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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Things that turn night into day are universally fun. Sunrises, shooting barrels of thermite at 2 am with a long rifle, lightning - you know, all the usual stuff. 8.16.2026 - Colorado Springs, Colorado

lightning over cheyenne mountain and fort carson

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tornadoes over unplanted fields are such a vibe 4.13.2026 - Amboy, Minnesota

a tornado over a farm field reflecting off a creek bed

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Poor beetles 8.16.2026 - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I humbly request that Congress write up a bill to ban trees in places where tornadoes happen

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Make sure you take time to pan from one 🌪️ to the other 🌪️ 6.23.2023 - Granada, Colorado

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The moment those weird little condensate blobs start circulating the outside of the tornado is when you know it's about to get real 6.17.2026 - Effingham, Illinois

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The rattlesnakes in the canyons have the best views during the monsoon, no matter what anyone else says. 7.27.2026 - Colorado Springs, Colorado

lightning strikes the foothills west of colorado springs

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Seems like yesterday, plus like 144 days 4.13.2026 - Amboy, Minnesota

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you don't understand all the stories that people told hundreds of years ago to make the things nature does make sense, you haven't lived yet. 8.28.2024 - Mound City, South Dakota

a tornado underneath its parent storm flanked by blue skies and the setting sun over south dakota prairieland

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The ultrawide timelapse reveals how small this EF-3 tornado was relative to the monstrous supercell above. The storm prompted a tornado emergency and dropped 5-inch hailstones. 5.30.2024 - Midland, Texas

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

They say everyone likes a tall man but nobody ever talks about whether or not they like tall tornadoes 6.15.2023 - Perryton, Texas

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Spending too much time posting tornadoes and not enough time shitposting lately

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

An EF-3 tornado. 6.17.2026 - Effingham, Illinois

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I'm at the age where everyone is having kids and when people say they're having twins I'm like oh congrats is this a satellite situation or the real deal 6.23.2023 - Granada, Colorado

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sometimes tornadoes like to hide in the rain. Scientists have theorized that they're just shy. 9.29.2019 - Emden, Illinois

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Wind turbines look like toothpicks in front of a tornado 4.23.2026 - Braman, Oklahoma

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A rare moment of excitement in 2026 happened when this EF-3 tornado condensed near I-70. After driving the approximate circumference of the Earth over May and June to see basically nothing it felt like a small victory. 6.17.2026 - Effingham, Illinois

a wide angle shot of a supercell with a damaging tornado

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Years later and no storm has impressed me the way this one did, and for some reason it was the secondary target. The nearly stationary EF-3 pictured was the first tornado of the day and lasted 45 minutes. 6.23.2023 - Granada, Colorado

a stovepipe shaped tornado in southeastern colorado

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

It's almost dirt wedge season 6.28.2023 - Kimball, Nebraska

a tornado churning dirt down a muddy road

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

To the archives we go for a picture of a multivortex tornado 12.1.2018 - Bluffs, Illinois

a multivortex tornado doing minor damage along some river bluffs

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

You know the great plains are in a drought when.... 5.16.2023 - Grainfield, Kansas

a dust storm under a supercell lit up by the setting sun

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You have weird sci-fi expectations the first time you're abducted by aliens but in reality all that happens is you get hailed on. Not that memorable. 6.9.2022 - McCook, Nebraska

a storm that looks like an alien spaceship rolls over me

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I spend way too much of my time wondering what all the abandoned buildings on the high plains have seen. 4.26.2026 - Roswell, New Mexico

A developing tornado over an abandoned schoolhouse in New Mexico

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Strongly disagree with this move. The RRFS is not ready for prime time. The NAM has value in corners of the universe. The HREF is a phenomenal model. This is not smart IMO.

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It was at about this time when storms went up off a dryline in Nebraska in a pristine environment for tornadoes. You weren't allowed to sleep in. Three insane tornadoes. Happy anniversary to those who celebrate. 5.12.2023 - Bartlett, Nebraska

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Some flashing lights from a random alien invasion a few years ago. 5.25.2023 - Grady, NM

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Breaking news: tornadoes are cool 4.23.2026 - Braman, OK

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A wacky moment from yesterday's chase - as a long-lived tornado reintensifies, a satellite tornado develops, retrogrades toward me, and is absorbed into the larger tornado. 4.23.2026 - Braman, OK

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Was gonna post a video but those aren't working apparently so you get this picture of a tornado instead 4.13.2026 - Amboy, MN

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The ultrawide view of a developing tornado shows its foundations in the entire supercell. That's way more fun than zooming in on ground swirls, no? 4.13.2026 - Amboy, Minnesota

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Somehow at a mile wide this tornado is less than half the width of the largest tornadoes we have recorded.

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Can a tornado take down a wind turbine? I have absolutely no idea and this video is not informative on that subject. 5.23.2024 - Eldorado, OK

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Unfortunately, pseudoscience is on full display at Chaser Summit this year 🐍 🛢️

Screenshot from a presentation by Gary Lezak showing where to expect severe weather in early June.

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The sunset brought a surprise noctilucent cloud appearance to Colorado tonight, probably from a fresh rocket launch out west somewhere these past few days. The rarest clouds on Earth 😍

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This is a very loud video of me being scared by lightning

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

A tornado wandering aimlessly under its parent storm. Some fire ants were bothered by this picture.

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Tornado season is sooner than you think 🌪️

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Tornadoes aren't that cool, says the dude who is not that cool

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

My 2026 new years resolution is to go storm chasing

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This tornado drifted aimlessly for 45 minutes over open country and did basically nothing. A+ work.

a tornado against a late afternoon sky in nebraska

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Kerry Cook @kerrycook.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

From @AGU.org: Senators are working on legislation to save NCAR, but we need extra support for these 8 states. Your Senators in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming need to hear from you.

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

When the storm barely looks like a storm but it's producing a sick tornado 🤷😱

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

My phone has been enjoying microwaving sunsets off the deck for the past week

a lenticular complex over pikes peak at sunset

cloud blowoff over pikes peak lit red at sunset

cloud blowoff over pikes peak lit up at sunset

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I wonder if the people who own this place know that I have more pictures of their house than their realtor does

lightning striking colorado springs, illuminating cheyenne mountain. the same house is in the foreground as each of the other three pictures

lightning striking colorado springs. the same house is in the foreground as each of the other three pictures

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It's been 7 years since shooting 720p video was acceptable (or more), and it has also been 7 years since the most impactful tornado outbreak in December in Illinois. This one was the last of six we saw before the sun completely set at 4:30 PM 🫠

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

When storms look like spaceships I try to imagine what it would have been like a thousand years ago before there was widespread knowledge of the science that could explain why a spaceship is floating on by

a supercell dies as the sun sets in western nebraska

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This hybrid tornado was arguably second coolest thing to happen in the vicinity of North Platte, Nebraska in 2025. The coolest thing, obviously, was Chick-fil-a giving me an extra chicken tender that one time

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Is it violent wedge season yet

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Spencer Dant @sdantwx.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

A collection of different - yet oddly similar - things on the high plains. Watching the sun set to the west while a massive storm rages in between is one of life's guilty pleasures.

supercell flanked by the setting sun in southeast colorado

supercell flanked by the setting sun in eastern new mexico

supercell flanked by the setting sun in eastern colorado

supercell flanked by the setting sun in western kansas

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