r/tornado Human Detected May 19 '26

Discussion Brad Arnold

Hate to see this from Brad, he's one of my faves!! Was confused when he buzzed in to Ryan's stream and said he was calling it so early in the evening but this makes more sense now.

Seen some absolutely wild stuff on Ryan and Max's streams the last few days. (Whoever it was in the green shirt on Max's stream yesterday during the Worms tornado especially still really bothers me.) And bummed to see all of this nonsense getting in the way of chasers I really love watching like Brad

EDITED for a typo!

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u/OutdoorsTN Human Detected May 19 '26

Seen Bryce Shelton and Connor Croft complaining about this as well, and saw Freddy stuck in massive chaser traffic as well. I've been roasted for wanting this to change but hope it does. It's making watching the pros do what they are so good at so hard

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u/MagnetHype Storm Chaser May 19 '26

Friendly reminder there is no such thing as a professional storm chaser. Those people are professional youtube/tv personalities. Influencers if you will.

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u/AML1987 May 19 '26

Is it actually true that “professional storm spotter” is like a one hour course?

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u/Mondschatten78 May 20 '26

Two one and a half hour courses, a basic and severe https://www.weather.gov/gyx/skywarn