Ben Holcomb – Storm Chaser
Featured Storm Chases
Storm Chasing
In Pursuit of Tornadoes
Each year I travel thousands of miles across the great plains of the United States in search of observing tornadoes and supercells. This website is a collection of my experiences in pursuit of violent winds and some of the most extreme weather in the world. When I’m not working or chasing storms, I enjoy traveling to beautiful places around the world. You can also view videos on Rumble or Youtube
Recent Storm Chases
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September 21, 2024 - Supercells along the TX/NM border on a fall Saturday produce heavy rains and small hail (798 Miles)
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June 15, 2024 - A long trip for a shelf cloud while tornadoes happen on another supercell (936 Miles)
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June 3, 2024 - Lacking sufficient upper air support, storms fail to maintain and die shortly after forming. (376 Miles)
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June 2, 2024 - Multiple photogenic tornadoes on a supercell near Silverton Texas (653 Miles)
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May 30, 2024 - Supercell along an outflow boundary produces a nice stovepipe tornado south of Midland Texas (723 Miles)
A scenic drive through the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area and Ashley National Forest in Wyoming and Utah…
A scenic trip down Gros Ventre Road in Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest…
A visit in August of 2024 to the Jackson Hole and Grand Tetons National Park area…
Trip to the state of Wyoming in the summer of 2024…
Eclipses, Auroras and Astrophotography
A viewing of the launch of SpaceX Starship 6 and the Super Heavy Booster from Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island near Starbase in Texas…
The second Geomagnetic storm of the year hit in the evening of October 10-11, 2024…
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of the GOES-U weather Satellite from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida…
A geomagnetic storm hit earth around May 10th and caused two nights of aurora borealis across the USA. This is the second night in Badlands National Park…
Ben Holcomb is a Storm Chaser that lives in Norman, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. While Storm Chasing, Ben has seen over 200 tornadoes with the strongest being the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado of May 20, 2013. Hail the size of softballs, an EF-5 tornado and 2 hurricane landfalls highlight Ben’s chasing career. Some of the more significant tornadoes Ben has seen include the Moore, Oklahoma EF5 tornado in 2013, The Mangum Tornado of 2019, The Andover tornado in 2022, the tornado featured in the Tiger King near Wynnewood on May 9, 2016 and Dodge City a couple weeks later on May 24, 2016. Storm Chaser Ben Holcomb’s first tornado was the Earle, Arkansas tornado on May 2nd 2008. Ben has traveled to 20 countries and all 50 states. He enjoys skywatching as well, witnessing eclipses, auroras as well as planespotting.
