Ben McHone
@Tornado_Warned
Storm chaser - Firefighter - EMT - Traveler - Videographer with Live Storms Media - Contact [email protected] for requests
Neighborhoods are getting wiped out currently. Trying to edit footage right now and there's hundreds of houses on fire all around me. All I can hear is the howling wind and explosions. LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY HAPPENING IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES! #CAwx #LosAngeles #PalisadesFire
Long Post… What happened in Texas was a tragedy. I have avoided this topic but I feel it’s time to say this as someone with over a decade of experience in emergency response, was a member of a state US&R team, and now have multiple years of experience in weather safety at…
We have been mapping and studying the known flood risks at Camp Mystic. It turns out that not only was the camp in a flood zone, some cabins were located in areas that local county officials had deemed “extremely hazardous.” Here is more of what we found. 🧵 1/9
We need to explore the claim that "Three once-in-a-lifetime flooding events this last week" is exceptional. I would argue that it's not. Annual Recurrence Intervals (ARIs) for flooding are *badly* misunderstood. I'm seeing many headlines about multiple 1-in-1000 year events,…
Been in the thick of it here in Kerr County, TX, where 119 victims have been found deceased and another 173 remain missing. Search and recovery efforts are well underway, with USAR teams from around the country flowing into the area still. Miles and miles of catastrophic flooding…
A rainbow among the debris fields.. #TXwx #Flooding #Rainbow
Incredible damage through the Louise Hays Park in Downtown Kerrville, TX. #TXwx #Flood #kerrcountyfloods
Some of the most intense video I have ever shot - Gary, SD will live in my mind forever. Fortunately, the residents in this impacted house were not seriously injured! #tornado #gary #sdwx
Filming @tornadotrx and caught a dust devil in the background yesterday! It looked pretty significant! #SDwx #tornado
Top job by all involved, what a phenomenal and historic chase! Glad to catch everyone next to the grinder and at dinner later!
I have no words. Nobody was killed, one of the best tornadoes seen to man in history, and got to spend it with our friends. @BrandonCopicWx @DLScalesWX @GarrettT_WX @CoreyGerkenWX @Sierra_Lindsey3 @ChasingWConnor @FreddyMcKinneyR @Eli_Noyd_ @Tornado_Steejo @Tornado_Warned…
Having seen Lake City, Weelfleet, and today, I can say with almost certainty today was the TOTY.
Finally got my tornado selfie, only 8 years later! #tornado #selfie
Absolutely the #1 tornado intercept of my career! Spiderwebbed the driver's side window as @Tornado_Steejo and I danced with one of two violent tornadoes today.
Incredible tornado earlier near Clear Lake, SD #tornado #SDwx
Cute little long-lived funnel/landspout near Veblen, SD moments ago! #SDwx
they can’t all be wall hangers - 6/26/25 in Albert Lea, MN - okay on to Saturday
Likely a QLCS Tornado earlier near Owatonna, MN, about a mile west of the Hwy 14/I-35 Interchange looking west. Radar appeared to develop a low-level mesocyclone on a supercell/bow structure. ~5:15PM @Tornado_Warned @NWSTwinCities
Celebration turned into horror as a Fireworks into the crowd, arrest, and a shooting outside of the Paycom Center in 2.5 minutes. This was only about 30 minutes following the end of the Championship Finals game here in OKC. #Thunder #OKC #oklahomacity #NBA #shooting #police