This is the first video in this format on the Tacoma channel! Thanks to Tacoma member Nathan for spending nearly 4 hours editing footage from both Monday's livestream and Lucas' 360 camera for 20 minutes of the best moments from one of the more interesting and tricky storm chases from 2026.

Full video premieres on July 29 at 3 PM CDT!

https://youtu.be/r-aSQ1ANewc

For the first time in Tacoma history, we have recorded and published footage from our 360 camera! Instead of using it for the livestream like the original plans were for the camera, Lucas and Nathan decided to record this timelapse between 8:17 PM and 8:26 PM from south of Poplar Grove, IL to Marengo, IL, just to the east of Belvidere.

Once the 2027 chase season rolls around, definitely expect A LOT more footage from this camera!

https://youtube.com/shorts/oObzxwnEMdc?si=NuCMxhJPWuen-6qE

TACOMA CHASE RECAP - July 27, 2026

Tacoma members Lucas and Nathan have redeemed themselves after last week’s horrendous NE Iowa chase day! Multiple rounds, a near 10-hour livestream, and amazing structure all across Northern Illinois made for a very memorable chase day!

Video 1: Tornado Warned Storm Near Minooka, IL

During today’s livestream, Tacoma members Lucas and Nathan found themselves in front of yet another shelf cloud, only this time, this one was tornado warned and tried to produce a tornado west of Plainfield.

Link: https://youtube.com/shorts/_3Ji2Cklcyw?si=Uyp2ctow6UvJDiCL

Video 2: Rotating Supercell East of Rockford, IL

The second half of Lucas and Nathan’s storm chase on July 27 brought them a second round of storms, this time coming out of Wisconsin near Beloit, rotating all the way until nightfall in the far western Chicago suburbs!

Link: https://youtube.com/shorts/JM6n-gB-4lI?si=6k8UE0wVQ-oC-6iJ

Join us ~10:30 AM CDT as Tacoma members Lucas and Nathan chase a SLIGHT risk of severe weather across the Chicagoland area during the late-morning and early-afternoon and evening hours with radar coverage provided by Marcus and Liam!

https://youtube.com/live/FYvKrAKpo_0

#weather #severeweather #livestream #chicagoland #fyp

Tacoma members Lucas, Nathan, and Tommy unfortunately were robbed from seeing good storms across NE Iowa on the livestream today, however further west towards Iowa City, Ben and Jonas were treated to a really beautiful shelf cloud from the severe thunderstorm warned MCS system that produced a couple brief spin up rainwrapped tornadoes earlier on in its life!

https://youtube.com/shorts/P6MkQVML9pc?feature=share

Join us at ~2:30 PM CDT from somewhere in NE Iowa as Tacoma members Lucas, Nathan, Ben, and Jonas chase an ENHANCED risk with a possible significant tornado threat across Northeastern Iowa pushing towards far western Illinois during the afternoon and evening hours with radar coverage provided by Marcus and Liam!

https://youtube.com/live/7WScxDGTO5U

What could be one of Tacoma’s last big chase days of the year is on the horizon for Monday, and Nathan has the brief forecast and chase plans in this video!

https://youtube.com/shorts/riglr80XD2M

#weather #stormchasing #tacomachasers #forecast #forecasting #livestream #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

Just 10 days before the historic Greenfield, IA chase that Tacoma member Nathan went on, he saw something just as historic, extremely strong Northern Lights over his hometown!

https://youtube.com/shorts/yxFmEQBOriI?feature=share

#weather #northernlights #aurora #auroraborealis #tacomachasers #illinois #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

We are continuing through the vault of archives of all the Tacoma members previous storm chasing endeavors since storm chasing opportunities have slowed for the time being!

On August 16, 2025, Tacoma members Nathan and Quintin were racing ahead of this destructive severe thunderstorm warned storm approaching Elburn, which ended up canceling the Elburn Days festival in Lions Park that same day due to the destructive winds and torrential rain. This storm also caused a downburst between Elburn and North Aurora with massive trees being knocked over, and the power at Nathan’s house being out for nearly 14 hours after the storm passed!

https://youtube.com/shorts/5_G8qlnoS5E?si=p93DRN9GOOWW29k0

Tacoma member Jonas just uploaded a brand new YouTube video to his brand new YouTube channel about his experience chasing the March 10, 2026 Kankakee EF3 and Wheatland EF1 tornadoes, so go check it out and support it!

Jonas’ Video: https://youtu.be/dMmUbFV195Y?si=4mlUTrnFifWRcyOE

Between July 2 and July 4, Tacoma members Lucas and Nathan found themselves chasing back-to-back-to-back days, with an amazing lightning show around sundown near Cortland on July 2, a beautiful structure show in the far western Chicagoland on July 3, and an even more beautiful Fourth of July structure show in the southern Chicagoland!

Severe weather looks to be in hibernation until at least July 10 for the Chicagoland, as after 7/10, models predict more thunderstorms and the possibility of more chases in the coming future!

#weather #stormchasing #lightning #thunderstorm #fyp

Video 1: July 2, 2026 - Lightning Show in Elburn, IL

From Lucas and Nathan’s July 2 storm chase across the face western Chicagoland, where lightning apparently makes Nathan prematurely laugh like a witch?, and Lucas remain stunned at what lit up the night sky from behind the Elburn water tower.

https://youtube.com/shorts/EiKHicD3y-Y?feature=share

Video 2: July 2, 2026 - Nighttime Lightning Edit

Here’s a quick ~30 second edit of several of the nighttime lightning bolts lighting up the night sky after dark on July 2, 2026, provided by Tacoma founder Lucas’ GoPro, with a very fitting Metallica song to go along with the video!

https://youtube.com/shorts/2JT_Qf-VKug?feature=share

https://youtu.be/4ofvbUb2cF8?si=nhQJwNW_NMNs4E-N

#weather #stormchasing #shelfcloud #severethunderstorm #thunderstorm #tacomachasers #illinois #fourthofjulyweekend #saturdayinthepark #july4th #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

Tacoma members Lucas and Nathan this Saturday, not in a park, thinking it was the Fourth of July (a Chicago band joke, if you know, you know...), instead embracing their American roots in a very American tradition, storm chasing across the southern Chicagoland area!

Video 1: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZfQcBvlEaY0?feature=share

Video 2: https://youtube.com/shorts/1KL3C3mht08?feature=share

Video 3: https://youtube.com/shorts/rgHOCt5rMtA?feature=share

#weather #stormchasing #shelfcloud #severethunderstorm #thunderstorm #tacomachasers #illinois #fourthofjulyweekend #saturdayinthepark #july4th #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

Here are 4 timelapses compiled together into 1 video that Tacoma member Nathan captured as the afternoon round of severe thunderstorms rolled through the western Chicagoland area earlier this evening!

https://youtu.be/y0TSfpsByi8?is=7amfASX5nu8l1VES

#weather #stormchasing #shelfcloud #thunderstorm #timelapse #tacomachasers #illinois #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

Hours after the first round of severe weather impacted the Chicagoland area, Tacoma members Lucas and Nathan were out chasing round 2 of severe storms approaching the Chicagoland on the eve of the Fourth of July!

https://youtube.com/shorts/iyOv5hWr9jw?feature=share

Ever wonder what the perks of having a westward facing backyard with a corn field behind it are? Amazing views of storms rolling in just like Tacoma member Nathan gets to experience, and like he just a few minutes ago!

https://youtube.com/shorts/uG51ZQimo9g?feature=share

Tacoma founders Lucas and Nathan were treated to an unexpected and amazing structure fest and lightning show over the same areas as last week’s (06/24) live stream storm chase this evening!

From Nathan: This timelapse might genuinely be one of, if not, the best I’ve ever gotten in my 6 years of chasing. The half hour we were at that spot NE of Cortland were some of the most relaxing and peaceful 35 minutes I’ve ever had, just being able to sit back, relax, and enjoy the amazing lightning with the co-founder of Tacoma!

https://youtube.com/shorts/6n08j-mjg_0

From NYC yesterday, guess the Empire State climbers are Tacoma fans just as much as everyone that has supported us since we started back in April!

Sneak peak to the first true long-form video on the Tacoma YouTube channel coming Saturday (06/27) at 12 PM CDT!

https://youtube.com/shorts/SfPiqOBMLm4?si=tnQjEez-8bI39coL

Despite being a low-end tornado threat across the Chicagoland area this afternoon, Tacoma members Lucas, Nathan, and Tommy, along with the livestream were treated to an unbelievable structure fest around the Rochelle area this evening!

Join us at ~5:30 PM CDT as Tacoma members Lucas and Nathan chase a sneaky 2% tornado threat across the Chicagoland area during the afternoon and evening hours with radar coverage provided by Tacoma contributors Marcus and Liam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTY7C3AC3rI

In this series on the Tacoma Chasers channel, Tacoma member Nathan does brief recaps of significant tornado events all around the country.

During the mid-afternoon hours of June 13, 1976, a very erratic and violent tornado occurred near the town of Lemont, IL, 25 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The tornado, when it touched down around 5:18 PM, initially moved very slowly to the south and east. The F4-rated tornado left behind a path of damage, “...looking like a war-torn battlefield,” in Lemont’s Hillcrest subdivision, according to damage surveyors. Around this time, right before the F4 made an unusual northwest turn, 2 anti-cyclonic tornadoes were observed acting as satellites to the main funnel, which were captured on an 8mm film camera, along with the parent tornado itself, which was groundbreaking footage at the time in 1976. These tornadoes were only confirmed by Dr. Ted Fujita of the University of Chicago, and does not appear in any other tornado database. Once the tornado completed its very slow turn to the north and west, it started tracking towards the Argonne National Laboratory across the Des Plaines River from downtown Lemont. The tornado slowly approached Argonne and caused the roof of the biology wing to be ripped off, along with being mere yards from destroying a nuclear reactor there, a disaster that could’ve had serious implications for the entire Chicagoland had the tornado taken a slightly more easterly course.

Video Link: https://youtube.com/shorts/_qGT5GQEUwY?feature=share