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Chris McBee

@mcbeewx.com

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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. mcbeewx.com

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 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

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 19h

2% #tornado risk tomorrow in the Four Corners region. #WxSky

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 1d

A very annoying commercial

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 1d

Hey Verizon, this commercial is horrifying. Please make it stop.

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Storm Chaser Je☈emy @jeremyohwx.bsky.social · 4d

Enderlin had an eerily similar path to Greensburg

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Shawn Rundblade @shawnrundblade.bsky.social · 4d

Well, we have the first EF5 tornado since 2013.

Back in June in North Dakota, a tornado threw a train. Here is a link to the NWS page with the update.

#Tornado #StormChaser #EF5

www.weather.gov/media/fgf/En...

www.weather.gov

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 6d

Anyone else watching the Hail Bowl in Laramie?

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Matt Serwe @serwewx.bsky.social · 6d

A thunderstorm at elevation and in fall?!

Hail machine goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrr with a freezing level that close to the ground in Laramie.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 6d

cannot even process this

A snow covered field in Laramie for UNLV-Wyoming

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 9d

RIP!

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 9d

😕

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 9d

I feel so old posting this

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Yūnny, human hurricane (they/them) @jimmy-yunge.bsky.social · 11d

Fujiwhara interactions always sound more interesting than what inevitably ends up happening which is just the two hurricanes destroying each other.

...which is still kind of cool.

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 13d

Kicked up a gecko on our back porch. Wasn’t expecting that! 🦎

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 14d

And how good the YouTube instructional videos are

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 14d

Not named yet, but quite worrisome for flooding in the coastal Southeast. Definitely bears watching and preparation. #WxSky

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Alex Lamers @alexlamers.bsky.social · 14d

Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has unveiled the experimental Urban Rain Rate Dashboard. It uses high-res model guidance to highlight where chances of intense rain rates are highest in major cities. It’s linked in “Forecast Tools” tab on the WPC home page. Direct link: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/urrd/

A snapshot of the Urban Rain Rate Dashboard landing page from Friday morning, September 26, 2025, showing a map of the United States and color filled circles over major U.S. cities indicating the chance of intense rainfall in the next couple days. Data may not be current by the time you see this.

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 14d

2% #tornado risk in parts of Arizona today, including #Phoenix and #Tucson. #azwx www.spc.noaa.gov/partners/out...

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 15d

Very weird to see a cone graphic from NHC that includes Portugal, Spain, and Morocco. #WxSky

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 15d

One of the best examples of a #Fujiwhara I’ve ever seen on today’s Canadian model!! Storms doing a 360 dance!🕺
Not to say it’s correct, but this is right out of a text book!
#Humberto #Imelda #Hurricane

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 15d

Possible #tornado west of Liberty, NY. #nywx

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 16d

Possible #tornado in the #Shreveport area. #lawx

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 17d

Upgrade to a 10% hatched #tornado risk in parts of northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas, including Fort Smith and Fayetteville. Be ready to seek shelter later today in these areas! #okwx #arwx

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Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 18d

20z SPC upgrade to a 5% #tornado risk in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma this evening into tonight. #kswx #okwx

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 19d

Mediocrity has held sway in Dallas for 30 years now.

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 19d

Supertyphoon #Ragasa is looking formidable. #WxSky

Chris McBee @mcbeewx.com · 19d

Possible #tornado in Muskogee County, OK. #okwx