00:002025 was a storm chase season to remember.
00:09Again this is a full condensed tornado you are seeing this live here on the AccuWeather Network.
00:21This thing is huge. Over the spring I logged more than 30,000 miles across 60 chase ventures
00:27tracking storms across the midwest, the high plains and the southeast. In that time I saw 36 tornadoes
00:33on 11 different days making it one of my most prolific tornado seasons. The most active stretch
00:39came between May 14th and 18th when I observed 13 tornadoes in just five days from photogenic
00:44landspouts in southwest Nebraska to destructive tornadoes in Missouri into one of the largest
00:50tornado outbreaks in Kansas in the past five years. It was a fast-paced high-stakes week at the peak of
00:55the season and even June got into the action with some west Texas tornadoes including what was my
01:03tornado of the year here near Morton. But not every chase was about tornadoes. Colorado had its share
01:10of storms reminding us why it's the hail capital of the country. Seeing some of my biggest hail there
01:18and photogenic storms danced across the skies well into the summer but that's when things quieted down
01:24and with no hurricanes or winter weather to pursue in the time since, the back half of the year has
01:28stayed quiet for me, offsetting one of the most intense seasons of my 29-year career. Tornado has
01:34just crossed the road. There are numerous flipped vehicles. And now we turn the page to 2026
01:39and I see what awaits me in year 30. For AccuWeather, I'm meteorologist Tony Laubach.
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01:54I'll see you in a few more minutes.
01:56We'll see you in the next couple of weeks.
01:57We'll see you in the next couple of weeks.
02:00I'll see you in the next couple of weeks.
02:01There are so many connections that you guys can come up with, is that we're very
