Season Of Midwest Storm Chasing Starts

Credit to these grown ups who found a way to make LITERALLY looking for trouble a public service that often helps people avoid disaster . . . 

"Each spring, those of us on the Great Plains keep an extra eye on weather, especially when a warm day yields to a cool evening. May is historically the peak month for severe weather. But the danger of tornadoes is that they can happen at just about any time, not just during May or when the sky turns a weird color of green. In 2007, for example, the National Weather Service predicted only a “moderate” chance of severe weather in the hours before the storm hit Greensburg. But once the storm was identified by radar, and confirmed by spotters on the ground, warnings from the NWS and broadcast media saved lives."

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May is peak tornado season. Here's to the chasers who bring us the 'ground truth' of deadly storms

Storm chaser Doug Crisp stands beside his chase vehicle on April 28, 2026, in Emporia. Crisp, an independent contractor for a Topeka television station, said he strives to document the "ground truth" of deadly storms.