You think a tornado is scary.. you should meet Mark.
www.stormchaseuk.com

There really is just too much technology in this van.

Jean Pierre suffering jet lag..,

A storm is brewing.

Cool car.

A little hail damage on this.. Would love to see the insurance premiums.

Charles forecasting.. and thinking..

Hmmm...  I wonder where those storms are?

Look!, it's a bird, it's a plane.. NO... It's an MCD.

This cell is getting larger.

The back south end of the Anvil can be seen here.

Hope this does something.

A gap in the clouds.

A very cool local sheriff..  Funny guy. (never seen a tornado in his life).. Was hoping to catch one today.

Other chasers using their vehicle appropriately.

Ok.. This is not a good idea if there is lightning about  (which there was).

Moving up into position. Storm has a strong rotation and "hook echo on it"
Possible tornado present.

A lot more rotation.

Quite an active storm.

Nice hail curtain, 2.5" hail reported.

A hook echo is definitely present on this storm.

What's left of the sun. Not much more time to chase.

The cell is heading for us. Lightning bolts hitting all over the place.

Nice structure though.

Looking at the storm moving in above us.

Feel safe?

Stay close to the van doors..  (Not that this will save your life when that bolt hits.)

Had to move position, hail core was on its way.
John's truck windscreen was smashed with a baseball sized hail stone. We only got hit by Golf ball sized stones.

A better look at the storm structure.

The lightning risk was extremely high here. everyone was either crouching or hiding in their cars.

It's coming this way.

Mothership.

Lightning risk much lower at this location, storm starting to dissipate.

RADAR IMAGES

The calm before the storm.

The cell has fired up.

Hook echo present.

TVS present, with a big hook echo.

Cool eh?

I can't believe this did not produce a tornado... We had just escaped the hail core by this point.

Storm dying... No Tornado, but a good chase.