Tempest Tours

Circulation that would form into the largest tornado ever recorded (2.6 miles wide) spins just to our northwest. El Reno, Oklahoma. Video: Bill Reid.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We caught this tornado near Chapman, Kansas on May 25, 2016. Video: Bill Reid.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: The largest tornado ever recorded (2.6 miles wide) is fully developed as we drive away from it. Looking north as it tracks southeast. May 31, 2013. El Reno, Oklahoma. Video: Chris Gullikson.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A wedge tornado passes just to our north near Morton, Texas on June 5, 2025. Video: Martin Lisius.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: This is the "Tornado Machine" storm of May 29, 2004. It was a classic "cyclic" tornadic supercell that produced multiple tornadoes for us, including as many as three on the ground at the same time. Harper County, KS. Film: Martin Lisius

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We watch the birth of the world's largest tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013. Looking northwest. Video: Bill Reid.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We were able to view these two small tornadoes just before the larger wedge tornado developed closer by. Looking northwest. Morton, Texas. June 5, 2025. Video: Martin Lisius.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A wedge tornado tracks across the prairie near Howes, SD, May 24, 2010. Video: Bill Reid.

Beam me up, Scotty! Beautifully formed supercell, July 10th near Henderson, Nebraska. Tour 10. Photo: Martin Lisius.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: KABC-TV meteorologist Dallas Raines is excited to see the tornado we intercepted for him on May 31, 2010 near Campo, Colorado. Video: Bill Reid.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We put the van in reverse as this tornado approached our location near Wray, Colorado. Video: Bill Reid.

Stunning scene from the tornadic storm in Sheldon, North Dakota on June 20th. At the time of this photo, there was a wedge tornado embedded in the storm just to the left of the big lightning bolt. Photo by Bob Conzemius

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A tornado crosses US Highway 287 near Campo, Colorado, May 31, 2010. Video: Bill Reid.

This otherworldly shot was captured by Bob Conzemius near Sheldon, North Dakota. The June 20th storm produced a tornado near the Cheyenne National Grassland.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A pretty tornado passes behind a farm in South Plains, Texas. April 24, 2025. Video: Martin Lisius.

Winner winner, chicken dinner! We were on this severe storm north of Winner, SD on June 27th. Video: Bill Reid.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: Our senior tour director Bill Reid could barely hold onto his camera as this tornado passed just to our northwest near Wray, Colorado on May 7, 2016.

Picturesque supercell near Ord, Nebraska on June 19th. Photo by Chris Gullikson.

Tour 9B stopping to take a break at Mr. Bob’s in Selby, South Dakota. Photo: Kim George.

From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: Our view of the April 23, 2021 Lockett, Texas tornado, looking east. Video: Matt Phelps.

It‘s always fun to be treated to a mammatus display at the end of a chase day.