June 24, 2003 Videos added to Video Gallery Page

After seven years, the amazing video captured by Jim Bishop and Reed Timmer on June 24, 2003 in both Woonsocket and Manchester, South Dakota are now avialable to watch on YouTube. What's even beter is these videos are viewable on the Video Gallegy page. Just click on the tornado picture to the right, and enjoy watching some of Stormgasm's most spectacular tornado footage!

April 22, 2010 Tornado Chase added

Simon Brewer and Juston Drake document multiple tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle. Click on the picture on the right to see the storm chase page for this event.

May 10 Storm Chase Page Created

August, 2010: The photos and video stills from Jim and Maryleigh's May 10 storm chase in OKlahoma and Kanasas are finally on the website. Check them out here on the May 10, 2010 storm chase page.

May 10 Video added to the Video Gallery Page

August, 2010: The May 10, 2010 tornado footage is now viewable on the Video Gallery Page. Watch as Jim Bishop and other Stormgasm.com chasers see quite a few tornadoes; some up close.

March 18, 2010: "Storm Riders" on The Weather Channel

March 18, 2010: Juston Drake and Simon Brewer appear in "Storm Riders" on The Weather Channel April 4th, 2010. "Storm Riders" is an hour long and follows storm chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer across the Great Plains as they put their meteorology and storm chasing expertise to the test in search of tornadoes.

Click on the picture to the right to go to Storm Riders webpage.

February 21, 2010: Kaufman County, TX Supercell and Funnel

February 21, 2010: Simon Brewer documented a supercell and two funnel clouds in Kaufman County, TX. Simon executed a relatively difficult forecast and storm chase in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. A small region of surface-based instability, an outflow boundary, and marginal shear provided an environment favorable for a supercell to develop in North-Central Texas.

Click on the picture to the right to go to chase page.

February 2, 2010: Stormgasm.com Blog

February 2, 2010: Jim Bishop has created a new Stormgasm.com Blog. The past several years Stormgasm.com members/chasers have attempted to inform the great readers and fans of Stormgasm.com of major weather events, forecasts, and chases. The Stormgasm.com members/chasers have been very busy and at times have not been able to update the website in a timely manner. Now, Stormgasm.com members/chasers can update Stormgasm.com readers, followers, and fans on major weather events, forecasts, and chases with the new blog.

Click on the picture to the right to go to the new Stormgasm.com Blog.

January 7, 2010: "Dangerous Drives: Storm Chasers"

January 7, 2010: Simon Brewer and Juston Drake appear on the new Speed Channel program "Dangerous Drives: Storm Chasers". The focus of the show is jobs, which require driving in dangerous situations, and this episode is on storm chasing. The storm chasing vehicle is the real star of the show, which is why it many shots involve either the interior or exterior of vehicles. The Oregon, MO monster 5.25 inch hailstone appears in the episode. Here is a link to the website for the show: http://www.speedtv.com/programs/dangerous-drives/

Below are times when the show will air:

1/12/10: 10pm ET

1/13/10: 2am ET

1/13/10: 10am ET

January 7, 2010: "Tornado Road" on The Weather Channel

January 2010: Simon Brewer and Juston Drake appear on The Weather Channel show "Tornado Road". The show first appeared on The Weather Channel in fall of 2009 and will continue to air into 2010. The show follows a variety of storm chasers in pursuit of storms in the Great Plains and a hurricane in Louisiana. Simon and Juston intercept a variety of storms in "Tornado Road including; a monster bow echo in Iowa and Category 2 Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana.

June 7, 2009: Monster Missouri Hailstone

June 7, 2009: Simon Brewer and Juston Drake documented two supercells across Nebraska and Missouri. One supercell produced gigantic hail stones near and in Oregon, MO. Simon and Juston measured a hail stone at 5.25 inches in diameter, but there were possibly larger stones in the surrounding area.

April 26, 2009: Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak

April 26, 2009: Simon Brewer, Juston Drake, and Nate Miller documented 3 tornadoes (one strong) along the Canadian River Valley in northwestern Oklahoma. There were two tornadoes 'on the ground' for a short time as a rope dissipated and a new multi-vortex tornado developed.

March 26, 2009: Saint Jo, TX Tornado

March 26, 2009: Juston Drake and Simon Brewer documented a cone/bowl shaped funnel tornado (lasted ~1.5-2 minutes) south of Highway 82 west of Saint Jo, TX at ~7:15-7:30pm CDT. The supercell developed near a dryline-warmfront intersection along the Red River west of Gainesville, TX on the afternoon of Thursday March 26, 2009.

March 7, 2009: Central Kansas Tornadoes

March 7, 2009: Simon documented a relatively weak multivortex tornado between Buhler and Hesston, KS. Simon had good visual on this tornadic supercell at the time a tornado was reported near Hutchinson, but no tornado could be seen. As the storm propagated ENE past Buhler, KS there was a 'classic' meso occlusion and a multivortex tornado developed. The storm then quickly moved into a more stable environment and the tornado quickly dissipated and the storm became elevated.

Simon then intercepted multiple elevated supercells further to the southwest along the stationary boundary/front.

March 2, 2009: New England Winter Storm

March 1-2, 2009: Jim and MaryLeigh Bishop documented a powerful late-winter snow storm/Nor'easter in Stamford, CT. Over 9 inches of snow has accumulated in the area accompanied by high winds and cold temperatures producing conditions favorable for drifting.

February 10, 2009: Oklahoma Tornadic Supercells

February 10, 2009: Simon, Juston Drake, and Shawn Maroney documented multiple tornadic and non-tornadic supercells across central Oklahoma.

An unseasonably favorable setup for tornadic supercells appeared evident over the weekend prior to this day: an intense shortwave trough propagating across the southwestern U.S. and into Texas provided upper-level ascent, cold mid-level temperatures, more than adequate shear combined with Gulf moisture produced an environment favorable for severe weather in mid-February.

January 27-28, 2009: Oklahoma Ice Storm

January 27-28, 2009: Simon documented an incredible ice storm over central and eastern Oklahoma. Light freezing rain and drizzle fell on Norman, OK on the 26th and changed to sleet overnight and into the 27th. Approximately 2 inches of sleet accumulated over Norman causing slick driving conditions for many. Further east, greater amounts of sleet accumulated (~4 inches around I-40). A narrow, but long region of heavy freezing rain accumulated from Warner to Westville, OK across northern Arkansas, the 'Bootheel' of Missouri, and into western Kentucky. Simon made a long and hazardous drive the night of the 27th into the early morning hours of the 28th and documented the region of heavy freezing rain from Warner to Westville, OK. Approximately 1.5 inches or more of ice had accumulated on nearly every surface in the Westville, OK area. Downed powerlines, trees, and local damage was documented in Adair County, OK.

November 5, 2008: Central Oklahoma Storms

November 5, 2008: Simon, Juston, and Mark intercepted severe storms, one an outflow dominant supercell storm, over central Oklahoma. The storm chasers documented nickel and quarter-sized hail, high winds, and frequent lightning. Areas northeast of Guthrie, OK were covered in a layer of hail.

June 16, 2008: Southwest Oklahoma HP Supercell

June 16, 2008: Simon, Anna, and Tom Santillo documented an HP-Beast Supercell in southwestern Oklahoma near town of Roosevelt. This monster storm produced large hail (baseball-size), frequent lightning, and high winds, but no tornadoes were observed.

June 2, 2008: Kansas Supercell Lightning

June 2, 2008: Simon and Juston Drake intercepted a supercell in Northwest Kansas and documented spectacular lightning. The chasers later documented a deep hail swath in eastern Colorado that night.

August 15, 2008: Yellowstone National Park

August 15, 2008: Simon, Anna, Shawn Maroney, and Brandon Nelson made a mad-dash through Yellowstone National Park documenting the biggest attractions in Yellowstone in, only, one day.

August 14, 2008: Grand Teton National Park

August 14, 2008: Simon, Anna, Shawn Maroney, and Brandon Nelson documented and camped inside Grand Teton National Park. The Tetons are a spectacular mountain range in western Wyoming.

August 13, 2008: 12,662 ft Borah Peak, Idaho

August 13, 2008: Simon, Anna, Shawn Maroney, and Brandon Nelson climbed Borah Peak the highest point/mountain in Idaho at 12,662 feet.

December 4, 2008: Great Sand Dunes National Park

December 4, 2008: Simon Brewer and Anna Morrell visit, explore, and sled 'Great Sand Dunes National Park' in south-central Colorado. The two chasers visited the park on the way to Stormgasm.com's Jim Bishop's wedding in Las Vegas, NV.

July 11, 2008: Minnesota Tornadoes Storm Chase Added to Stormgasm.com

July 10, 2008: Simon Brewer and Juston Drake documented their first July tornadoes over central Minnesota. This chase account/pictures were just added to the website, which explains appearance on the "Latest News" page.

July 10, 2008: North Dakota and South Dakota Supercells Storm Chase Added to Stormgasm.com

July 10, 2008: Simon Brewer and Juston Drake documented numerous supercells over the central Dakotas. This page was recently added, which explains its appearence on the "Latest News" page.

September 13, 2008: Hurricane Ike

September 13, 2008: Simon Brewer and Juston Drake intercepted Catagory 2 Hurricane Ike on Galveston Island, TX. A massive storm surge, which is usually associated with a Cat 4 storm hit the region flooding and destroying many homes.

September 1, 2008: Hurricane Gustav

September 1, 2008: Simon Brewer and Juston Drake intercepted Catagory 2 Hurricane Gustav in south-central Louisiana.

More information will be available at a later date...

August 5, 2008: Edouard

August 5, 2008: Simon Brewer successfully intercepted the center of curculation associated with Tropical Storm Edouard. Winds estimated at 50mph were encountered, and little damage was documented from this tropical storm.

July 23, 2008: Dolly

July 23, 2008: Simon Brewer, Juston Drake, and Shawn Maroney intercepted Hurricane Dolly on South Padre Island, TX. The southern end of the eye passed within 10 miles of the chasers to the north of their location. The chasers experienced the strongest winds in the SW and S sections of Dolly's eyewall. Dolly made landfall as a weak CAT 2 Hurricane with 100mph sustained winds and a central pressure of 964mb. The chasers measured a low pressure of 977mb in the SW eyewall of Dolly.

July 21 , 2008 Simon Brewer, Juston Drake, and Shawn Maroney are traveling to South Padre Island to prepare for the landfall of soon to be Hurricane Dolly. Dolly has the potential to make landfall as a CAT 2 or CAT 3 Hurricane. Warm sea surface temps and weak shear over the Gulf of Mexico will provide a very favorable environment for Dolly to rapidly intensify into a mature hurricane. Historically, many hurricanes have 'blown up' in this region of the Gulf to make landfall as strong hurricanes.

May 10, 2008: Picher, OK Killer Tornado and Missouri Killer Tornado

May 10th, 2008 Jim Bishop and MaryLeigh Sanders intercepte and documented deadly tornadic supercell and associated tornadoes in northeastern OK, and southwestern MO. The chasers captured incredible video of the Picher, OK killer tornado! Unfortunately many people were killed on this day by this single supercell. The chasers documented at least two killer tornadoes; still not sure if the big Missouri tornadoes were one or more.

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.