This photo was taken near Marquette, KS. Video is on our Facebook page so check it out!
March 29, 2012
Written by Dan Castro
Friday, 30 March 2012 21:12
Here is a photo of the storm that we chased near Rockport, MO on March 29th.. The storm wanted to produce multiple times but never did...
2012 Midlands International Auto Show welcomes TVN to Omaha!
Written by Dan Castro
Friday, 20 January 2012 00:12
The 2012 Midlands International Auto Show is going on from Jan 19th to Jan 22nd at the Century Link Center! Be sure to check out TVN's Chris Chittick and Dick McGowan! They will be there everyday of the autoshow with D1 and D2. Come support them and say hello! Don't miss out!!
Sunset Off Season
Written by Dan Castro
Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:31
August 23, 2011
Written by Jeremy Mcgeehan
Thursday, 25 August 2011 19:42
August 23rd started out like any normal day. I got up and went to work and didn't expect to be out taking any pictures later in the evening. As I was driving home Robbie called me and told me we were going out to take some pictures of the storm that was just north west of us. I hurried home and got my camera and we all set out. Robbie, Dan and I met up with Mike at 168th and State St. in Omaha. This was our view to the south right after we arrived.
We watched an incredible lightning show the whole time we were out, but unfortunately it was too light to get any pictures of it. We did take a bunch of pictures of the clouds and sunset though. Enjoy the pictures here and to see more check out our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/OmahaTwisterChasers
Modt risk setup for June 20, 2011
Written by Dan Castro
Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:23
As of now there is a Modt risk for severe weather for June 20, 2011. OTCn will be out but not sure on a target area or a time we will be streaming live. Stay tuned!
Sean Casey and TIV 2 team at Freddy's in Shadow Lake
Written by Jeremy Mcgeehan
Sunday, 05 June 2011 15:54
Sean Casey and the TIV 2 team are at Freddy's in Shadow Lake (72nd ST. and Highway 370 in Papillion, NE) raising money for the Joplin, MO tornado victims. Kids can even get a ride in the TIV. Come on out today and meet Sean and the crew, see the TIV, have a good time and donate to a good cause.
Modt risk for May 30
Written by Dan Castro
Monday, 30 May 2011 00:34
There is a Modt risk for severe weather for May 30, 2011 for NE, SD, ND and MN! Supercells will be likely of producing large hail and Tornadoes. So residents over this area should be keeping an eye in the sky or have a weather radio handy. Otcn will be on the move mid morning to our target area! We will be streaming live video today so be sure to check us out on our live page!
May 24, 2011
Written by Jeremy Mcgeehan
Saturday, 28 May 2011 14:23
Time for another update. We started out on Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30 in the morning. We were headed down to Enid, Oklahoma for a high risk day (45% hatched!) Of course we had to stop in Salina, KS for some more burgers from Cozy Inn. Our next stop was in Blackwell, OK to get gas and we ran into Sean Casey and the TIV 2 team.
After a quick photo op and refuel we finally made it to Enid with TIV right behind us. By now the storms had busted through the cap and were starting to build momentum. We headed west to Meno, OK and unfortunately lost internet right as 3 tornado warned cells were heading right at us. Thanks to radar scope and maps on our iPhones we were able to avoid the large hail cores and came out behind the storms just in time to see a nice wall cloud.
Once this cell diminished we blasted east to Ponca City and on to Pawhuska trying to catch up to another storm but didn't see much besides some minor rotation and a nice light show. Then it was getting dark so we decided to head back home to Omaha. Until next time!
April 9 and May 12
Written by Will Campbell
Saturday, 14 May 2011 16:20
Well the site hasn't been updated in awhile (Sorry!), so I'll recap some of the more recent activities of OTC.
April 9, 2011 proved to be a nice early season teaser for us. Mike Lachendro and Will Campbell headed up for a relatively local chase. They began the day parked in Sloan, IA. Around 6pm we had a storm fire just west across the Nebraska border and move right over us. We fell in behind the storm and followed it east. The initial cell split and we got diverted to the north. We then hauled to get back on the southern end and ended up on 175 just west of Mapleton, IA. We have a perfect view of the storm as it moved in. It still looked a bit high based to go crazy, but man were we wrong. We had a broad rotation spin up in the field right next to us, we jumped back in the Jeep and hammered it to get safe. After getting south we moved east on CR 34. Our view of the Mapleton tornado was blocked by the rolling landscape, but if we only knew what we had in store.
We came back north through back roads to CO HWY L16 and saw the remnants of the Mapleton tornado, but it was getting very dark. Mike got some great video of a monster cone as we drove east. We then stopped and using extended exposures to get some help from the constant lightning, came up with these.
May 12 was another sleeper day for OTC. Everyone was working, but there was a cold core system moving through attendant to the low pressure system that provided May 11th and it's bust-o-rama, but FANTASTIC slider hamburgers at the Cozy Inn in Salina, KS. Mike, Dan, and Will were all able to get out of work and make it to York and Lincoln. Mike had the best luck witnessing this beauty in Polk County.
More images to come after we can get everything compiled! Looks like some downtime for all the guys, but we are all anxious to get on the road again!
