Mike Theiss
@MikeTheiss
Followers
43,774
Following
203
Media
1,345
Statuses
6,269
Watch storm chasing television series #StormRising on @NatGeoTV . Intercepted 67 Tropical Cyclones since 1987. @TheissTower #WindyPalmsProject
Key Largo, Florida
Joined July 2009
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Colorado
• 336546 Tweets
Dana Bash
• 214619 Tweets
#NuNewxNIPPONHAKU
• 172732 Tweets
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• 94627 Tweets
Travis Hunter
• 73430 Tweets
#LE_SSERAFIM_CRAZY
• 72907 Tweets
セクハラ
• 66114 Tweets
#30AgustosZaferBayramı
• 63809 Tweets
避難指示
• 57230 Tweets
アニサマ
• 53397 Tweets
Minnesota
• 51104 Tweets
GET WELL SOON ORM
• 48968 Tweets
Sanders
• 45309 Tweets
ハチャウマ
• 42258 Tweets
J IN SHANGHAI
• 37858 Tweets
熱帯低気圧
• 37539 Tweets
Shedeur
• 36673 Tweets
Alcaraz
• 33934 Tweets
CRAZY OUT NOW
• 31255 Tweets
Gomita
• 30382 Tweets
NDSU
• 30133 Tweets
#GrandBINIverse
• 24451 Tweets
Goma
• 23597 Tweets
台風消滅
• 21532 Tweets
ハッピーセット
• 17610 Tweets
リーリー
• 16681 Tweets
ラピュタ
• 16352 Tweets
#يوم_Iلجمعه
• 15939 Tweets
LangkahKEDEPAN KerjaPRABOWO
• 13868 Tweets
PASTIKANjaga PERSATUANrakyat
• 13243 Tweets
Deion
• 11422 Tweets
Olimpia
• 11131 Tweets
Hayırlı Cumalar
• 10432 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
#WindyPalmsProject
results: Wind sensor deployment height 15 feet near Holly Beach, Louisiana. MAX wind gust of 154 mph at 12:33. Lowest barometric pressure of 945mb at 12:36am. Watch the intense deployment during
#HurricaneLaura
on the new
@NatGeoChannel
TV series
#Category6
47
232
820
Northern Lights RIGHT NOW over
#KeyLargo
Florida, this is insane to see the Aurora Borealis so far south !
89
2K
10K
We are fighting Hurricane force winds funneling through parking garage with
#stormsurge
continuing to rise in Biloxi !!
#HurricaneNate
!!
675
5K
6K
The water is being pulled out of peace river before the arrival of
#HurricaneIan
in Punta Gorda, Florida. This is unfortunately an indicator of the storm surge that is about to occur here very soon.
@NHC_Atlantic
@NHC_Surge
87
1K
3K
Intercepting the intense outer bands of
#Debby
on my way out of the Florida Keys in route to document the landfall of
#HurricaneDebby
tomorrow morning.
54
435
2K
34
903
2K
Incredible full moon with stars seen inside the calm eye of
#HurricaneNicole
on North Hutchinson Island, Florida. Lowest barometric pressure recorded 980.6mb
@NHC_Atlantic
25
361
2K
Complete destruction in Baracoa, Cuba from a combination of extreme wind and storm surge. Sad situation here.
#HurricaneMatthew
95
3K
2K
Lightning strikes the blade of a large wind turbine at Smokey Hills wind farm in Ellsworth, Kansas while chasing tornadic supercells with
@ReedTimmerAccu
and Team Dominator !!
@ExtremeNature
34
454
1K
Storm surge rising and wind increasing in Biloxi, Mississippi !!
#HurricaneNate
#StormSurge
23
1K
1K
I just toured the city of
#Baracoa
, Cuba. Compete destruction ! These people are going to need help !
#HurricaneMatthew
67
2K
1K
Sailboats broke free and floating away !! I hope no one was in those sailboats.
#KeyWest
#HurricaneIrma
106
1K
1K
Video from inside calm eye as a well defined eyewall approaches our location during Hurricane
#Florence
at Wrightsville Beach.
16
401
1K
#StormSurge
coming into first floor of Golden Nugget casino in Biloxi. The doors are buckling and surge continues to rise !!
#HurricaneNate
35
922
1K
The
#KeyDeer
community will survive !!
#BigPineKey
, ground zero of deadly storm surge and extreme wind during
#HurricaneIrma
34
303
971
Hurricane
#Idalia
’s outerbands with embedded thunderstorms spiraling over Gainesville, Florida. Idalia’s eye should make landfall on the coast around sunrise tomorrow morning. This will be my 65th Tropical Cyclone intercept since 1987 !!
21
192
822
South Florida start prepping for
#HurricaneIrma
! You have all week to prepare, no excuses, be ready !!
38
401
703
After signing waiver to stay at a Key West hotel we were given ear plugs to use during the roar of the wind !!
#HurricaneIrma
#KeyWest
76
330
671
Our shelter in Rockport, Texas literally swaying. The suction feels like windows about to get sucked out.
#HurricaneHarvey
51
354
577
Back on the grid after documenting
#HurricaneIrma
in the lower
#FloridaKeys
More details coming...
42
338
589
All communications down in
#FloridaKeys
. If you can't get ahold of someone this is why. Don't panic and stay positive, they are probably OK.
21
279
549
Final data results from H.E.R.V.
#Hurricane
Eyewall Research Vehicle deployed at Panama City, Florida on (10/10/18). Highest wind gust recorded in western eyewall of Hurricane
#Michael
was 128mph and lowest barometric pressure recorded was 954.6mb
@KestrelWeather
10
56
246
3D radar out of San Juan showing eye and perfect "stadium effect" over British Virgin Islands
#Irma
18
415
525
Mile Marker 66 in the
#FloridaKeys
completely covered in sand from storm surge. Army corp of engineers clearing now.
#Irma
26
374
509
New: Looking straight up inside the RFD (Rear Flank Downdraft) of a tornadic supercell in Quinter, Kansas with
@ReedTimmerAccu
This rare vantage point shows the rock hard towers of the updraft accelerating all the way up to the tropopause.
16
116
494
Everyone ! I'm Ok. I will post more in a moment. I've been picked up !!
27
63
496
Extreme wind damage !! A train and all its cars where blown off the tracks in Panama City during the eyewall of Hurricane
#Michael
20
328
473
We just arrived to Cancun, Mexico to document powerful
#HurricaneDelta
only to find out our reserved hotel is evacuating all guests as well as the entire hotel zone. All guests are being escorted to shelters inland. I’ll be teaming up with
@ReedTimmerAccu
when he lands in 1 hour.
24
76
487
We are getting nailed by
#hurricane
force winds and blinding rain at Wrightsville Beach. We should be penetrating the calm eye soon, current barometric pressure 964mb and falling.
#Florence
13
194
467
Army corp of engineers clearing US-1 in lower
#FloridaKeys
of debris so first responders can get in.
#Irma
15
232
455
I've heard stories of this happening on the bayside of the
#FloridaKeys
during Hurricane Donna. All water was sucked out like this.
I am in disbelief right now... This is Long Island, Bahamas and the ocean water is missing!!! That's as far as they see
#HurricaneIrma
wtf
4K
109K
155K
44
438
438
Video from inside the eye of Hurricane
#Florence
!! Birds flying around inside the calm eye !!
9
175
436
60
444
416
Birds flying around inside the calm eye of
#HurricaneNate
with a barometric pressure of 984mb in Biloxi, Mississippi
29
223
399
"X" marks my location in
#Fajardo
, Puerto Rico with high end Cat-5
#HurricaneMaria
heading straight for me! I will probably be off grid soon
105
198
408
I'll do my best to document
#HurricaneMaria
here in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Winds are picking up, comms will be down soon.
#PrayForPuertoRico
47
102
413
New: Just after we called the storm chase off a photogenic supercell thunderstorm spun up after sunset near Canadian, Texas.
9
77
418
Storm surge coming into first floor of parking garage in Biloxi
#HurricaneNate
#StormSurge
13
340
389
The sun is setting in
#KeyWest
, it's going to be an intense night with the most extreme winds starting around daybreak.
#HurricaneIrma
38
253
382
29
352
390
Impressive
#waterspout
off Key Largo today at 6:40pm. Editing drone footage now...
@NWSKeyWest
8
85
400
Currently in the eye/center of Tropical Storm
#Eta
in
#Islamorada
, Florida with the lowest barometric pressure measured so far of 991.5mb. Bright stars were visible just after the edge of the raged eyewall passed by and the skies cleared out.
6
64
399
Great News !!
#StormRising
, the new storm chasing series first seen on National Geographic is now streaming on
@DisneyPlus
. Watch as Reed and I track down plant earths most extreme weather events to collect valuable data.
18
48
398
Current mission is to collect data in the eyewall and calm eye of
#HurricaneDelta
twice in two different countries. First landfall in Cancun, Mexico completed, now rushing to gulf coast for landfall
#2
for new storm chasing series
#Category6
on
@NatGeoChannel
with
@ReedTimmerAccu
26
27
375
Going off the grid for awhile. Heading back to ground zero in the lower
#FloridaKeys
to look up some folks and check on the Key Deer.
#Irma
35
30
364
77
184
324
Incredible pink Aurora Borealis with light pillars at 11:00pm in Key Largo, Florida. This has to be some kind of record this far south. Coordinates: (25° 07' 56" N) (80° 24° 19" W)
7
84
361
Outer rainbands from
#HurricaneDorian
starting to come onshore in Vero Beach, Florida. The plan is to follow the eye north along the coastline in the H.E.R.V. and be in position just in case it makes landfall and/or document it’s closest approach to the coast. Watching closely...
7
98
337
I have a very heavy heart thinking about what my
#FloridaKeys
community, that I love so much, will look like after today.
#HurricaneIrma
33
59
314
More sailboats broke free and now banging against seawall in
#KeyWest
#HurricaneIrma
Big Surge coming soon !
18
242
288
(Part 1) New rare video from Hurricane survivor Eric "Homie" Ward showing extreme wind & rising storm surge at M.M. 90 in
#FloridaKeys
#Irma
9
168
286
#HurricaneLaura
Eyewall video from Lake Charles, Louisiana. These buildings had the majority of their windows completey blown out. This was one intense nightime intercept !!
@NatGeoChannel
#Category6
@ReedTimmerAccu
@ChasinSpin
11
139
291
#HurricaneIrma
survivor Rick Aiken from Big Pine Key wants to let his family in Pittsburg and North Carolina know he is OK. Please RT!!
14
397
265
Sections of US-1 (Overseas Hwy) washed away from storm surge in the lower
#FloridaKeys
from
#HurricaneIrma
17
266
256
#HurricaneIrma
survivors Mike and Tina Shabbick from Summerland Key want to let family in
#NewJersey
know they are OK. Please RT!!
9
364
256
Intense band from Hurricane
#Florence
swirling through Wrightsville Beach right now causing strong winds and torrential downpours !! Currently a barometric pressure of 989mb.
9
108
262
We are officially ending today’s storm chase. Ingredients didn’t quite come together as forecast. Here’s a photo of our chase vehicle after yesterday’s hailstorm, looks like a golfball 😬
23
37
266
Several outer bands from Hurricane
#Ian
have spiraled over the Florida Keys today. This band had a nice couplet on radar for awhile. I was able to get a brief glimpse of it before the rain obscured it.
@NWSKeyWest
#HurricaneIan
6
46
277
Before & After view from balcony of El Conquistador in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. All green vegetation wind burned brown.
#HurricaneMaria
21
166
264
The new storm chasing series “Storm Rising” that
@ReedTimmerAccu
and I have been shooting since last year in Tornado Alley and inside multiple Hurricanes is going to premiere Episode 1 in the USA on October 3rd at 10pm EST on
@NatGeoTV
#StormRising
GREAT NEWS! It's now official that our new series Storm Rising (known before as Category 6) is premiering in the USA on
@NatGeoTV
on OCT 3 at 10 pm EDT! Please help us spread the word since we just found out about this and we would really love for you to see our work
96
527
2K
10
43
271
Surfboard penetrated into a tree from a combination of storm surge and extreme wind !
#Irma
11
129
253
My storm chase vehicle in Cuba for
#HurricaneMatthew
!! Heading east now until I run out of land. 🇨🇺
14
66
263
That was intense !! We just took a direct hit from this tornado inside the Dominator 3 near Tescott, Kansas !!
@reedtimmeraccu
@seanschofer
@curtisbrooks80
11
57
258
Drone footage from inside the calm eye of Hurricane
#Florence
spinning 360 degrees showing dark clouds of the eyewall in all directions.
9
78
255
Incredible Tornadic supercell in South Dakota last night looks more like an erupting Volcano !!
@reedtimmerTVN
http://t.co/X1FqHj3dgj
7
198
257