Ben Holcomb, Author at Ben Holcomb

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•Travel

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

by Ben Holcomb on June 13, 2012 Comments are Disabled

Visit on a down day of storm chasing to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in June 2012 with David, Jari and Sarah

Skywatching

Annular Solar Eclipse of May 2012

by Ben Holcomb on May 20, 2012 Comments are Disabled

The May 2012 annular solar eclipse witnessed from the Texas/New Mexico border near Plains, Texas

•Storm Chasing Video

Medford, Oklahoma Tornado

by Ben Holcomb on April 30, 2012 Comments are Disabled

A long-lived slow moving tornado on the night of April 30, 2012 narrowly misses the town of Medford, OK. This tornado formed on an outflow boundary/warm front from the night before and produced a couple monster tornadoes.

•Storm Chasing Video

Willow, Oklahoma Tornadoes

by Ben Holcomb on March 18, 2012 Comments are Disabled

Multiple tornadoes north of Mangum, OK near the town of Willow on the evening of March 18, 2012. This storm seemed like it would almost produce all day but didn’t as we followed it out of Texas and into Southwest Oklahoma. Finally around 7pm/00Z it produced a nice tornado!

EF-4 Tornado near the town of Tipton, OK on the afternoon of November 7, 2011

•Storm Chasing Video

Tipton, Oklahoma Tornadoes

by Ben Holcomb on November 7, 2011 Comments are Disabled

Multiple tornadoes from a cyclic supercell in Southwest Oklahoma from Tipton to Fort Cobb.

•Sporting Event

Michigan vs Purdue

by Ben Holcomb on October 29, 2011 Comments are Disabled

Michigan vs Purdue on October 29, 2011 at the Big House in Ann Arbor Michigan.

Fall Tornado near Wakita, OK on September 17, 2011

•Storm Chasing Video

Wakita Oklahoma Tornadoes

by Ben Holcomb on September 17, 2011 Comments are Disabled

Two tornadoes south of Wakita, Oklahoma where they filmed the movie “Twister”. First tornado is a beautiful elephant trunk, the second is an amazing ropeout. Both were on the ground at the same time.

•Travel

Indonesia

by Ben Holcomb on August 20, 2011 Comments are Disabled

Work trip to Indonesia to install communications between remote radar sites and Jakarta in Bima, Kupang, Makassar and Medan. Also a quick stopover in Singapore.