Uploaded April 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Behind the scenes adventures that encompass storm chases. Follow along Pecos Hank on the quest for his 100th tornado! On April 8th 2015, two confirmed tornadoes were intercepted southwest of Medicine Lodge, Kansas. The parent supercell was crossing an area with no roads and the only way for me to get a glimpse of a possible tornado was to park near or in its path. The first tornado was pretty large and perhaps powerful, but brief. The second tornado was a distant cone bowl. At first I could not confirm rotation on the ground, however pictures from veteran chaser Gene Moore confirms this is a second tornado. Numbers 90 and 91 for me.
A humongous common snapping turtle was crossing the road in front of a speeding caravan of storm chasers. I used my car as a shield to detour the cars from crushing this turtle and perhaps from the turtle crushing parts of their cars. A bite from a snapping turtle can cause serious pain and damage to hands and digits. They have a long meaty tail that you can safely lift them by to move them off the road, however it is possible to harm the snapper by lifting it this way. I usually clamp on to the back of turtles carapace with my other hand when lifting so that all of turtles weight isn't pulling on its tail or spine. Done right, you can prevent the turtles powerful claws and feet from prying you loose.
Other events in this video was a Texas long nosed snake being watched by a barn owl, vivid frequent lightning and flash flooding. Just another day on the road :D
Behind the scenes adventures that encompass storm chases. Follow along Pecos Hank on the quest for his 100th tornado! On April 8th 2015, two confirmed tornadoes were intercepted southwest of Medicine Lodge, Kansas. The parent supercell was crossing an area with no roads and the only way for me to get a glimpse of a possible tornado was to park near or in its path. The first tornado was pretty large and perhaps powerful, but brief. The second tornado was a distant cone bowl. At first I could not confirm rotation on the ground, however pictures from veteran chaser Gene Moore confirms this is a second tornado. Numbers 90 and 91 for me.
A humongous common snapping turtle was crossing the road in front of a speeding caravan of storm chasers. I used my car as a shield to detour the cars from crushing this turtle and perhaps from the turtle crushing parts of their cars. A bite from a snapping turtle can cause serious pain and damage to hands and digits. They have a long meaty tail that you can safely lift them by to move them off the road, however it is possible to harm the snapper by lifting it this way. I usually clamp on to the back of turtles carapace with my other hand when lifting so that all of turtles weight isn't pulling on its tail or spine. Done right, you can prevent the turtles powerful claws and feet from prying you loose.
Other events in this video was a Texas long nosed snake being watched by a barn owl, vivid frequent lightning and flash flooding. Just another day on the road :D
