The final tour of the year for me, Tour 7, was nearing its end. We began July 3rd in Chadron, NE, with two full chase… [Read More]
July 1, 2009 Capitol, MT storm
Our group began this chase day in Lemmon, SD, and our target area was not too far away—southeast MT and into extreme western SD. We… [Read More]
June 26, 2009 Big Springs, NE Supercell
This was the final chase day for Tour 6, so we were hoping to wind up the day within a few hours of Denver. Mother… [Read More]
June 22, 2009 McIntosh, SD junky storms
I called the storms on this day “junky”, though I suppose there were some supercell characteristics to them. The surface setup was weak, so expectations… [Read More]
June 18, 2009 Nebraska Panhandle lightning
This was the final chase day for the lucky Tour 5 folks. They had observed supercells on eight out of eight of their chase days… [Read More]
June 16, 2009 Menno, SD tornadic supercell
The daily parade of impressive June supercells continues. Our tour group began the day in Hastings, and lunched at a local deli restaurant that Doug… [Read More]
June 15, 2009 Assumption, NE tornadic supercell
This day REALLY sticks in my craw. It was a day where I made a somewhat risky forecast decision after lunch, abandoned certain supercells as… [Read More]
June 13, 2009 Morgan County, CO tornadic supercell
Guess what—we began this chase day in Lamar, Colorado! Eastern Colorado has been the hot spot this week with moist upslope flow beneath decent mid-level… [Read More]
June 12, 2009 Kiowa County, CO supercell
Another day beginning in Lamar, and another chase in southeast Colorado. This day was made even more special because we had the van’s tires rotated… [Read More]
June 10, 2009 Southwest Kansas Supercell
I figured out after lunch that the target today was extreme southwest Kansas. Shear and instability would be sufficient for supercells, but tornadoes were unlikely. … [Read More]
June 6, 2009 Central Kansas storms
Somewhat lame storms went up somewhat late, somewhere in central Kansas. Somehow we were right there to watch, west of Claflin. The activity was rather… [Read More]
May 28, 2009 Sutton County, TX storms
The forecast for severe storms in the Del Rio area persisted for May 28. It looked like the initiation area would be a few counties… [Read More]
May 26, 2009 Weatherford, TX Hailstorm
The outlook for May 26th appeared even slightly better, with high CAPE forecast along a boundary between Wichita Falls and Fort Worth. We visited the… [Read More]
May 24, 2009 Scottsbluff Windbags
The tour 3 guests arrived in OKC on the 23rd, in the midst of a lousy weather pattern. On the 23rd we drove up to… [Read More]
May 20, 2009 Northwest Nebraska storms
This chase day began in Rapid City, and we targeted the northwest Nebraska Panhandle. A storm went up on schedule and looked somewhat impressive, near… [Read More]