Tempest Tours

We introduce the science and romance of storms and stormchasing to our guests.

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Circulation that would form into the largest tornado ever recorded (2.6 miles wide) spins just to our northwest. El Reno, Oklahoma. Video: Bill Reid.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We caught this tornado near Chapman, Kansas on May 25, 2016. Video: Bill Reid.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: The largest tornado ever recorded (2.6 miles wide) is fully developed as we drive away from it. Looking north as it tracks southeast. May 31, 2013. El Reno, Oklahoma. Video: Chris Gullikson.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A wedge tornado passes just to our north near Morton, Texas on June 5, 2025. Video: Martin Lisius.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: This is the "Tornado Machine" storm of May 29, 2004. It was a classic "cyclic" tornadic supercell that produced multiple tornadoes for us, including as many as three on the ground at the same time. Harper County, KS. Film: Martin Lisius

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We watch the birth of the world's largest tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013. Looking northwest. Video: Bill Reid.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We were able to view these two small tornadoes just before the larger wedge tornado developed closer by. Looking northwest. Morton, Texas. June 5, 2025. Video: Martin Lisius.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A wedge tornado tracks across the prairie near Howes, SD, May 24, 2010. Video: Bill Reid.

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Beam me up, Scotty! Beautifully formed supercell, July 10th near Henderson, Nebraska. Tour 10. Photo: Martin Lisius.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: KABC-TV meteorologist Dallas Raines is excited to see the tornado we intercepted for him on May 31, 2010 near Campo, Colorado. Video: Bill Reid.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: We put the van in reverse as this tornado approached our location near Wray, Colorado. Video: Bill Reid.

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Stunning scene from the tornadic storm in Sheldon, North Dakota on June 20th. At the time of this photo, there was a wedge tornado embedded in the storm just to the left of the big lightning bolt. Photo by Bob Conzemius

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A tornado crosses US Highway 287 near Campo, Colorado, May 31, 2010. Video: Bill Reid.

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This otherworldly shot was captured by Bob Conzemius near Sheldon, North Dakota. The June 20th storm produced a tornado near the Cheyenne National Grassland.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: A pretty tornado passes behind a farm in South Plains, Texas. April 24, 2025. Video: Martin Lisius.

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Winner winner, chicken dinner! We were on this severe storm north of Winner, SD on June 27th. Video: Bill Reid.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: Our senior tour director Bill Reid could barely hold onto his camera as this tornado passed just to our northwest near Wray, Colorado on May 7, 2016.

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Picturesque supercell near Ord, Nebraska on June 19th. Photo by Chris Gullikson.

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Tour 9B stopping to take a break at Mr. Bob’s in Selby, South Dakota. Photo: Kim George.

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From the Tempest Tours Tornado Video Vault: Our view of the April 23, 2021 Lockett, Texas tornado, looking east. Video: Matt Phelps.

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It‘s always fun to be treated to a mammatus display at the end of a chase day.