West Texas Bust

Storm Chase Details

Chase Date: May 5, 2015
Chase Partners:
Alec Scholten

Chasers Encountered:
Kholby Martin

Miles Logged: 729
States Chased: OK, TX
Severe Risks: SPC Outlooks

Chase Recap:

Left work early, then stuck around Norman for lunch trying to decide if I wanted to chase or not. Decided to head out after lunch. Got down to Hollis, OK before seeing a beautiful tornado fill social feeds down by Big Spring. We were over 2 hours away.

We blasted south to the storm that produced tornadoes in time to watch it gust out. Meanwhile, our original target near Lubbock had tornadoes we could have made it to.

Stupid chase day, long drive home. West Texas Bust.

Ben Holcomb is a Storm Chaser that lives in Oklahoma. He has observed over 200 tornadoes since 2007 and has appeared on most national and some international television news networks. Ben loves to travel and has been to all 50 states as well as 19 countries and 38 national parks. Ben works as a Linux Engineer.