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new video! my experience in a tornado outbreak (Patreon)

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2021-08-12 01:41:50

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This one is quite different than any of my other videos but this experience was just too crazy to not post about. I put myself in the heart of a huge tornado outbreak in northern Illinois and witnessed some crazy storms.

I've been a weather nut my whole life, and a storm chaser for some years now. I have never seen tornadoes like I saw a couple days ago. From a meteorology standpoint, these tornadic storms were TEXTBOOK in structure, which made them surprisingly easy to keep track of.

I hope you enjoy the video even though it's so different. :) More laser updates to come soon.

I cancelled July payments due to lack of content as shopping for a lab has continued to be a nightmare, however I still have a couple projects I've been working on in the meantime. stay tuned!

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My experience in the August 9th Tornado Outbreak

I put myself in the heart of a huge tornado outbreak in northern Illinois and had one of the craziest experiences of my life. I know this is quite different from my usual content on this channel, but it was simply too cool not to share. I hope you guys like it! Social media sillyness: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/styro.drake/ patreon: https://www.patreon.com/styropyro backup channel and b-side videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-3epzOdIyu-aXdeUaVP1A twitter: https://twitter.com/styropyro_ discord: https://discord.gg/hVZMcWT I should probably have given more background on why I ended up in the middle of this tornado outbreak lol. I've been a life long weather enthusiast, and more recently, I've gotten into storm chasing. In the days leading up to August 9, there was a decent signal on the weather forecast models for tornadoes in northern IL. More often than not, forecasts like these just don't pan out. Occasionally they can be spectacular though, so I was willing to make the trip in case something cool happened. What unfolded that afternoon blew every chaser's wildest expectations. EVERY storm was spinning, and so many of them had TEXTBOOK supercell structure! It was the experience of a lifetime for a weather nerd! I want to thank B. Dean Berry for all the storm chasing equipment recommendations, Mike Brady for all the advice he gave me when I first started chasing, as well as all of the members of the StormTrack Community for their knowledge and analysis over the years. Oh yeah, all the meteorologists at the SPC and NWS are awesome too. :D