Ben Holcomb – Storm Chaser
Featured Storm Chases
Storm Chasing
In Pursuit of Tornadoes
Each year I travel thousands of miles across the great plains of the United States in search of observing tornadoes and supercells. This website is a collection of my experiences in pursuit of violent winds and some of the most extreme weather in the world. When I’m not working or chasing storms, I enjoy traveling to beautiful places around the world. You can also view videos on Rumble or Youtube
Recent Storm Chases
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June 15, 2024 - A long trip for a shelf cloud while tornadoes happen on another supercell (936 Miles)
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June 3, 2024 - Lacking sufficient upper air support, storms fail to maintain and die shortly after forming. (376 Miles)
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June 2, 2024 - Multiple photogenic tornadoes on a supercell near Silverton Texas (653 Miles)
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May 30, 2024 - Supercell along an outflow boundary produces a nice stovepipe tornado south of Midland Texas (723 Miles)
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May 29, 2024 - Late night chase on a supercell south of Clovis New Mexico (319 Miles)
A trip down the scenic Needles Highway in Custer State Park in Western South Dakota…
A trip to Rapid City and the Black Hills including Mount Rushmore…
A trip to Badlands National Park to visit the park and view the aurora borealis in May 2024…
An off season Monday morning visit to Mesa Verde National Park. The park was pretty empty, however, there is a lot of attractions closed…
Eclipses, Auroras and Astrophotography
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of the GOES-U weather Satellite from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida…
A geomagnetic storm hit earth around May 10th and caused two nights of aurora borealis across the USA. This is the second night in Badlands National Park…
A massive geomagnetic storm hitting earth caused the most prolific aurora borealis I have ever seen on May 10, 2024…
4 minutes and 10 seconds of totality in Poplar Bluff, MO…
Ben Holcomb is a Storm Chaser that lives in Norman, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. While Storm Chasing, Ben has seen over 200 tornadoes with the strongest being the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado of May 20, 2013. Hail the size of softballs, an EF-5 tornado and 2 hurricane landfalls highlight Ben’s chasing career. Some of the more significant tornadoes Ben has seen include the Moore, Oklahoma EF5 tornado in 2013, The Mangum Tornado of 2019, The Andover tornado in 2022, the tornado featured in the Tiger King near Wynnewood on May 9, 2016 and Dodge City a couple weeks later on May 24, 2016. Storm Chaser Ben Holcomb’s first tornado was the Earle, Arkansas tornado on May 2nd 2008. Ben has traveled to 20 countries and all 50 states. He enjoys skywatching as well, witnessing eclipses, auroras as well as planespotting.
