Dilly Dilly Dalton

I watch the sky for fun

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

That was my best Colorado tornado ever

Akron, CO
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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

@Clint_wx Nah, trash talkin these storms is how you inspire them to achieve greatness 😤

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

This southern WY/NE border vicinity has 13 damage tracks just since 5/16/26

That’s more tornadoes than I’ve seen all season 😪

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

Got around to downloading the Canon shots of Monday’s chase, here’s some edits of the (by my judgement) tornado from the supercell that rode the entire CO-86 corridor. These shots taken on that road about 10 miles north of Ramah shortly after 23z

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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

Earlier today north of Simla, definitely feel like this went tornadic within the rain-wrapping

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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

Between Genoa and Arriba

Amazing

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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

Looking west from a couple miles E of Kiowa

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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

Beautiful tor-possible supercell viewed looking west from a few miles N of Kiowa

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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

@AccuWeatherUGC @accuweather Please DM for licensing

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

View of interesting storm that passed Denver earlier. Fair mid-upper level rotation but struggling, looked nice but never intensified in the lower terrain

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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

My view of the vague shadow of the St. Libory tornado/wall cloud’s left edge

Would’ve loved to be close up to it but also interesting perspective to show despite the tornado being huge, the parent supercell is always even more amazingly vast

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

That Watkins supercell had funnels, endless vorticity, and a fantastic RFD cut. Was just waiting for it to plant a well-condensed tube. Still holding my breath that someone out there got even just the slightest bit of ground circulation confirmed 😅

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[NWS Boulder @NWSBoulder]

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming until 8 PM MDT

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

Remembering now 13 years since the worst day in storm chasing, including the death of the singular most inspiring human that drove my passion for it

RIP TWISTEX and Richard Henderson

[NWS North Platte @NWSNorthPlatte]

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Kansas and Nebraska until 11 PM CDT

[NWS Boulder @NWSBoulder]

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming until 9 PM MDT

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

Small funnel on storm north of Deer Trail

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[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

@skierman69 Had some fun days, weak tornadoes the 11th in Oklahoma, great supercell structure the 18th in Amarillo, the 26th in NM was my best chase of 2023. Made the best of my opportunities but just a strangely modest month

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

I wouldn’t say May 2023 was definitely worse, but I think it’s interesting to note it had no tornado risk days above #10%, no Moderate/High Risks of any hazard type, no tornadoes rated above EF2, and totaled ~80 tornadoes below average. June easily took May’s shine in 2023

[John Homenuk @jhomenuk]

With five days to go, is this the worst/least interesting May in the modern era of storm chasing?

[Dilly Dilly Dalton @chicano031]

In a year with memorable events almost every month, May was actually terribly unremarkable. The year’s chasing reputation just happened to be built by early season outbreaks before May and further cemented in memory by High Plains insanity after May

[Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @DOWFacility]

Swirls, whirls, and windshield cracking hail 😬. All in a days work near Seibert, CO on 5/21/2026! Some of those swirls and whirls crossed our delta-V = 40m/s, “it’s a tornado”, threshold 🌪️
@nsf_icechip #cowx