Steve Piltz

Today in history 🗓 25 March 1948: The accurate tornado forecast made by Maj. E. J. Fawbush and Cpt. R. C. Miller, USAF for a tornado at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, OK ushered in the modern era of severe weather forecasting. Photo credit 📷: USAF

On this day in 1913, an electrically-charged dust storm set off at least seven devastating wildfires in western Kansas. Approximately 2.56 million acres burned; fortunately there were no injuries or deaths reported. #kswx #kswxhistory

Great turnout this evening for the storm spotter training class in Bentonville! Big shoutout to @NWStulsa for hosting these free classes! These are very helpful for learning about storm spotting, severe weather in general, and severe weather safety! #ARwx

Kathryn & I are at the world premiere of Stormbound in Austin, Texas. Our Good Friends Jeff Gammons and his wife Sarah are world premiering their movie called Stormbound at SXSW in Austin TX, and we are here to cheer them on! #Stormbound

@jamesaydelott I would have thought you had the Midas touch.

@SPiltz I had a clever plan to fix for free, but it backfired.

Muffler problems are so exhausting

What you hear in the morning meeting… about everything is going to be in this forecast.

Security failed again @StilwaterMet

I'm always a little excited to see this, and a little anxious at the same thing. @SPiltz

@SkotWx 😀

@Darby2247 Dow zero

@EdCaly5 … think if this was Sunday

@Raymama @ejonesoh1 @TalkinBaseball_ Wow

@ejonesoh1 @TalkinBaseball_ @SPiltz I guess i will have to make a trip to see the cards this season!

The Cardinals are introducing a ticket package starting at $29 that includes bottomless soda, hot dogs, chicken tenders, bratwurst, nachos, fries, popcorn, peanuts, chips, and ice cream

@Raymama …

@jamesaydelott @LTGICCG @weatherbrains Yeah... the contamination does not mean the storm is not dangerous... just that low-level rotation is not at SLC-suggested location.

@LTGICCG @weatherbrains Diagnoses a supercell with deep inflow…. Which often also make spinny spinners.

Yo, @weatherbrains How's this for sidelobe contamination?

@wx_chip @wall_cloud @jamesaydelott At least he won’t lay an egg.

@SPiltz @wall_cloud @jamesaydelott His career may take flight

Who knew? Y'all will be raven about this awesome joke for weeks.... I'm told ravens have 17 primary wing feathers, typically called pinion feathers. A crow has 16 primary wing feathers. So the difference between a raven and a crow is only a matter of a pinion.

@wall_cloud @jamesaydelott He thinks this is a feather in his cap.

@SPiltz @jamesaydelott Flew right over my head

@Darby2247 Looks great.

Rapid fuel drying is spreading east from what was analyzed yesterday (below left ) ... supporting the potential for several large fires tomorrow (2/18/2026) ...

@Darby2247 Too green to burn. 😀