker in Stone County...

Castalian Springs, TN, 2/5/08:

May 23rd, S of Mullinville, KS:

May 23rd, S of Macksville, KS:

Coupletpalooza (May 23rd):

Cunningham, KS, May 23rd:

(I have a set of 39 grabs from May 23rd; if you're looking for it, odds are that I have it. Message me if you need one.)

Parkersburg, IA, May 25th:

Kearney, NE, May 29th:

Chapman, KS, June 11th:

Manhattan, KS, June 11th:

 

[Sam Sagnella]

GGOLLLLLYYYY! Some of those are just SICK; the first image of the one south of Macksville is just insane, as are the Couplet-a-palooza grabs. Sheesh.

 

[Paul Knightley]

Amazing imagery - this is a very cheeky question (and perhaps might be answered if I went back through all the pages!), but did anyone keep images of the Pratt storm, May 26th?

 

[Kory Hartman]

3/30/08 - Twins west of OKC:

4/17/08 - Tornadic storm cell west of Fort Worth

I know we had better ones, but can't seem to find them...

 

[Jim Tang]

Amazing imagery - this is a very cheeky question (and perhaps might be answered if I went back through all the pages!), but did anyone keep images of the Pratt storm, May 26th?