Paul Austin

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@swrightCO @alluringstorms Almost?

....did someone say something?

....OMG, where has the time gone???

[Hunte☈ Fowkes @StrmchsrHunterF]

Dang I was just over there. RIP.

[Hunte☈ Fowkes @StrmchsrHunterF]

Beautiful storm near Madison, KS a couple nights ago. Taken before the first tornado.

[Jimmy Sienicki @Get_EMLd]

“Lit up like a firefly just to feel the living night”

There’s a certain feeling of incredible awe I get while chasing that’s difficult to truly capture! This edit partially does it justice, but nothing will truly capture it. You just have to be there.

[Brandon Ivey @BrandonIveyWX]

Photos of a tornado northwest of Madison, Kansas on Sunday night 5/31/26 around 9:30pm. @NWSWichita #kswx

[Ethan Mok @Emokwx]

Anyone ever seen interstate-induced clouds before? Low level CU developed perfectly along major interstates around Houston this morning. Kind of shocking to see such perfectly lined up clouds. #txwx

[Ben Williams @ben_williams_wx]

Potentially the best structure I’ve ever seen, starting to rotate again, nice wall cloud… Near Akron, Iowa!

@NWSSiouxFalls

[Alex Resel 📸 @aresel_]

Incredible mothership supercell last night near Centerville, South Dakota!

Some of the best structure I’ve ever seen and had a tornado to top it off.

#sdwx

[Charlie Bourdo @CharlieBourdo]

Incredible structured supercell I captured this evening near Gayville, South Dakota, with @FreddyMcKinneyR @Eli_Noyd_ and @aresel_!

Check out the stacked plate appearance!
#sdwx #weather #severeweather

[Alex Resel 📸 @aresel_]

Timelapse of a very weak tornado earlier today near Anthon, Iowa. One of the weakest tornadoes I’ve ever seen.

w/ @ben_williams_wx & @GarrettT_WX

[kam 🖤 @kamkizar]

sorry, best I can do is a mesoscale accident

[Will Wise @WillWise_WX]

Very brief tornado/waterspout northeast of Galveston #txwx

[Alex Resel 📸 @aresel_]

Just had the weakest tornado I’ve ever seen near Oto, Iowa moments ago #iawx

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@ReedTimmerUSA I've seen them on violent tornadoes as well, specifically Quinter, KS 2008 and Katy, OK 2016.

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@JessicaMooreWx Saw that, albeit from a bit further away to the south. Late rushed pics

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@Frank5055567475 @CameronJNixon @sdantwx 😄

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@CackalackyChasr @CameronJNixon This looks like one continuous vortex to me with a kink at the point of contact with the cloud base at that spot. I could be wrong, but I have seen video of something similar that occurred somewhere in Wisconsin, I believe. Wish I could find a link.

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@sdantwx @CameronJNixon Agreed. Though the new meso looked impressive with SVC pretty evident along its inflow seeming to draw in from the northward moving cell to its east. The old meso is what produced, at least initially.

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@JessicaMooreWx I can't really complain too much. We were on Katy from the beginning, saw a nice tube near Felt, and then Leoti. Not too bad for only two weeks out. One of our Danish friends was out another week and saw tubes all those days following. 🙂

[Paul Austin @diftone]

@JessicaMooreWx I cherish this day as well. Letting was the last day of a pretty successful chasecation that year for me. Yes, that's right. I had to go home right before Didge City and all the other great days surrounding. 😭😆