Nick Mitchell was born March 27, 1987, in Arcadia, CA. He moved to Hemet, CA. on his 5th Birthday. Growing up he had always had an interest in science. But it wasn’t until he was 10 years old when he really started watching the weather. He became fascinated by thunderstorms, they became a very big part of his life and he now knew his passion.
As he grew older his passion for weather grew and at the age of 18, he became an official Storm Spotter for the National Weather Service in June of 2005. On July 23, 2005 Nick Mitchell saw his first tornado, he did not have to go far to see this tornado. It had touched down in Hemet during a Severe Thunderstorm. After seeing this amazing and rare event for Southern California this drove him further into Weather Ecstasy. Yet alas he was unable to take pictures of the event.
A day after the frenzy of the Hemet tornado Mr. Mitchell came into contact with OWS Meteorologist Kevin Martin. information was exchanged and Mr. Mitchell went on his way. Mr. Mitchell ran solo in the Hemet area for the rest of the 2005 and 2006 season and reported on numerous storms.
Then in late 2006 he stumbled upon Kevin Martin again. This time he saw him as the head Meteorologist of the Ontario Weather Service. Mr. Mitchell started seeing that this was no amateur forecasting being done. They were very accurate and detailed, he was surprised at how accurate these forecasts were becoming. Mr. Mitchell then started visiting regularly throughout the beginning of 2007. However, the time came on March 27, 2007; Nick Mitchell’s 20th Birthday that he made a very important contribution to Ontario Weather Service.
A late winter storm was moving through Southern California, a winter storm named Tracy. This was the name given by Kevin Martin of OWS for tracking the numerous winter storms that cross California during the winter months. Conditions were right and forecasts were being confirmed of possible tornadic activity in and around the Hemet area. Nick Mitchell sat and waited and a very powerful and rare event started to occur again over the Hemet area. This time he was prepared with a digital camera and camcorder. Despite conditions no tornado formed, but the footage he took were that of a forming wall cloud often associated with tornadic activity. His documentation of the storm was reported to Kevin Martin.
This documentation helped in the confirmation of Kevin Martins forecasts for the area that day. From this point on Mr. Mitchell has devoted many hours, pictures, and videos in the aid of the Ontario Weather Service in an attempt to help further the progress of this service to the public and to Kevin Martin. Nick Mitchell is now a proud and official Storm Chaser for Kevin Martin and the OWS.

Contact information to OWS

Kevin Douglas Martin , Meteorologist and Researcher
Ontario Weather Service
1-951-893-8198
http://www.owsweather.com