HP Mess in Northwest Oklahoma

Storm Chase Details

Chase Date: May 29, 2018
Chase Partners:
Solo

Chasers Encountered:
Mike Scantlin, Tom Smetana, Adam Lucio, Chelsea Burnett

Miles Logged: 398
States Chased: OK
Severe Risks: SPC Outlooks

Chase Recap:

This is a chase I’d rather forget. I ended up in a rental car and drove to northwest Oklahoma. The storm under performed. I backed up and got some shelf cloud photos before just leaving to go home.

I captured some beautiful photos below.

Photos

Ben Holcomb is a Storm Chaser and IT Professional (in that order) that lives in Norman, Oklahoma. Ben works for a managed service provider with clients mostly based in the financial sector as a Linux Engineer. He has seen approximately 200 tornadoes since 2007 and has appeared on most national television networks. Ben has been to all 50 states and 19 countries and loves to travel. He has also installed weather forecast and display systems in multiple foreign countries. Ben lives with his cat Nacho.