Start: Presho, SD/lunch: Subway in Valentine, NE/End: Oberlin, KS/miles—lots Final chase day for Tour 8 and for me for the chase season. We tried our… [Read More]
Archives for June 2024
June 26 and 27, 2024 Chases
June 26, 2024 Junky Storms near Chugwater, WY Start: Broken Bow, NE/lunch: Bridgeport Burger Werx/End: Hot Springs, SD/535 miles A day with a lot of… [Read More]
June 25, 2024 Supercell near Chambers, NE
Housekeeping Section: Start of Tour 8 on June 23 Begin: Denver/lunch: Valentinos in Ogallala/End: Norfolk Position day, no chase/483 miles June 24, 2024 Start: Norfolk,… [Read More]
June 21, 2024 Supercell Carpenter to Raymer
Start: Ogallala/lunch: Burger Werx in Bridgeport/End: Denver/about 400 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One SPC Meso Disc. 5:40 p.m. CDT This was the final chase… [Read More]
June 20, 2024 Yoder Tornado
June 19 reposition day Start: Liberal/brunch: Pancake House in Liberal/End: Wray, CO/312 miles June 20 chase day Start: Wray, CO/lunch: Arbys and Runza in Sidney/End:… [Read More]
June 18, 2024 Liberal and Forgan Severe
Start: McCook/lunch: Oakley fast food/End: Liberal/387 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One We put ourselves along an obvious boundary in southwest Kansas, and watched some… [Read More]
June 17, 2024 A Cap Bust in the Sandhills
SPC Day One Hopes and dreams were elevated a bit on this chase day, but the cap won out. We observed some semi-strong storm towers… [Read More]
June 16, 2024 Stationary Supercell at McCook, NE
Start: Grand Island, NE/lunch: Holdredge Country Kitchen/End: McCook/307 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One SPC Meso Disc 3:39 p.m. CDT SPC Meso Disc 6:22 p.m…. [Read More]
June 15, 2024 Supercells and weak tornado near Madison, Nebraska
Start: Denver/lunch: Grab and Go Subway in North Platte/End: Grand Island/716 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One SPC Meso Disc 3:05 p.m. CDT SPC Meso… [Read More]
June 13, 2024 Hailer near Anton and Arriba, CO
Start: Columbus, NE/lunch: Billy Jacks Pizza in Kearney/End: Limon, CO/471 miles Following day — easy drive back to Denver, end of Tour 6 Storm Reports… [Read More]
June 12, 2024 Supercells Sioux City to Omaha
Start: Mitchell, SD/brunch: Milton’s in Mitchell/End: Columbus, NE/406 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One SPC Meso Disc 2:30 p.m. CDT SPC Meso Disc 6:17 p.m…. [Read More]
June 9 to 11, Low-end Junky Stuff
June 9/Start: Lamar/lunch: Del Sol Express at Deer Trail/End: Gering, NE/429 miles Some convection near Kersey, CO, was not entirely uninteresting. Marginal risk day. iPhone… [Read More]
June 8, 2024 Supercells and Severe, Arriba to Sheridan Lake, CO with a weak tornado
Start: McCook/lunch: Fort Morgan fast food/End: Lamar/519 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One SPC Meso Disc 12 noon MDT SPC Meso Disc 2:30 p.m. MDT… [Read More]
June 7, 2024 Central Nebraska supercells
Start: Hugoton, KS/lunch: Grab and Go, Subway in Oakley/End: McCook/584 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One SPC Meso Discussion 12:50 p.m. SPC Meso Discussion 3:43… [Read More]
June 4, 2024 Southern Oklahoma supercells
Start: Shamrock, TX/lunch: Hasty’s in Shamrock/End: Lawton, OK/273 miles (June 5 and 6 entries at bottom) Storm Reports SPC Day One Once again SPC had… [Read More]