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State of the Chase Season 2025

...Northern Plains tornadoes in late June might as well be in Northern Russia...
Definitely have to set boundaries and criteria.
Many of you have seen more storms in more places than me of course, but a couple of years ago...
a friend wanted to see North Dakota & storms, so we went up to the northwestern counties just south of Saskatchewan.
Afterwards, I had the odd realization that I'd seen tornadoes in States from one international border to the other.
But generally, without some restrictions, you can go broke or crazy; I don't know which one first!
 
The current La Niña favors a greater frequency of EF2 through EF-5 storms for the mid-South centered around Tennessee...
Looking back, that February idea held up decently as I glanced at the 5 locations experiencing EF-4 damages:
* Two in Arkansas, March 14
* One in Mississippi, March 15
* One in Illinois, May 16
* One in Kentucky, May 16
How will the tornadoes play out to the east as we head into the hurricane season?
 
Something I find visually intriguing considering the seven tornado reports and many videos from yesterday's storms in Wisconsin...
Ever notice how tornadoes over treetops create fascinating patterns of pristine-looking condensation...
...that's often very different than say from what occurs with storms over dirt near Lubbock?
I've often thought the frequency of weak tornadoes might go underreported in forested places with less loose dirt, like Pennsylvania.
 
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Looks like we have a nice "second season" type chase day currently ongoing with a southward-moving supercell south of Dodge City, in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Anyone on it is either locally-based or one of the "never stop chasing" crowd, as the rest of us are not about to commit 2-3 days of PTO and ~14 hours of driving each way (at minimum) to a 2% in September.
 
I'm having a lot more fun concentrating on non-tornado subjects this year. Shot two wedges in May, no big deal, so did 1.5 trillion other chasers and shots were better than mine. So many tornadoes being filmed, its become rather over-rated in addition to over-crowded. Going to concentrate more on global shutter lightning, time-lapse, the monsoon, California wildfires and hurricane season (if it arrives).
 
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