This is a bit of a delayed update (3 weeks) as I just haven't had a lot of motivation to post this blog post. I've also been busy with the actual layout, look and some technical aspects of the site including revamping the gallery. I am working hard to get my website ready and better for the 2010 chase season. One of the new features this year will be blog thumbnails/images.

During my visit to Texas and Oklahoma, I decided it would be a good time to go meet my friend Michael who lives in San Antonio. This was for two reasons - One it would be very warm in San Antonio and Two - Michigan State was playing Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl. I hate Michigan State (even if I live in Lansing) and am a big Michigan fan, so this seemed like a great time for me and Michael (who is also a Michigan fan) to wear Michigan stuff to the stadium and have a good time.

It appears the city of Longview, TX or just east had a tornado rip through this afternoon. What prompted me to blog about it, though, was the insane hook-echo on the Shreveport Radar at 2242 UTC as pictured below.

Hopefully everyone that was affected by this is alright!

Steve Miller, Hans and Myself will be out chasing again tomorrow in Oklahoma or Texas, depending on how things look in the morning. My target right now is somewhere along I-35 near the OK/TX border. I will be streaming again on TornadoVideos.net.

This looks to be the last chase of my trip, as I plan to return to Michigan on Saturday. I can't complain about 8 chase days in a 2 week chase-cation!

Look forward to a big chase tomorrow, and hopefully things start shifting northward.

Just went through a MASSIVE hailcore. Truck fared very well. I finally got some real dents on my truck too. Small crack in the windshield.

Hans' car didn't fare as well, with him almost completely losing his windshield in some monster hail. His windshield is all spidered. I will have chase accounts up shortly, video and pictures!!!

This is the video from my video camera yesterday near Cedar Hill, TX. I will be typing up a chase recap tomorrow, but need some sleep tonight.

This is part of the video David Drummond and myself shot yesterday near Cedar Hill, TX which is about 45 minutes Northeast of Lubbock. All in all, we have about 45 minutes of Tornado footage to go through, and will be getting some of the best stuff up and online in the days to come.

** Update: Here is the footage from my camera **

Chased today east of Plainfield, TX and intercepted an amazing and intense tornado. We are still cutting our video, but I have this up as a teaser for now.

More to come later!!! INSANE!!!!!!!

I will be chasing again today with David Drummond in the Lubbock, TX area. You will be able to follow me again at TornadoVideos.net. Look for David Drummond and Ben Holcomb - We will be streaming 2 different vantage points from the vehicle.

Today's forecast has a 10% tornado risk from the SPC per the 1630 and 20Z outlooks. Plenty of moisture and CAPE available today, and numerous boundaries should make today a fun day, especially considering I won't have to leave the area to enjoy it.

Yesterday was a fun day and I'll be posting a recap shortly, depending on how quickly things fire off today.