Many WeatherMatrix Members like to actively pursue and investigate storms. Both Storm Spotters (Skywarn and otherwise) and Storm Chasers coexist under the WeatherMatrix umbrella. Below are links to Members' Websites with information on Storm Chasing/Spotting. Multimedia reports from chases or spotting reports often appear in the Members Storm Reports section.

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The following are Member's websites that have to do with Storm Chasing & Storm Spotting. If you are a WeatherMatrix Member and have such a site, please contact us with a description, the website name, and website URL.

NEW! How to Select a Storm Chasing Tour Operator by Martin Lisius, President of Tempest Tours, Inc.

Tempest Tours  (Member Tempest Tours) - Experienced Storm Chasers: That's what it's all about. Tempest Tours' staff possesses a thorough knowledge and feel for severe weather forecasting and the ability to identify and intercept the most significant weather, and are among the best storm chasers anywhere, including the famous and respected Chuck Doswell, Martin "Chevy Commercial" Lisius and WeatherMatrix Member William Reid. Discounts are available for WeatherMatrix Members!

Cyclone Tours  (Member Mike Theiss) - Join Cyclone Storm Chasing Tours on a guided adventure into the heart of Tornado Alley in search of Tornadoes, Supercells, Lightning, Hailstorms, and other amazing displays of nature!

F5 Tornado Chasing Safaris  (Member Greg Potter) - F5's staff of meteorologists uses a balance of significant chase experience and higher education to put themselves in the right place at the right time. They don't depend on The Weather Channel, or outside services that cater to many chasers, or any other source of information -- they depend on the F5 team both in the field and in their home office.

Storm Chasing Adventure Tours  (Member SCATOURS) - If you're looking for adventure, you'll love this thrilling storm-chasing holiday in North America. Storm Chasing Adventure Tours offers 10-Day & 5-Day Tours across a number of states. One of the vans is the most highly-equipped chase van in tornado Alley.

Storm Safari  (Member Storm Safari) NEW!- Storm Safari hard adventures include a full array of super cell/tornado chasing and hurricane chase excursions, with an emphasis on deluxe accommodations, good food, and superior customer service.

TRADD Storm Chasing Tours  (Member TRAAD) - Come chase with TRADD. See the most powerful wind in the world called a tornado, along with supercell storms that produce dramatic lightning shows. No previous chase experience or weather knowledge is needed! The experts at TRADD will get you close enough to take great pictures of any tornadoes but far enough away so you are completely safe from any danger. Our price for the one week tour is the lowest available.

Australian Thunderbolt Storm Chasing Tours  (Member Jimmy Deguara) - Thunderbolt Tours is Australia's only Storm Chase Tour Operator. You can experience the full fury of mother nature - watch electrically charged supercell thunderstorms spawn torrential rains, powerful winds and even violent hail and tornadoes. Two different countries, two unique adventures! Storm chase through the spectacular scenery of eastern Australia or join us on our adventure to the famous Tornado Alley.

STORM CHASE GROUPS & WEBSITES...

StormNet - U.S. Affiliated Storm Chase Teams (Member Steve Marshall) - StormNet is the nation's largest television news storm chase team. Fielding more than 70 veteran chasers trained in newsgathering, advanced videography, and storm dynamics, StormNet provides services to 20 television stations in 8 states. Membership is comprised of chasers from storm chase organizations located all across the Eastern US.

Chaser U.K.: A U.K. Storm Chasing Site NEW!  (Member Matthew Hatton) - Matthew Hatton lives in St. Brelades Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. He's 29 and TOTALLY MAD about storms and severe weather as anyone who knows him can tell you. He has been lucky enough to go Storm Chasing in the USA 3 times so far, the most recent trip was in September 2003 when he experienced Hurricane Isabel in Virginia Beach. You can read all of the exciting accounts on the following pages.

Australian Severe Weather and Storm Chasing  (Member Jimmy Deguara) - Australian Severe Weather is Australia's largest and most popular severe weather website and resource. It's photography archives number over 8000 photographs and also include impressive videos and video stills. These are available free for educational use under the guidelines of the copyright statement. Storm News reports are carefully written for clarity and consitency and include maps and explanations. The Weather Observation weather technqiues is a unique resource aimed to encourage the public and those enjoying outdoor activities to develop skills for self recognition of weather features.

Australian Sky & Weather  (Member Jane O'Neill) - A continually expanding and resourceful website dedicated to providing Victorian chasers and photographers and others in Australia with a forum for their reports and photography. A daily Forecast Outlook is provided, which in winter is expanded to include a weekly outlook for the alpine regions and ski resorts, as well as links to a wide variety of weather sites, both in Australia and internationally, educational articles and sites from locals to world renowned meteorological authorities and some brilliant photography from amateurs and professsionals alike.

Brisbane Storm Chasers / Australian Severe Weather Association Inc. (Member Ben Quinn) - These folks down under have really got it together and the storms that affect Australia are unbelieveable (just look at the photos on the BSC site!) The Australian Severe Weather Association was founded in late 1998 and since then ASWA has flourished to over two hundred members throughout Australia and many members have joined from overseas. A wide variety of people have become members, including students, amateurs, storm chasers, weather observers and professional meteorologists.

Météo chasseurs d'orages (French)  (Member Guillaume Perron) - A complete reference to make your own forecast of severe weather in the Quebec province but also Ontario and the Maritimes. Only the best links are referenced, and there are a lot. In french for now (Sept. 2001) but will be completely translated for Nov. 2001.

May 3, 1999 Tornadoes - Also In Russian (Member Cheryl-Ann Tan) - This complete report on the May 3, 1999 tornadoes in the Central U.S. was put together, and translated into Russian, by WeatherMatrix Member Cheryl-Ann Tan, who lives in Russia.

Bavarian Storm Team (Member Lars Lowinski) - A complete reference to make your own forecast of severe weather in the Quebec province but also Ontario and the Maritimes. Only the best links are referenced, and there are a lot.

Rob's Storm Chase Page (Member Robert Herman) - This chaser's page includes what is probably the oldest Storm Report ever, JP Finley's account of the Irving KS Tornado of May 30, 1879!

WeatherChasers.com (Member Alan Switzer) NEW!

Vaughan Chase Page 

FaceTheWind.com: Dave's Storm Pics 

Texas: Storm-Blazer.com 

Mark's Storm Chasing Photos Page 

VA3TVS (CANWARN Co-ordinator) Chasing Page (Member Ron Gravelle)

Dave Chapman's Chasing Page (Member Dave Chapman)

Multi-community Environmental Storm Observatory (MESO) 
(Member Jason Breakiron)

Severe Weather Chase Team (Member John Bradshaw)

Eastern North Carolina Storm Chasers (Member Derek Boutwell)

Chasing the Wind! (Member Patrick Burke)

Storm Chase Accounts and Photos (Member Bill Hark)

KF4ESH's SkyWarn & Weather Page (Member Alex Taylor)

Powell's Tornado Page (Member Powell Way)

Laura Duchesne's Canadian Weather & Storm Chasers Page 
(Member Laura Duchesne)

Storm Hunter (Member Rick Davis)

Mid-South Weather Team (Member Adam Nickas)

Palm Beach County, FL SKYWARN Page (Member Melissa Royce)

Nick Martin's Storm Chase Reports (Member Nick Martin)

Mark Aubin's Storm Chase Photos & Logs (Member Mark Aubin)

The following resources will help Spotters & Chasers get more information on their hobby:

StormTrack - Formerly the ONLY Storm Chasing paper magazine, since the 1970's, StormTrack is now an online publication and home for THE best Storm Chasing links, FAQ's, and information on the Internet. This site merged with the Storm Chaser Homepage in 2000. Were you on the Net in '94? SCH was. An old favorite.

Skywarn - The National Weather Service network of storm spotters. Information, how to join, storm spotting guides, meeting notices, etc.

Selected Resources For The Beginning Chaser - A classic FAQ for you if you are considering starting out in the Storm Chasing hobby. By WeatherMatrix Member Allan Rosenberg.

StormEyes.org - A beautiful site about a beautiful hobby.

2002 Chase Vacations - This page is a list of chasers who will be going out west this year, including a number of WeatherMatrix Members.

A Look At The Hobby - By a Wisconsin Storm Chaser.

FAQ about Storm Chasing (and Tornadoes) - From veteran Storm Chaser Chuck Doswell.

Storm Spotter Glossary - Every term you need to know to intelligently talk about storm spotting.

NOAA Storm Spotting Guide - NOAA's official Storm Spotter guide with definitions, illustrations, and pictures of storm structure.

Advanced Storm Spotting Guide - More guides to storm spotting.

Storm Chase Hotline - Get expert chase briefings from veteran storm chasers.

Palm Sunday 1965 Tornado Outbreak - This page is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the worst tornado outbreak to strike the upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions to date.

Highway Overpasses as Tornado Shelters: Fallout From the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma/Kansas Violent Tornado Outbreak

The Tornado Project: Tornado Statistics

Tornadoes.com

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