UPDATE -- IMPORTANT - People in Midwest! [View all]

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UPDATE
There are several storm chasers streaming live on YouTube right now and I wanted to share those streams with you so you can keep up with what's currently happening with the tornado outbreak.

1) Vince Waelti - My personal favorite. His video quality is very high end. Warning - he can get spicy with the language when under the gun.



2) Brandon Copic.



3) Corey Gerken



4) Freddy McKinney



5) Daniel Shaw. An Aussie storm chaser who comes here to chase every spring and summer. Great guy!







A major tornado outbreak is expected today in the Midwest.
Illinois and Indiana are bullseye targets. That said, do NOT let your guard down in surrounding states as you have a high risk too.

This is shaping up to be very VERY bad today with the SPC not fooling around.
How can you keep up with things outside of your TV?

1) If you use Twitter, search your states weather hashtag and save that search. Make sure to choose the tab which says "latest". News travels faster on Twitter than traditional media. An example how to search--

Let's say you live in Illinois, your weather hashtag is #ILWX. It's always your state's abbreviation followed by "WX" for "weather".
Wisconsin is #WIWX for example, on and on.

2 YouTube.
There are many weather guys who stream live and the best thing is that they're meteorologists who work with storm chasers side by side so you see the chasers in real time along with the meteorologist.

2 of my favorites are --

Max Velocity (my personal fav)

Ryan Hall

3) Good Weather Apps

You want weather apps that will immediately alert you on your phone.
Here are a couple suggestions which are free.

Storm Shield

Weather Wise - This app is fully featured and may be a bit "too much" for some.

Please stay safe today!