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Lead Meteorologist (UNCA '21) for @ryanhallyall —forecaster, climatologist // Twitch Partner—world record Nintendo speedrunner. 日本語を勉強しています @Sandmaster6 🧡🏳️‍🌈

Bloomington, IL
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Andy Hill
5 years
I came out to my mom today, the person I was the most scared of telling for many, many years. It went perfectly. What a weight off my mind, body, emotions and everything. I want to talk to her as much as I can now, and show her how much I value what she did for me.
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4 months
Served about 300 burgers and dogs so far today, ready for the dinner rush!
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4 months
I've been in Greenfield, IA for the past 40 minutes. This situation is the among the most sobering one could ever experience. My chase partner is rendering aid right now in the hardest hit areas. Seeing help come together here completely reaffirms why I do what I do with Ryan.
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1 year
good morning! thank you all again for this huge milestone!! it's an honor to hold it in light of helping and inspiring many individuals. I hope my channel continues to serve as that same hallmark of social meteorology :)
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4 months
Devoting my whole day to helping out with today's high risk tornado event. We will have the best coverage with advanced communication, near-term forecasting (not just reactionary commentary) and no advertisements. Power in numbers today, but don't forget your mental health too!
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3 months
I was blessed to meet Lisa and her daughter Daisy while I was serving meals in Greenfield, Iowa. They told me their story while remaining unimaginably strong. This picture overlooks Lisa's home—telling the rest without words. We gave her family $30,000 raised by the Y'all Squad.
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1 year
The high plains, with @ReedTimmerAccu :)
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Andy Hill
1 year
Prepping for the night shift! 12 hour stream through tonight into Wednesday morning—then I can pass the baton back to Ryan so that we have complete nonstop coverage of this entire event if necessary. Starting in a few hours from now :)
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4 months
Here's my advanced warning for Minden, Iowa—a town that was devastated by a tornado earlier today. On Ryan's stream I noticed a pattern in the storm structure on radar 9 minutes before the tornado formed and talked about its potential. It hit Minden 11 minutes later, as shown.
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1 year
I can't believe what I'm watching here, oh my god
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3 months
Tornado NNE of Mountain View 5:48pm CT @NWSSpringfield
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4 months
I'm sorry for being flustered on stream at the end of our 12 hour, 3rd day in a row marathon shift. There are rules-based and intuitive forecasters. I strive to be the latter, and I think that philosophy is infinitely more helpful and scientifically progressive.
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1 year
Storm chasing season in New Mexico, with the one and only @PecosHank :) 📸 - James Winterstern, director of Supercell the movie!
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Andy Hill
3 months
@NWS I've had the honor of knowing some of the diverse crew of meteorologists at the NWS, and I'm happy to stand proud alongside them in this sector as we work to save lives and property. I will always remain a beacon of support. Thank you NWS for recognizing them & us :)
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Andy Hill
5 months
Today I had a 6 minute early callout for the tornadic circulation that would significantly impact southern portions of Slidell, LA. This tornado forced NWS New Orleans to take shelter & they lost power, which interrupted radar updates. Thus, an early warning was much needed!
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Andy Hill
1 year
Prepping for the overnight-graveyard shift of Hurricane #Idalia + tornado coverage! If you're having trouble sleeping or you're in the path of a tornado warning tonight, I've got you covered.
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4 months
Wind turbine sheared off and on fire east of Carl, IA @NWSDesMoines @ryanhallyall
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Andy Hill
4 months
Yesterday we had amazing coverage. The video below is a clip of our advanced warnings for the storm that would impact Barnsdall & Bartlesville, OK—concern for the county before a tornado warning, and immediate coverage as soon as it was evident the tornado would touch down.
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Andy Hill
3 months
hey @ryanhallyall , I know you're getting ready to celebrate 2 million YouTube subs, but it looks like you have some catching up to do to yours truly :)
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Andy Hill
4 months
Thank you Daily Dose! I'm glad to see severe weather awareness even amongst the people who I look up to in content creation. The screenshot here was a horrible moment, but our preceding coverage of this tornado gave an advanced warning to Barnsdall and Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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Daily Dose
4 months
121,000 people watching a YouTube livestream about Tornados. Never seen numbers like this before on a weather livestream 😳
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4 months
Triple tornadoes in southwest Ohio near Lebanon, just called out on stream. Unreal
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Andy Hill
1 year
My first tornado :) We're escaping south now!
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Hunter Hurley
1 year
Tornado on the ground northeast of Grady, New Mexico. @ 6:59pm MT. #NMwx @NWSAlbuquerque
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1 year
Glad I could be there for everyone today. Strongest together—merging supercells are powerful and tough to predict, and nowcasting the weather is the best way we can cover their impacts together for everyone. Thanks for helping me do that today :)
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Andy Hill
1 year
Hope y'all are having a wonderful evening if you come across this post on this silly site :) I wish it were storming here right now!
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Andy Hill
3 months
Here's the May 26th Mountain View, MO tornado displaying a helical vortex structure as it destroys a building at the 10 second mark in the video, at about 5:46pm CT. Upon impacting the building, the roar of the tornado becomes audible. We helped clear some houses after this.
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Andy Hill
1 year
Aurora shots from Cannon Falls, MN from my partner and I :)
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Andy Hill
4 months
Extremely important coverage ongoing now on our livestream. I don't think I've ever called out this many tornadoes before. Please join and help spread awareness
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1 year
Sometimes you just have to sit back and appreciate the atmosphere and what it can do. Three supercells stacked on top of each other in central Wyoming, all three likely tornadic.
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Andy Hill
4 months
Imagine talking about a classic mesocyclone handoff and then watching it wedge out on stream in front of 120,000+ people. That's unbelievable
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Andy Hill
2 months
Great work by @MaxVelocityWX covering the three PDS tornado warnings in Wisconsin today. I'm always happy to help, and together we had a few early callouts including the tornadoes in Waterloo-Hubbleton and Janesville, WI; however, Max was on all day today!
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Andy Hill
4 months
@ryanhallyall Hey Mike I know it might be weird to work next to a youngin like me, but I promise it'll be fun and just as engaging if not more so than TWC :)
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Andy Hill
1 year
Outside enjoying the last of this brief round of sprummer (spring-summer) up in Minnesota Forecast video in the editing stage right now! Haircut done by my wonderful partner, just in time for storm chasing next month 👀 Lots going on, but having a blast :)
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Andy Hill
4 months
Tornado south of Hot Springs, AR just a bit ago, viewed from on top of a hill. The power flash at 34 seconds into the clip demarks the contrast, clearly showing the tornado. This follows a clear tornado debris signature on radar evident for 15+ minutes. Wow
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4 months
@ToddYakoubian Video was taken at 12:43 from mt riante
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Andy Hill
2 years
got some new glasses :) whatcha think
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2 years
Covering a potential tornado outbreak 1000 miles away while in a winter storm warning 😎 Meteorology is and always will be incredible
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3 months
Tornado on the ground north of Mountain View MO looking WNW 5:39pm CT #mowx
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Andy Hill
1 year
got some sun and a burger before today's livestream :)
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Andy Hill
8 months
I'm in Pittsburgh for #AGDQ2024 :D I've already been to Primanti Bros., where else should I go? Absolutely love the city thus far! Side note: love this selfie lol sometimes you just take a really good one and feel great, and that's me right now
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Andy Hill
1 year
The 5.1 California earthquake occurring simultaneously with Hilary is TERRIBLE for public science relations. On a basic level, the weight of the crust of the earth is orders of magnitude greater than the rain falling—the earthquake DID NOT happen because of the storm.
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Andy Hill
1 year
This video might take the cake this year yall Watch the whole thing. I mean it. That's a dream tornado in a field with no structures. Wow
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AccuWeather
1 year
Remarkable. 😧 AccuWeather's @TonyLaubach captured this incredible video of side-by-side tornadoes forming in Washington County, Colorado, this afternoon. #COwx
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Andy Hill
2 years
Froze my hands off in near blizzard conditions for you. This poor southern California boy has no idea what he's doing @ryanhallyall
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Andy Hill
1 year
Y'all, look at this
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Andy Hill
1 year
New forecast video update the night before our next severe weather event across the nation! This was done as quickly as possible this afternoon—the team worked incredibly hard and there were a couple mistakes, so please forgive those :) Stay safe! Link:
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Andy Hill
4 months
Holy ok. Please pray for the people in Waterloo/Skyline NE. Take a break from the screen/stream if you need to. Very stressful situation right now
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Andy Hill
10 months
good morning :) ready to tackle the day today & help as many as possible!
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Andy Hill
1 year
It's spring y'all. I finally finished a forecast video for the next couple storms moving through! Hopefully this update helps :)
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Andy Hill
1 year
Here's my advanced warning for Noble, OK 6 minutes before the town was hit by a new, rapidly developing circulation. When I came through, the radar showed very little rotation. The fine details revealed what would happen shortly after:
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Andy Hill
1 year
Morning before a big springtime classic severe setup! A lot of us have a long day up ahead, so I wanted to talk about storm anxiety here—understanding cool atmospheric science can help relieve, but the #1 way is staying up to date with live coverage. We'll be there for you! :)
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Andy Hill
2 years
Here's my mention on Ryan's stream of deviant/switching tornado-relative motion to the north toward Lockett, TX at 9:03PM CDT (not currently warned at the time), and the town was hit at roughly 9:13PM CDT.
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Andy Hill
1 year
16 hours of streaming over the last two days with another 10+ hours dedicated to radar analysis during Ryan streams earlier this week: I definitely need a break 😅 nothing compares to being able to actively help out on such a large scale, but as you can imagine it is exhausting.
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Andy Hill
2 years
Just the most incredible radar presentation of the evolution of this tornadic supercell Off the outer banks of NC during the cold front of the year
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Andy Hill
1 year
Dom Fore 👀
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Andy Hill
4 months
@ryanhallyall Are you gonna make me do the HR work again? I'm not sure if I intimidated the other meteorologists last time. I might be too scary.
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4 months
Triple tornadoes ongoing west of Tallahassee, FL at 6:52am EDT!! These look strong too, unbelievable. Let people know ahead of time in Tallahassee to take shelter before this dangerous QLCS gets to the city
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Andy Hill
7 months
Today I joined team Blue Hair :) Rayleigh-scattered blue skies have made it to my head!
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Andy Hill
2 years
hello snow :)
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3 months
Heart in my throat—I'm watching this storm become tornadic right near Greenfield, Iowa at 4am CT. I gave a forecast with the possibility of receiving a warning tonight to some residents that stopped by to get meals from us at the Y'all Squad. It waited until just after the town.
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Andy Hill
1 year
Sorry for any absence you may have noticed, I'm currently dealing with this behemoth for the first time. 103.0 °F fever and a wicked sore throat have been the worst parts for me, but I'm hopefully coming out of the most painful part now!
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Andy Hill
4 months
TOR-warned storm looking WNW from 6 NW Hammon, OK at 6:20pm CT @NWSNorman @ryanhallyall
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Andy Hill
1 year
This is probably the best shot of a highly sheared surface environment you'll see in a long, long time. Perfect cyclostrophic balance over a field with a storm about 35,000 feet tall
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1 year
Wedge of a lifetime west of Spalding, NE… #newx
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Andy Hill
4 months
Incredible. Don't miss out on seeing this aurora event, even if just for a minute. I'll be out there tonight!
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Extreme G5 geomagnetic storm (Kp9)$1$sThreshold Reached: 22:54 UTC Follow live on
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1 year
Good morning :) Forecast video recorded, and it's in the oven roasting now. It's my most packed forecast yet, and you'll see why later today. Feeling really great about it!
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Andy Hill
2 years
attempting to direct Mr. Ryan Hall Yall (circled) to his first ever tornado. armchair chasing has never been so exciting
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Andy Hill
1 year
A year after I joined the team, I finally joined the YouTuber league with Ryan himself :) Thanks to everyone who has motivated me thus far! Your messages haven't gone unheard, and I appreciate y'all. My first video will be out soon!
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Ryan Hall, Y’all
1 year
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Meteorologist Andy Hill is about to post his first forecast video on his own channel! Click:
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4 months
@FreddyMcKinneyR @StrmchsrHunterF I'm glad that on days like today, across the weather community, someone is there to do what the science of meteorology stands for—saving lives. Thanks Freddy.
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Andy Hill
5 months
@ryanhallyall we peaked at 127,000 viewers yesterday doing preventative work. I always sit down after the streams and think about just how much that number goes back into awareness and appreciation for the entire sector of meteorology, because it's absolutely deserved
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Andy Hill
2 years
Here's a still image of the effect of a straight vertical wind profile. Anticyclonic supercell on the northwest side, cyclonic supercell on the southeast side. Wind direction/updraft location in the center in black! Super cool example of both vortices shedding off the center!
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Andy Hill
1 year
Midas is bored—he was unimpressed by my severe weather coverage today, so he's being a grouch in these pics. He's too picky a weather cat now :(
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1 year
Thanks for joining me today :) It was a wild ride with another conditional tornado threat that was recognized, quickly upgraded the day of, and covered thoroughly via livestream. I feel quite strongly about the work done today—it was handled well on all ends and I'm proud!
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Andy Hill
1 year
Back from my storm chase-cation :) I spent 2 weeks nearly entirely in the southern high plains of Texas and New Mexico and gained a much needed perspective experiencing the development, wrath and aftermath of constant battering rounds of severe weather. It's wild out there y'all
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Andy Hill
2 years
The move is going well! Can't wait to relax lol. Before and after of today's work below This'll be the place where the Andy Channel is born 👀
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Andy Hill
1 year
Some of the food on this chasecation has been beyond what I've ever experienced—in terms of barbecue in particular. This platter is from a diamond in the rough in Wellston, OK. I just kept eating for an hour and a half straight. Wow, I'm gonna miss it
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Andy Hill
4 months
If you're around the area and would like to stop by, we're in the parking lot of the Fareway Meat & Grocery in Greenfield, Iowa! We'll be here for a few more hours :)
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Andy Hill
1 year
Nature's fireworks. Better than all the other loud booms going on right now :)
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1 year
I've read over 1000 comments now on the new channel, and it's just mind-blowing experiencing the humanity aspect of this endeavor, and the overwhelming positivity. I've also been writing down all of the well thought-out feedback! Excited to keep going with newfound inspiration :)
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Andy Hill
11 months
At Twitchcon & on the main stage at GDQ in about 40 minutes! This'll be fun :)
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1 year
SVR-P warned storm looking south from 2 ENE Pocasset, OK 3:38pm CT @NWSNorman
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Andy Hill
1 year
The rumors are true. There will be an Andy Hill stream today, keeping track of the weather! There might even be one tomorrow too 👀 Expecting to begin between 5-6pm US Central as it stands. Looking forward to seeing y'all there over on YouTube :)
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1 year
When Andy wakes up, he's gonna stream. I am on dad duty today.
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Andy Hill
2 years
I am going to sleep after 25 hours 😌 I appreciate you all :)
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Andy Hill
1 year
This last week has been filled to the brim with severe weather! Another significant but highly localized round will be underway this evening—primarily for the possibility of an upper end strong wind event. I'll be covering it this evening! Save the link:
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Andy Hill
2 years
I waited a month to finally get some of these! They were tough to find but definitely worth it for a Dr Pepper fan like me Feeling quite happy and goofy right now :D no more sugar for me tonight
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Andy Hill
6 months
Did my best to get warning out to Grand Blanc, MI as soon as possible, as well as talk about the brief tornado that happened before this one. I had a 5-6 minute early callout on the @ryanhallyall stream. Hopefully I helped someone
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Andy Hill
1 year
Just finished sprucing up all ends of today's forecast video! I was up until 4am making sure this would be on time. Link below 👇 Hope you're having a wonderful day as well, rain or shine :)
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Andy Hill
6 months
@WxNB_ As a met/climatologist focusing on wrapped messaging rather than blatant climatologist foci, this is one of the most humbling things I've observed passively over the last year
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Andy Hill
4 months
I've already listened to so many stories out here, including one family I'm very touched by—I can't wait for y'all to see them in the next y'all squad video.
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Andy Hill
2 years
Merry Twistmas and a happy chase year :)
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Andy Hill
4 months
Concerned for Portage, MI and east with two different tornadoes moving through the area—not only for the destruction, but all of the impacted & EMT individuals that may have been close to the 2nd, no matter its strength, due to mental strain. I hope my early warning was heard.
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Andy Hill
1 year
Hi y'all! I'll be covering the severe weather in the DFW-southern Oklahoma area into east Texas today, starting soon. This event should run through the evening hours into early night, so hopefully I'm able to help a lot of y'all today :) Link:
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Andy Hill
1 year
@NWS thanks y'all at the NWS! I know there are so many wonderful LGBTQIA+ individuals in many weather forecast offices and adjacent teams, and I'm happy to stand proud in the weather community alongside them :)
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Andy Hill
4 months
Here's a radar loop of my entire storm chase yesterday! I spent over 5 hours following this supercell and saw both the Custer City and Yukon, OK tornadoes. It was nonstop action—being in a tornado emergency and later monitoring highly deviant tornado motion in the dark.
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Storm-following birth-to-death loop of the supercell/cluster that impacted OKC last night, from birth to death. #okwx Started as a few scattered attempts at initiation in the TX panhandle, before maturing into a proper supercell after a few mergers. Interesting to see the vector
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Andy Hill
1 year
Thanks for all the well wishes y'all! Woke up after a full night's rest feeling great :) Still isolating to keep my partner safe and relaxing to not aggravate anything, but thankfully my body went into hyperdrive mode and kicked butt 😇
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Andy Hill
2 years
As the last flurries glide around peacefully at noon: a storm total of 19.3" of snow! 📍2 SSE Apple Valley, MN #mnwx @NWSTwinCities @ryanhallyall
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Andy Hill
1 year
Live covering the severe weather outbreak today! Sharing a meteorologist's perspective on the event, helping as many as possible!
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Andy Hill
1 year
Hi y'all! Starting coverage soon of today's severe weather in multiple places! With me will be tornado sniffer Brad Arnold chasing. Let's hang out, track storms and stay weather aware tonight! Link:
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Andy Hill
1 year
A few minutes before this image, the tornado was a wide wedge—but just as it entered the town of Matador, TX the vortex appears to have contracted while occluding. Unfortunately, that means a localized area of much greater wind speeds due to the conservation of angular momentum.
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1 year
View of the confirmed tornado moving over Matador, Texas. Watch live at: @NWSAmarillo #txwx
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Andy Hill
1 year
I'm covering today's tornado + severe weather event alongside Ryan live on YouTube. Use our streams as another resource to receive information and stay up to date!
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1 year
Hi y'all! I'm gonna try streaming alongside Ryan today on YouTube :D If you want a meteorologist's perspective on covering a tornado event, I'll do my best to show y'all how I operate. Starting soon! Link:
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Andy Hill
6 months
@ryanhallyall hey boss, i just logged on to this site to see what you were up to oh dear. good luck & best wishes
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Andy Hill
2 years
Tried cuddling the cat today
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