Meteorologist Andy Hill

I'm sure most of you have seen—I'm back from storm chase-vacation 2025! This year was more chill and felt quite natural compared to the hectic end to May 2024, which many of you probably remember; however, I ended this one off with a bang! I got to meet my boss for the first time, and of course we took pics! More storytelling below:

- This year, from May 15–30, I saw 4 weak tornadoes: 1 EFU in Portage, WI; 1 of the Arnett, OK tornado sequence; 1 possible tornado near Dumont, TX (B&W photo, look closely!) and 1 unrated tornado near Manter, KS. There was the possibility of an unbelievable chase sequence resulting in 7 different wedge tornadoes in Kansas on May 18th, but we abandoned our meteorologically sound northern target in KS to be with the rest of our chase group and friends down in Arnett, OK! I don't regret this decision as a lot of those wedge tornadoes occurred overnight—the Greensburg-Plevna sequence, as some of you may remember, was not one to mess around with. Chasing in the dark with satellite tornadoes orbiting around large wedge tornadoes would've added enough stress in one night to remove a year or so off my life later on, haha. No thanks!

- A couple of stops along the chasecation made for a fulfilling emotional experience! My partner attended the graduation ceremony for his Ph.D. in education on May 16th, and is now compiling his dissertation that we've both worked endlessly on making it shine. Two weeks later, I stopped by Pikeville, KY to meet Ryan, the fam, and the well-oiled machine—the weather house! We had a nice time chatting for an afternoon and I felt nothing except the manifestation of euphoric camaraderie after 3 years of working remotely with the boss and crew. That was my best attempt at describing in words the feeling of belonging and happiness! Hopefully that makes you smile like it did for me :)

- The food, at this point, is a tradition. My top two picks for those of y'all in the OKC metro are the stops I make annually with my chasing friends: The Butcher in Wellston, OK & Cafe Kacao in Oklahoma City. Unbelievably good BBQ & Latin food, respectively!

- I also had the privilege to be recognized by several groups while out and about chasing and touring the National Weather Center on OU's campus! In addition, I stumbled on what is apparently Reed Timmer's favorite restaurant in Jackson, MS—The Pig and Pint. The owner there recognized me from Ryan's streams and gave me a free hat lol, it was wonderful and the food was fantastic. If I got to meet you this time, I'm happy to have shared the pleasantries; but, if not, I would be happy to meet more individuals next time around!

I'll be around all of the streams for the remainder of this year into Spring 2026, working primarily on developing the Y'all Watch system & statistics such that I can create new meteorologist job opportunities for working with me!

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6 months ago | [YT] | 1,703

Meteorologist Andy Hill

Hey y'all! Good to see you :) I want to let you know I've made a much more social and less professional platform than Twitter & YouTube here. Find me here: bsky.app/profile/bluekandy.bsky.social if you want to keep up with me, ask me anything and ESPECIALLY see some cool stuff Ryan and I have been working on to accentuate our severe weather coverage. Looking forward to helping many more people this year! See you on a livestream soon!

10 months ago | [YT] | 540

Meteorologist Andy Hill

**Long post:** I'm back from storm chasing vacation :) Tons of mixed emotions and new perspectives gained from this trip that I will hold with me for the rest of my life. Below are 4 video still frames (lower quality, sorry) of the EF3 tornado I captured close-range on May 26th in Mountain View, MO—my best & favorite chase of the trip.

- From here on, you'll see me in any stream we do this year. I followed along with all streams Ryan did while I was out and I know there was a lot more I could've contributed; but, all the same, I am proud of the growth of Ryan's confidence, analysis skill and capability to maintain the utility of his broadcast by distributing lifesaving information with the resources available to him. I tried to assist in several manners during the important streams between May 21–26, including forwarding radar analysis to Elijah on the 21st; radioing in plans during my chases on the 25th and 26th; and being the first to report an ongoing tornado to the NWS and Ryan in a radar hole in southern Missouri—really important information.

- Some statistics: In all, I personally forecasted, traveled to and visually observed 9 tornadoes in the one week period May 19–26: 4 in Oklahoma, 2 in Iowa and 3 in Missouri. The strongest of these was the Greenfield, IA EF4, followed by the Carbon, IA EF3 and the Mountain View, MO EF3. I was within range of a total of 16 tornadoes as confirm-warned and surveyed by the NWS. I was in three particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado watches, one PDS severe thunderstorm watch, four PDS tornado warnings and one tornado emergency warning. I also picked up tennis ball-sized hail, new largest hailstone for me!

- The most important part of the trip for me was in Greenfield, Iowa—deploying in the disaster relief body you guys know as the Y'all Squad 501(c)(3). I have never been a part of something so direct and down-to-earth as that Y'all Squad mission, but I decided to help out as much as I could because I arrived in Greenfield 20 minutes after the tornado tore through the southern to eastern side of the town, and witnessed for two hours the humanity of the situation. My chase partner Hunter (‪@hunterhurleywx‬) delivered search & rescue for that two hour period while I remained in the car and tried to help out with Ryan's stream. For reference, I am physically disabled, so I knew I would be a liability if I attempted to walk through the debris to get to people in need. I observed injured individuals being taken on stretchers, children running down streets without shoes on, and incredibly thick natural gas odor.

Thereafter, Hunter and I teamed up with Caleb (‪@calebbeachamwx‬) the following two days to serve over 1,300 meals in the town to residents and responders. In that time, I talked to numerous people who stopped by our tent. I ended up asking one family how they were doing, and in that moment I met Lisa, whose house was destroyed along SE 2nd St. I personally had the privilege to hear her story and have a conversation with her about the entire scenario, as well as ask if she was ok with an interview the following morning. Because I went up and talked to Lisa, and asked her that first question about how she was doing, we were able to donate $30,000 from the Y'all Squad to her recovery efforts. I will never forget her and her family.

I also got to meet quite a few people who were familiar with Ryan! That was heartwarming, and some of them even knew me too. I'm ever grateful that I bore the pain to work for 12+ hours on my feet to meet and serve the town of Greenfield.

- Severe burnout after a week-long continuous effort like that is real, but I'm ok. I have not stopped talking about all of the things I saw and learned, and that has greatly helped me avoid any negative emotional response to everything I witnessed.

It's easier for anyone to watch ten thousand tornadoes occur over years of radar analysis than it is to observe the destruction firsthand as it happens of just one strong tornado; so, even though I felt upset that I was not able to help strengthen Ryan's coverage of these storms as much as I would've been able to at home, I have found that absorbing this new point of view through personal experience will reinforce all of my future missions in covering severe weather live for y'all.

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1 year ago | [YT] | 3,719

Meteorologist Andy Hill

Hey! Unfortunate news: I will not be assisting Ryan during today's (Tuesday 5/21/24) severe weather & tornado event in the areas shown below, because I'm out storm chasing! Click "read more" to see a brief overview on that risk as it progresses.

I've been chasing for 10 days so far and still have another week of vacation. My current target for Tuesday's risk area is Red Oak, Iowa. Storms will be moving quickly and to the northeast, making chasing extremely difficult, but I'll try my best. I've caught 2, maybe 3 tornadoes in the last two days, so my forecasts are going quite well.

Tornado threat starts early afternoon tomorrow in eastern Nebraska around the Lincoln-Omaha corridor at 1-2pm CT, quickly advancing into SW IA in the next hour or two. By 4-5pm CT, a line of tornadic & intense supercells is expected to be covering central IA, and even northern MO and southeastern MN. At the same time, some discrete supercells with all hazards are possible in south-central to central WI down to eastern IA. The line of intense storms will reach eastern IA by 6-8pm CT and fan out into a larger damaging wind threat with some spinup tornadoes as it moves through Madison, WI down through central IL into the early night, Chicago closer to late night.

This day of severe weather requires a lot of information to be distributed efficiently. I feel pulled in every direction since I want to be out there chasing, but I also feel motivated to assist during days like these. I trust that y'all will make tomorrow's coverage exponentially more useful as always through the power of numbers and spreading awareness. Thanks, and stay safe!

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1 year ago | [YT] | 1,529

Meteorologist Andy Hill

Howdy! You can find me as always on Ryan's stream for 10+ hours during today's high risk for tornadoes in the area shown below (Oklahoma-Kansas). Together we'll have the most impactful coverage with advanced warning communication, near-term forecasting (not just reactionary commentary) and no advertisements, of course. We do our best to stick out, especially on days like this.

Use our coverage to notify others and have as many as possible keep tabs on this event. 99% of people survive impacts from the worst tornadoes, and you and I can make that statistic as close to 100% as possible! Power in numbers and power together.

Don't lose sight of what's next either—there will likely be severe & tornado threats tomorrow, and definitely on Wednesday, 5/8. See you soon :)

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,822

Meteorologist Andy Hill

Multiple rounds of intense severe weather for the areas shown below over the next two days, especially for those in the orange/red outlook areas given by the SPC. I'll be the weather relay for Ryan's streams both days, and I have been busy training a new head news relay person on the team! I look forward to seeing y'all over there this evening and tomorrow afternoon through the night. Hoping I can help many people, this event does have me a touch nervous since I want to do my best to aid preventative measures and there may be quite a lot to cover.

In terms of my channel here, please don't hesitate to change your membership if you feel you need to! I greatly appreciate all passive subscribers and members supporting me just for doing what I do on the team, but please never feel obligated to support. It appears that the membership comment visibility problem *may* be resolved, so I hope YouTube will allow me to respond to those from now on.

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1 year ago | [YT] | 1,025

Meteorologist Andy Hill

A tornado goldilocks zone has made itself apparent today on superbowl day! I'll have my analysis on the event live with Ryan over ‪@RyanHallYall‬. An enhanced corridor of tornado potential exists in the yellow hatched area this afternoon through evening marked below from the SPC, reminiscent of the Selma, AL tornado family nearly a year ago. Spread the word so we can provide live nowcasting coverage for more people today!

1 year ago | [YT] | 634

Meteorologist Andy Hill

Hey! We've put together an emergency stream to cover the rest of today, just Ryan and I with no one else behind the scenes. Find me here today, doing the best I can to help out a 2-man team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLuRo...

2 years ago | [YT] | 852

Meteorologist Andy Hill

Hey there! It's been awhile, but I'm always lurking & watching the weather. It's time once again... there's a tornado/wind-driven severe weather risk in the south tomorrow, November 20th (peaking from 3pm to after dark CST!!) per the Storm Prediction Center graphic below.

Since this is a single focused area highlighting the risk for significant tornadoes, it eclipses the threshold for a Ryan Hall main channel stream and facilitates my duties solely over there versus a dual channel stream where we both broadcast simultaneously in order to capture everything ongoing in an event.

Don't miss that stream if you miss us! I'll pop up often there tomorrow afternoon into the nighttime hours for the central US timezone. I hope to be of help once again if the weather does get nasty!

2 years ago | [YT] | 1,507