Spencer Dant

Can a tornado take down a wind turbine? I have absolutely no idea and this video is not informative on that subject.

5.23.2024 - Eldorado, OK

Screenshot from a presentation by Gary Lezak showing where to expect severe weather in early June.

Unfortunately, pseudoscience is on full display at Chaser Summit this year 🐍 🛢️

He is smarter than us

noctilucent clouds over pikes peak

The sunset brought a surprise noctilucent cloud appearance to Colorado tonight, probably from a fresh rocket launch out west somewhere these past few days. The rarest clouds on Earth 😍

This is a very loud video of me being scared by lightning

We love the middle of a lake

a photogenic tornado in western texas

A tornado wandering aimlessly under its parent storm. Some fire ants were bothered by this picture.

a tornado in a canyon

Tornado season is sooner than you think 🌪️

Ouch :(

a tornado roping out in texas

Tornadoes aren't that cool, says the dude who is not that cool

Put your thermometer in liquid nitrogen quick

lightning over pikes peak

My 2026 new years resolution is to go storm chasing

a tornado against a late afternoon sky in nebraska

This tornado drifted aimlessly for 45 minutes over open country and did basically nothing. A+ work.

From @AGU.org: Senators are working on legislation to save NCAR, but we need extra support for these 8 states. Your Senators in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming need to hear from you.

a tornado tearing up empty grassland

When the storm barely looks like a storm but it's producing a sick tornado 🤷😱

kelvin helmholz waves lit up by the sun

a lenticular complex over pikes peak at sunset

cloud blowoff over pikes peak lit red at sunset

cloud blowoff over pikes peak lit up at sunset

My phone has been enjoying microwaving sunsets off the deck for the past week

That would require talking to people and I'm a millennial

lightning striking colorado springs, illuminating cheyenne mountain. the same house is in the foreground as each of the other three pictures

lightning striking colorado springs, illuminating cheyenne mountain. the same house is in the foreground as each of the other three pictures

lightning striking colorado springs. the same house is in the foreground as each of the other three pictures

lightning striking colorado springs, illuminating cheyenne mountain. the same house is in the foreground as each of the other three pictures

I wonder if the people who own this place know that I have more pictures of their house than their realtor does

It's been 7 years since shooting 720p video was acceptable (or more), and it has also been 7 years since the most impactful tornado outbreak in December in Illinois. This one was the last of six we saw before the sun completely set at 4:30 PM 🫠

a supercell dies as the sun sets in western nebraska

When storms look like spaceships I try to imagine what it would have been like a thousand years ago before there was widespread knowledge of the science that could explain why a spaceship is floating on by

a landspout tornado over open prairie

This hybrid tornado was arguably second coolest thing to happen in the vicinity of North Platte, Nebraska in 2025. The coolest thing, obviously, was Chick-fil-a giving me an extra chicken tender that one time

Is it violent wedge season yet

supercell flanked by the setting sun in southeast colorado

supercell flanked by the setting sun in eastern new mexico

supercell flanked by the setting sun in eastern colorado

supercell flanked by the setting sun in western kansas

A collection of different - yet oddly similar - things on the high plains. Watching the sun set to the west while a massive storm rages in between is one of life's guilty pleasures.

I haven’t worked with them in some time but this data looks very easily integrated into tornado archive. Might be worth chatting with them. There are a lot of researchers using that site.

Here it is. The last 10 years of hail events across the U.S. using my prototype hail tracking algorithm!

Hoping to build out a more robust climatology of hailstorms like we have for tornadoes.

a storm over pikes peak

I guess random backyard supercell season really does not ever end

a structured supercell and a violent tornado in palo duro canyon

A storm with its tornado, parading through canyons in Texas, shows off the whole anatomy of a supercell. Nothing I wouldn't give to have had a road in from the northeast on this one, but nope.

lightning illuminating cheyenne mountain

In the year of everything awesome in storm chasing world, the monsoon has been nonexistent. So I'll take whatever heavily cropped, slightly overexposed bolts I can get 😀

a tornado under a vaulted supercell in south dakota

One year ago today I was making what may be the easiest forecast of my life in central South Dakota. This long-lived tornado was just the icing we all knew was coming to top off the cake.

8.28.2024 - Mound City, SD

20 years ago