The Tulliby Lake, Alberta EF3 tornado on July 11 with @otusproject.bsky.social was such an unbelievable spectacle that I still can hardly stop pondering it. After the chaser traffic of peak season, it’s a humbling, rare, and beautiful gift to experience a top tier event in near solitude. #abstorm
Nelson Tucker
@tornadostudy.bsky.social
OTUS Project President. Millersville Meteorology 2026. Writer at Tornado Talk, NIST SURF 2024.
No words. Here is a peak at one of our most incredible drone flights around a #tornado to date near Tulliby Lake, AB. This will likely be one of our last intercepts of the season, thank you so much to everyone for following along! #stormchasing #nature #weather
The Tubilly Lake, SK tornado today that we made an @otusproject.bsky.social intercept on… after getting stranded with a broken engine on the way last night and then pulling an all-nighter to make the chase today, what a payoff!
Phenomenal @otusproject.bsky.social chase today with structure/tornado combo at Hubbell, NE. Two drone intercepts with data on this, will be out tomorrow searching/recovering drones - if you’re in the area with a camera drone and have some time would love the help!
Tornado I got on an @otusproject.bsky.social chase today near Fleming, CO. Sadly wasn’t filming when some nice subvortex action in the dirt was happening. Lasted a few minutes.
The Jeffersonville / Sims, IL tornado yesterday at 10x speed churning through trees while our @otusproject.bsky.social drone made numerous passes through the center. #ilwx
Craziest ever OTUS intercept to date on this tornado near Jeffersonville, IL today @otusproject.bsky.social
One year ago today… one of the greatest tornado chases of my career thus far, and my favorite tornado I have yet seen (Spiritwood, ND). A target decision that wildly paid off for us @otusproject.bsky.social
Enhanced view of the Charleston, IL EF2 wedge tornado on Wednesday after crossing I57 - chasing with @otusproject.bsky.social
Video still of a power flash under the Charlestown tornado west of town with rain wrapping around it. This was inside the notch looking south a little after we flew a drone into it. Amazing HP supercell! Chasing with @otusproject.bsky.social
An awe-inspiring and scary supercell bearing down on us on June 6, 2025 outside Spearman, TX. We were stuck in the mud at this time - we managed to get unstuck and flee only seconds before massive hail arrived.
I’ve always told people not to call me meteorologist - the title is earned through the hard work of completing the degree. Starting today that is no longer the case! Thank you to everyone who helped and supported me to reach this incredible milestone!
With graduation from Millersville University coming up, I’m honored to share that earlier this spring I accepted a graduate school offer at the Atmospheric Science program at Texas Tech, and will continue exploring tornado winds. I look forward to beginning this fall!
A colossal EF3 tornado growing south of Greensburg, KS, the night of May 18, 2025. This was the second of five wedge EF3s that night.
Double rainbow directly underneath the mesocyclone of a supercell near Bowdle, SD, June 19, 2025.
Hail falling in front of the incredible Arnett, OK, EF3 tornado on May 18, 2025 as it crossed the road in front of us.
Lightning with storms around Wichita, KS on June 17, 2025.
The ropeout of the Spiritwood, ND EF3 tornado on June 20, 2025. Just the first part as it emerged from the backside of the storm, one of my favorites.
A weak tornado and lightning from a supercell outside of North Platte, NE, May 14, 2025.
Amazing supercell structure illuminated by lightning near Spearman, TX, the night of June 6, 2025. This came ~2.5 hours after a different supercell produced an EF2 tornado in the same location outside of town.
The billowing updraft of an LP supercell near Freedom, OK, May 18, 2025. This photogenic storm produced 4 tornadoes near Arnett before slowly weakening for several hours, taking on this appearance around sunset.
A stout supercell near Boise City, OK on June 6, 2025. This tornadic cell meandered southeast for roughly 10 hours and 290 miles, beginning west of Kim CO and moving through the OK and Texas panhandles before ending around Cordell in SW OK
A tornado north of Arnett, OK, May 18, 2025. This was the fourth and final twister produced by the LP supercell and the successor to the well-known EF3.
Pretty storms near Weatherford, OK on June 14, 2025. A last-minute chase that had some nice supercell structure.
The formation and early development of the Spiritwood, ND tornado on June 20, 2025, including a nice CG bolt in front.
The Morton, TX tornado and incredible wall cloud structure on June 5, 2025, including one of our @otusproject.bsky.social pilots flying inside the tornado from afar.
Some of the tornadoes that I saw in the Hyannis-Merritt Reservoir, NE supercell tornado family on April 27, 2025. An outstanding chase in the Nebraska sandhills.
The time-lapses of my 2025 storm chases with the OTUS Project. An art that is very difficult with our drone tornado intercepts, but where there’s a will, there’s a way. Some of these clips are pretty insane, I hope you enjoy! Video link: youtu.be/ac3ibC8JejM
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