Stephen Henry
@stephen-stormlog.bsky.social
storm chaser, time lapser, video editor, likes unwatchable films, makes unwatchable youtubes, www.wxlog.com
www.wxlog.com/events/may17... - check it out if you'd like to see a bunch of unpublished McCook, NE 2019 tornado photos or read a bunch of words about that chase. I try to make my logs as cozy as possible. And yes I am still this far behind!
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
www.wxlog.com/events/may17... - check it out if you'd like to see a bunch of unpublished McCook, NE 2019 tornado photos or read a bunch of words about that chase. I try to make my logs as cozy as possible. And yes I am still this far behind!
I woke up at 230 in the morning and got in a flying metal tube all to look at this cloud in North Dakota.
August 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I woke up at 230 in the morning and got in a flying metal tube all to look at this cloud in North Dakota.
So much 2025 chase material to sort through -- been a really fun season. Here's a small spout near Ragland, NM today.
May 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
So much 2025 chase material to sort through -- been a really fun season. Here's a small spout near Ragland, NM today.
Topaz did its best to save this lapse from the oblivion of a bumped focus ring. Here's the awesome (confusing) genesis of the anticyclonic tornado near South Plains, TX on April 24, 2025. Never seen anything quite like this before.
May 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Topaz did its best to save this lapse from the oblivion of a bumped focus ring. Here's the awesome (confusing) genesis of the anticyclonic tornado near South Plains, TX on April 24, 2025. Never seen anything quite like this before.
First one to spot the tornado in this photo wins. THIS IS WHY WE CHASE!!! From east of Roswell, NM yesterday.
April 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
First one to spot the tornado in this photo wins. THIS IS WHY WE CHASE!!! From east of Roswell, NM yesterday.
A little tornado roar from yesterday to brighten your Saturday.
April 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A little tornado roar from yesterday to brighten your Saturday.
So nice to be out on the plains chasing again. I think yesterday was the most successful first-chase-of-the-year we've ever had.
April 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So nice to be out on the plains chasing again. I think yesterday was the most successful first-chase-of-the-year we've ever had.
Finally finished compiling all our storm log data from the 2018 season (comically behind, I know). Of the 11 days we chased, we only saw one brief tornado on May 2. Of the 47.1 hours we were in "chase mode" only 174 seconds of those were spent seeing a tornado. That's 0.103%!!!
April 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Finally finished compiling all our storm log data from the 2018 season (comically behind, I know). Of the 11 days we chased, we only saw one brief tornado on May 2. Of the 47.1 hours we were in "chase mode" only 174 seconds of those were spent seeing a tornado. That's 0.103%!!!
A weird thing about #nmwx storm chasing is the perpetual proximity to history. On our June 3, 2018 bust, we just so happened to stop for a final look at the departing MCS near the Trinity site. Added here is the mushroom cloud's rough size / location. The juxtaposition of scales blows my mind.
January 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A weird thing about #nmwx storm chasing is the perpetual proximity to history. On our June 3, 2018 bust, we just so happened to stop for a final look at the departing MCS near the Trinity site. Added here is the mushroom cloud's rough size / location. The juxtaposition of scales blows my mind.
Serious question: Has anyone ever tried this. Legitimate answers only plz.
January 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Serious question: Has anyone ever tried this. Legitimate answers only plz.
If you ever feel bad about falling behind on projects -- don't. I'm still writing storm logs for chases seven years ago. Case in point: www.wxlog.com/events/may19...
BTW, if anyone has a more nuanced explanation for why storms were so uncooperative and transient on May 19, 2018, I'm all ears!
BTW, if anyone has a more nuanced explanation for why storms were so uncooperative and transient on May 19, 2018, I'm all ears!
January 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
If you ever feel bad about falling behind on projects -- don't. I'm still writing storm logs for chases seven years ago. Case in point: www.wxlog.com/events/may19...
BTW, if anyone has a more nuanced explanation for why storms were so uncooperative and transient on May 19, 2018, I'm all ears!
BTW, if anyone has a more nuanced explanation for why storms were so uncooperative and transient on May 19, 2018, I'm all ears!
My favorite movies of 2024. Maybe a bit weaker year all in all, but there were plenty of movies that made picking a top 5 REALLY hard. Hated to leave out Dune Pt. 2, Furiosa, Anora, Inside Out 2, His Three Daughters, and Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
January 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My favorite movies of 2024. Maybe a bit weaker year all in all, but there were plenty of movies that made picking a top 5 REALLY hard. Hated to leave out Dune Pt. 2, Furiosa, Anora, Inside Out 2, His Three Daughters, and Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Sterling City, TX (May 17, 2021) was one of those days where we doggedly stuck to the same forecast and storm, and it finally paid off with a perfect show. Plenty of counterexamples to that strategy over the years, but when it happens, its really feels special.
November 27, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Sterling City, TX (May 17, 2021) was one of those days where we doggedly stuck to the same forecast and storm, and it finally paid off with a perfect show. Plenty of counterexamples to that strategy over the years, but when it happens, its really feels special.
In honor of Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary tomorrow, feel free to check out this playlist of our past storm chase videos with subtle or not so subtle references to the Half-Life universe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Wl...
November 16, 2024 at 6:19 AM
In honor of Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary tomorrow, feel free to check out this playlist of our past storm chase videos with subtle or not so subtle references to the Half-Life universe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Wl...
More rainbow ropes please. (Lockett, TX - 4/23/21)
November 15, 2024 at 6:44 AM
More rainbow ropes please. (Lockett, TX - 4/23/21)
Magic hour light never ever gets old.
November 8, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Magic hour light never ever gets old.
Is there a better feeling in the world than standing in front of a tornado warned supercell on a high risk day? (May, 6, 2024)
November 4, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Is there a better feeling in the world than standing in front of a tornado warned supercell on a high risk day? (May, 6, 2024)
If Wray is my favorite stationary timelapse, then McCook is probably my favorite moving timelapse. In real time as we crested the hill and got the reveal of that churning debris cloud... might have been a tear... or maybe it was just dusty in the car.
October 29, 2024 at 4:36 AM
If Wray is my favorite stationary timelapse, then McCook is probably my favorite moving timelapse. In real time as we crested the hill and got the reveal of that churning debris cloud... might have been a tear... or maybe it was just dusty in the car.
If we ever top the Wray, Colorado intercept I will count myself one of the luckiest people on earth. The roar was like a Learjet engine, and the preceding calm followed by the sudden 70mph RFD was the most thrilling thing I've ever stood in.
October 27, 2024 at 9:24 PM
If we ever top the Wray, Colorado intercept I will count myself one of the luckiest people on earth. The roar was like a Learjet engine, and the preceding calm followed by the sudden 70mph RFD was the most thrilling thing I've ever stood in.
Another unpublished 2024 lapse - this time a heartbreaker. This is what I was filming instead of blasting south to El Dorado. Even if we'd left halfway through this lapse we could have still made it. Ugh what could have been.
October 26, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Another unpublished 2024 lapse - this time a heartbreaker. This is what I was filming instead of blasting south to El Dorado. Even if we'd left halfway through this lapse we could have still made it. Ugh what could have been.
As a first bsky post, here's some unpublished 2024 timelapse. This beast rumbled lazily across the NW Oklahoma countryside, letting us get too cozy in its inflow notch. Just before the Custer City tornado, it quickly lunged forward with spiraling RFD curtains that engulfed us as we tried to escape.
October 26, 2024 at 5:30 AM
As a first bsky post, here's some unpublished 2024 timelapse. This beast rumbled lazily across the NW Oklahoma countryside, letting us get too cozy in its inflow notch. Just before the Custer City tornado, it quickly lunged forward with spiraling RFD curtains that engulfed us as we tried to escape.