Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In-depth meteorological breakdown of the localized tornado outbreak that occurred in the Nebraska Sandhills on April 27, 2025. On a day in which the threat for severe weather was quite conditional over a broad area of the central and southern Plains, western Nebraska went off...a supercell cluster produced seven tornadoes in cyclic fashion, more than one of which were large, intense, and EF2+. In this video, we'll take a deep dive into the meteorology behind this event, including what factors led to Nebraska stealing the show while much of the remainder of the risk area remained dry, as well as the complex storm interactions that may have aided in tornadogenesis throughout the supercells' life cycle.
Thumbnail image via Holden Smith.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:04 Storm Chaser Coaching ad
4:05 Meteorological breakdown begins
19:28 Observed sounding analysis
28:18 Radar breakdown begins
36:21 Tornado intensity analysis via radar
39:34 RAP proximity sounding analysis
44:59 Summary and wrap-up
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Resources:
NWS North Platte event page: weather.gov/lbf/April272025SandhillsTornadoes
Smith et al. (2020): "WSR-88D Tornado Intensity Estimates. Part II: Real-Time Applications to Tornado Warning Time Scales" - journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/35/6/waf-d-20-0011.1.xml?tab_body=pdf
Cameron Nixon blog article on storm interactions: cameronjnixon.wordpress.com/research/storm-interactions
Nixon et al. (2024): "Cell Mergers, Boundary Interactions, and Convective Systems in Cases of Significant Tornadoes and Hail" - journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/39/10/WAF-D-23-0117.1.xml
Chase Archive: app.chasearchive.com
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All images and videos of storms and tornadoes in this video were used with permission. Huge thank you to those who submitted media for use in this video; I tried to use a bit of everybody's media when possible:
Billy Marshall
youtube.com/watch?v=fx8QjlFFSVs
Chris Rozoff
Egan Young
Gage Gibson
youtube.com/watch?v=Pa7bmlKsrBA
Hayden Lester
youtube.com/watch?v=1j21sPu4v50
Holden Smith
Taylor Bloyd/Cory Pagel
Facebook: Hippie Storm Chaser
Nick DiFiglia
Out There Videos
youtube.com/watch?v=FItsXjOZXY0
youtube.com/watch?v=60auosAaq4I
youtube.com/watch?v=EiB80I9pb2w
youtube.com/watch?v=yYDeuj8C9SE
X: @StormArtz
Mark Michener
Nelson Tucker
In-depth meteorological breakdown of the localized tornado outbreak that occurred in the Nebraska Sandhills on April 27, 2025. On a day in which the threat for severe weather was quite conditional over a broad area of the central and southern Plains, western Nebraska went off...a supercell cluster produced seven tornadoes in cyclic fashion, more than one of which were large, intense, and EF2+. In this video, we'll take a deep dive into the meteorology behind this event, including what factors led to Nebraska stealing the show while much of the remainder of the risk area remained dry, as well as the complex storm interactions that may have aided in tornadogenesis throughout the supercells' life cycle.
Thumbnail image via Holden Smith.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:04 Storm Chaser Coaching ad
4:05 Meteorological breakdown begins
19:28 Observed sounding analysis
28:18 Radar breakdown begins
36:21 Tornado intensity analysis via radar
39:34 RAP proximity sounding analysis
44:59 Summary and wrap-up
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Want to learn how to forecast and chase severe storms from the best meteorologists and storm chasers in the business? Check out my new training site, Storm Chaser Coaching!
Get started with our FREE Storm Chasing 101 course. This is an in-depth, two-hour course taught by me that gives you the basic foundations you need to storm chase safely and successfully...completely for free. To access the course, click on the following link: 101.stormchasercoaching.com/register/?utm_source=trey&utm_medium=youtube
Also, join our Discord community to connect with our coaches and other like-minded severe weather enthusiasts. There are even forecast challenges you can complete to test your skills. Join now at: discord.gg/hNrcwJJQR5
For more on what else we have to offer, visit stormchasercoaching.com/. See you there!
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Become a Patreon member today to support the channel: patreon.com/convectivechronicles
Facebook: facebook.com/ConvectiveChronicles
X: twitter.com/ConvChronicles
Instagram: instagram.com/convectivechronicles
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Resources:
NWS North Platte event page: weather.gov/lbf/April272025SandhillsTornadoes
Smith et al. (2020): "WSR-88D Tornado Intensity Estimates. Part II: Real-Time Applications to Tornado Warning Time Scales" - journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/35/6/waf-d-20-0011.1.xml?tab_body=pdf
Cameron Nixon blog article on storm interactions: cameronjnixon.wordpress.com/research/storm-interactions
Nixon et al. (2024): "Cell Mergers, Boundary Interactions, and Convective Systems in Cases of Significant Tornadoes and Hail" - journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/39/10/WAF-D-23-0117.1.xml
Chase Archive: app.chasearchive.com
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All images and videos of storms and tornadoes in this video were used with permission. Huge thank you to those who submitted media for use in this video; I tried to use a bit of everybody's media when possible:
Billy Marshall
youtube.com/watch?v=fx8QjlFFSVs
Chris Rozoff
Egan Young
Gage Gibson
youtube.com/watch?v=Pa7bmlKsrBA
Hayden Lester
youtube.com/watch?v=1j21sPu4v50
Holden Smith
Taylor Bloyd/Cory Pagel
Facebook: Hippie Storm Chaser
Nick DiFiglia
Out There Videos
youtube.com/watch?v=FItsXjOZXY0
youtube.com/watch?v=60auosAaq4I
youtube.com/watch?v=EiB80I9pb2w
youtube.com/watch?v=yYDeuj8C9SE
X: @StormArtz
Mark Michener
Nelson Tucker
