Nelson Tucker

@tornadostudy.bsky.social

OTUS Project President. Millersville Meteorology 2026. Writer at Tornado Talk, NIST SURF 2024.

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.

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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

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