Meteorologist Erick Kirchner

Storm photos from this past Friday (7-10-26) in State College, PA

@sambrandt99 That fourth photo is insane

Get medium distance, shoot wide

@jmnese @AccuRayno @StormOfCorn @psumeteo @NWSStateCollege @LiveStormChaser @P_SimmsWX @PAWeatherPlus @sambrandt99 @weatherchannel @foxweather @WeatherNation Wind and rain on top of the 6th floor of Penn State's West Desk

Time-lapse as a thunderstorm rolled over Penn State in State College, PA this afternoon (7-10-26) @jmnese @AccuRayno @StormOfCorn @psumeteo @NWSStateCollege @LiveStormChaser @P_SimmsWX @PAWeatherPlus @sambrandt99 @weatherchannel @foxweather @WeatherNation

Nice “Whales Mouth” structure over the Penn State Golf course in State College @sambrandt99 @NWSStateCollege @jmnese

@WeatherNation Yes!

@WeatherFixErick Awesome video Erick! May we have permission to share your video on-air & online with full credit to you?

My storm chase video compilation from March 22, 2026 is out now on YouTube! Here is the link: youtu.be/MHbg9Cc-vuk?si…

Prolific lightning from a severe-warned storm over north-side Cumberland, MD this afternoon (7-5-26). Photos from my drone! @MatthewCappucci @capitalweather @NWS_BaltWash

My best daytime lightning photography experience! Taken on Sideling Hill near Hancock, MD at the I-68 WB Rest Area this afternoon (7-4-26) @LiveStormChaser @capitalweather @MatthewCappucci @denysk02 @sambrandt99 @JackRuddenWX @spann @aaronjayjack @forecaster25 @PAweatherPhoto

@sambrandt99 Yeah, that makes sense!

@WeatherFixErick Not sure, but the one near the Mason-Dixon line might be a gust front along the leading edge of a weak cold pool from a small downpour

Any idea what these quasi-parallel lines of towering cumulus are? HCRs? They seem to be oriented off angle from the terrain. @sambrandt99

Some of the best lightning I've ever seen in Pennsylvania lighting up the sky near State College last night!

I would not be suprised to see CI across northern WV and into W MD within the next hour or two, given the healthy cumulus field colocated with high values of CAPE and moisture. If anything can break the cap this early in the day, this could do it.

@Stormin13Norman @sambrandt99 @CameronJNixon @ReedTimmerUSA @NWSStateCollege @denysk02 @P_SimmsWX @jmnese @JimCantore @psumeteo @StormOfCorn @forecaster25 @LiveStormChaser Thank you!

@WeatherFixErick @sambrandt99 @CameronJNixon @ReedTimmerUSA @NWSStateCollege @denysk02 @P_SimmsWX @jmnese @JimCantore @psumeteo @StormOfCorn @forecaster25 @LiveStormChaser I saw this storm on radar yesterday and was curious what it looked like! Really cool shots you got there

Intercepted a severe-warned supercell near Milesburg, PA (north of State College) this evening (6-25-26) @sambrandt99 @CameronJNixon @ReedTimmerUSA @NWSStateCollege @denysk02 @P_SimmsWX @jmnese @JimCantore @psumeteo @StormOfCorn @forecaster25 @LiveStormChaser @Stormin13Norman

A giant lightning bolt lands in front of a structured supercell yesterday evening near Willow, OK. #okwx

@sambrandt99 @CameronJNixon @ReedTimmerUSA @NWSStateCollege @denysk02 @P_SimmsWX @jmnese @JimCantore @psumeteo @StormOfCorn @forecaster25 @LiveStormChaser @Stormin13Norman Great work as always! I was hoping you had intercepted the same storm as me. See you under the mesocyclone someday 😁

@WeatherFixErick @CameronJNixon @ReedTimmerUSA @NWSStateCollege @denysk02 @P_SimmsWX @jmnese @JimCantore @psumeteo @StormOfCorn @forecaster25 @LiveStormChaser @Stormin13Norman Nice! This was that same supercell earlier in its life near Curwensville

@StormOfCorn It definitely did!

@WeatherFixErick Great work, Erick! The cell that followed that, to the southwest, ramped up and put on a decent little show here at AccuWeather HQ.

@StormOfCorn @sambrandt99 @CameronJNixon @ReedTimmerUSA @NWSStateCollege @denysk02 @P_SimmsWX @jmnese @JimCantore @psumeteo @forecaster25 @LiveStormChaser @Stormin13Norman Thank you!

@sambrandt99 @WeatherFixErick @CameronJNixon @ReedTimmerUSA @NWSStateCollege @denysk02 @P_SimmsWX @jmnese @JimCantore @psumeteo @forecaster25 @LiveStormChaser @Stormin13Norman Both of you got some great shots.

Oh yeah, real boring