Chris McBee
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#Stormchaser 20+ years based in OKC. Severe weather enthusiast, occasional stand-up comic. Former news photog. Husband to @pondert.art. Extra/videographer in Twisters. Big OU fan. Love a good #tornado pic.
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· Jan 7
For #TornadoTuesday, the May 18, 2013 Rozel, Kansas #tornado as it was first touching down. This sunset tornado was one of the most photogenic @pondert.art and I have ever witnessed. #WxSky
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Video shows lava shot over 1,000 feet into the air from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Sunday. The impressive eruption was accompanied by a "volnado," or a tornado-like swirl of dust and ash caused by the contrast between the heated air near the lava and the cooler ambient air.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Video shows lava shot over 1,000 feet into the air from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Sunday. The impressive eruption was accompanied by a "volnado," or a tornado-like swirl of dust and ash caused by the contrast between the heated air near the lava and the cooler ambient air.
Another Oklahoma sunset. #WxSky #photography
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Another Oklahoma sunset. #WxSky #photography
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Typhoon #Kalmaegi has intensified to the equivalent of a category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. It will be making landfall in the next several hours over central Vietnam.
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Typhoon #Kalmaegi has intensified to the equivalent of a category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. It will be making landfall in the next several hours over central Vietnam.
Halloween was underwhelming… very few trick-or-treaters. Was it meh for anyone else?
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Halloween was underwhelming… very few trick-or-treaters. Was it meh for anyone else?
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Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
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Surface analysis map from 13 years ago today as former Hurricane Sandy moved inland. I thickened the "outermost closed isobar" to highlight the size of that enormous low pressure system.
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Surface analysis map from 13 years ago today as former Hurricane Sandy moved inland. I thickened the "outermost closed isobar" to highlight the size of that enormous low pressure system.
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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
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#Melissa makes landfall in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope as a powerful category 5 hurricane. For the latest updates visit http://hurricanes.gov https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4XOBZmWcAAVNu6.png
October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#Melissa makes landfall in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope as a powerful category 5 hurricane. For the latest updates visit http://hurricanes.gov https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4XOBZmWcAAVNu6.png
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#Melissa's landfall intensity of 185 mph/892 mb ties it with the Florida Key's Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 as the record minimum pressure of any TC making landfall *anywhere* the NATL basin. I feel for the residents of #Jamaica 😞
Zoomed in G19 visible meso loop courtesy of @cyclonicwx.bsky.social
Zoomed in G19 visible meso loop courtesy of @cyclonicwx.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#Melissa's landfall intensity of 185 mph/892 mb ties it with the Florida Key's Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 as the record minimum pressure of any TC making landfall *anywhere* the NATL basin. I feel for the residents of #Jamaica 😞
Zoomed in G19 visible meso loop courtesy of @cyclonicwx.bsky.social
Zoomed in G19 visible meso loop courtesy of @cyclonicwx.bsky.social
Just unimaginable strength and danger.
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Just unimaginable strength and danger.
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The monster eye at the center of a still strengthening Hurricane Melissa.
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The monster eye at the center of a still strengthening Hurricane Melissa.
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10/27 5am EDT: #Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds and a 917 mb central pressure, confirmed by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters. Conditions in #Jamaica will rapidly deteriorate later today and tonight.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
10/27 5am EDT: #Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds and a 917 mb central pressure, confirmed by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters. Conditions in #Jamaica will rapidly deteriorate later today and tonight.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
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MLB issues Flash Flood Emergency [flash flood: radar indicated, flash flood damage threat: catastrophic] for Lake [FL] till Oct 27, 1:00 AM EDT Link
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
MLB issues Flash Flood Emergency [flash flood: radar indicated, flash flood damage threat: catastrophic] for Lake [FL] till Oct 27, 1:00 AM EDT Link
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#weatherpicofday
Documented 7 tornadoes over Southwest Kansas between the communities of Dodge City and Cold Water during a regional coldcore outbreak OTD 19 years ago, October 26, 2006. Most were landspout variety with triplets at one point. w/ Mark McGowan #KSwx
Documented 7 tornadoes over Southwest Kansas between the communities of Dodge City and Cold Water during a regional coldcore outbreak OTD 19 years ago, October 26, 2006. Most were landspout variety with triplets at one point. w/ Mark McGowan #KSwx
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#weatherpicofday
Documented 7 tornadoes over Southwest Kansas between the communities of Dodge City and Cold Water during a regional coldcore outbreak OTD 19 years ago, October 26, 2006. Most were landspout variety with triplets at one point. w/ Mark McGowan #KSwx
Documented 7 tornadoes over Southwest Kansas between the communities of Dodge City and Cold Water during a regional coldcore outbreak OTD 19 years ago, October 26, 2006. Most were landspout variety with triplets at one point. w/ Mark McGowan #KSwx
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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OUN issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Harmon, Jackson, Tillman [OK] and Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger [TX] till Oct 24, 7:00 PM CDT Link
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
OUN issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Harmon, Jackson, Tillman [OK] and Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger [TX] till Oct 24, 7:00 PM CDT Link