Epic accidental chase wall of fame

[Paul Hadfield]

October 13, 2014 was the mother of all happy accidents. On that day I dismissed a tornado capture at Long Creek Illinois for thinking it was moisture on the lens generated by an insect that had been riding inside my hood. It was only after careful review upon comparing the weather service survey to file exif data and location that I realized what was actually documented. At the time I was so enamored by upper features and motion that I failed to notice the tornado for the storm lol.

 

[Adam Reagan]

My "accidental" catch was my first tornado the Good Friday EF4 that struck Murfreesboro, TN on April 10, 2009. As many of you know I was standing at a church parking lot outside of my apartment to watch the storm move by. I wasn't sure if I was going to see anything good that day. I didn't even know that there was a tornado on the ground at the time I stood at that parking lot or that there was a tornado emergency for Murfreesboro. All I had with me was my weather radio that was on alert mode and my old point and shoot camera in case I did see anything that might have been photo worthy.

Around 12:45 PM I saw the wall cloud, then I saw a dark column I couldn't make out due to the trees across the street from the parking lot. When I saw power flashes behind the trees I knew that column I was seeing was indeed a tornado. A surprisingly photogenic tornado by Middle Tennessee standards.