Storm Chaser Kenny Schenk

15/09/2026

TONIGHT’S THOUGHTS:

Over the past year, my pages here on Facebook have grown tremendously, and for the most part, everything has remained a one man operation but I’m reaching the point where that needs to change.

With more than 100,000 followers now, there are more people than ever looking this way for severe weather coverage. My number one goal has always been to keep Texans informed when severe weather threatens, and as things continue growing, I’ve realized I simply can’t do everything at once.

When I’m in the field chasing, I can bring you live, on the ground coverage of what storms are actually doing. But while I’m driving, filming, positioning and reporting from the field, I can’t simultaneously sit behind a computer posting every warning and radar update.

So, I’ll soon be looking for some help.

For Texas Weather Watch, I’ll be looking for someone who can help post warnings, radar updates and other important severe weather information while I’m out in the field.

I’ll also be looking for someone to work alongside me during livestreams here on my main page. While I’m live from the field, they would be covering radar, discussing warnings and breaking down what storms are doing. They would also be able to pull up my live field feed so viewers can see both the radar and exactly what I’m seeing on the ground.

That would allow us to combine two extremely important sides of severe weather coverage: live radar and warning information from the desk, and live ground truth from the field.

I’m still working out exactly how everything will operate, but I believe this is the next step toward providing better and more complete severe weather coverage.

I’ll have a way for anyone interested in filling these positions to get in touch with me soon. More details will be coming!

14/09/2026

Much needed and long overdue! 👏

I’m very glad to see our community investing in outdoor warning sirens. Living in East Texas, severe weather is something we deal with regularly, and having another way to alert people, especially those who may be outside, is a big step in the right direction.

Sirens should never be your only way of receiving warnings, but they are still an important piece of the warning system.

Glad to finally see this happening!

Here soon the City of Palestine will have an upgrade! The outdoor warning system will be installed starting this week. Check out the link attached for more educational information regarding tornado warnings and destructive thunderstorms.

https://www.cityofpalestinetx.com/680/Outdoor-Warning-System

14/09/2026

The good life.

13 hours from home, standing in the middle of nowhere Nebraska this past spring. Completely alone, not another person for miles. Watching a dead supercell spit out its last bit of rain as the sun went down, while eating Nerds Gummy Clusters.

Wouldn’t trade it for the world.

13/09/2026

Severe weather potential is increasing across eastern Nebraska into western Iowa Monday afternoon and evening.

Forecast soundings show a very favorable environment for supercells, with strong low-level shear and enough instability to support a significant tornado threat if storms can become surface based.

The biggest questions remain storm initiation and storm mode. If (BIG IF) an isolated supercell can develop and remain discrete, it could become intense quickly.

We may be headed out tonight to chase this setup depending on how things look later today.

13/09/2026

I’ve had a lot of people asking me what I expect from severe weather this winter, so I drew up this quick graphic showing my personal thoughts as of right now.

This outlook is preliminary and subject to change as we get closer to winter. It is also important to note that it’s impossible to forecast an exact severe weather event months in advance, and I am in no way doing that here.

This week I’ve spent quite a bit of time digging into the climatology of past El Niño winters and studying some of the larger winter severe weather outbreaks. One thing that stands out is that a lot of significant winter severe weather and tornado outbreaks across the South have occurred during El Niño winters. That does not mean an outbreak will happen this winter, but it is one piece of the climatological background I’m considering.

Since we’re in a strong El Niño phase, conditions favor a more active subtropical jet, which can bring more frequent storm systems across Texas and the southern U.S. When those systems interact with sufficient Gulf moisture and instability, organized severe weather and tornadoes can become possible.

The orange area represents occasional severe weather potential, while the red area highlights where I currently believe the greatest overall potential may exist.

Like I said, I am not saying a major outbreak is guaranteed to happen, but based on the pattern I’m expecting, I do believe there is a decent chance we see at least one or two significant severe weather/tornado outbreaks somewhere across the South between November and February. Again, not guaranteeing that’s gonna happen but based on climatology, it’s definitely possible.

That also does not mean I expect severe weather or tornadoes every day, or even every week. There will likely be plenty of quiet stretches in between systems. I’m simply saying that when the pattern does become active, there may be a few higher end opportunities for severe weather. A lot of the systems that move through the south will likely be just rainmakers. To have severe weather you have to have multiple ingredients come together and that’s not going to happen with every system, especially in the winter when it can be more difficult to get the right thermodynamics for organized severe weather.

This is simply my current outlook, and I’ll continue updating it as confidence increases.

12/09/2026

Dallas has officially hit 100° again today, marking the 48th 100-degree day of the year.

Today also marks the 59th consecutive day without measurable rainfall at DFW.

It seriously feels like summer is never going to end. North Texas is still baking and desperately waiting on a real pattern change to finally bring some relief.

12/09/2026

Rough first half for OU. This isn’t over yet. Time to come out swinging in the second half. BOOMER!

12/09/2026

NEW RECORD: For the first time in the satellite era, the Atlantic has made it to September 12 without producing a single hurricane.

11/09/2026

Severe thunderstorm approaching Temple, TX! 60mph winds and quarter size hail are possible.

11/09/2026

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for areas along the I-45 corridor, including Richland, Streetman, Kirvin, Fairfield, and Teague.

This storm is moving southeast and may produce 60 mph winds and quarter-size hail.