Stormy Skies – Page 9

May 6, 2013 Portales, NM supercell

Our tour group spent four down days in the Big Bend region, and finally, by May 6, there was a chance for storms on… [Read More]

May 1, 2013 Albany, TX supercell and spider lightning

(posted on May 15, 2013) This was the first chase day for Tour 2, out of OKC. There was a risk for severe in… [Read More]

April 28, 2013 Sanderson, TX severe storm

(posted on May 4, 2013) Our tour group, with Rob Petitt as my driver, was down to its final two chase days, and… [Read More]

April 27, 2013 Barksdale, TX hailstorm

This chase day began in Vernon, TX, following the very nice supercell chase in western Oklahoma the day prior. We got out of Vernon… [Read More]

April 17, 2013 Southwest OK supercells

Wednesday, April 17, was shaping up to be a big chase day in OK and northwest TX, as a strong spring storm system moved… [Read More]

June 19, 2012 sw MN junk

Our group had relatively high hopes for something big and bad in the troposphere today, near the SD/MN border. The atmosphere dashed those hopes. My… [Read More]

June 14, 2012 Outflow Bonanza along U.S. 36 in NW KS

Today was marginally interesting, as we watched strong storms develop in NW KS. These became severe-warned and started propagating southeastward across U.S. 36 in… [Read More]

May 29, 2012 Piedmont OK tornadic supercell

youtube video of Peidmont supercell We began this chase day in Breckenridge, TX (following a fun outflow fest the day before from Crowell… [Read More]

May 28, 2012 Northwest TX storms

Pasted below is my CFDG account, written shortly after the chase. The chase highlight was very strong north winds out of a cell to… [Read More]

May 10, 2012 South TX severe

We had a pretty good severe-weather show this day WAY down in south Texas, around Laredo. Here is my brief chase account written shortly after… [Read More]

April 30, 2012 Wellington, TX Supercell and tornado

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO (video begins at 24-second mark) Howdy all! It is May 1 as I write this, my first post since… [Read More]

April 29, 2012 Lubbock, TX supercell

This day began in Vernon, TX, and we targeted the warm front/boundary that was in the Lamesa area midday. It lifted north a tad during… [Read More]

April 26, 2012 Baca County, CO supercell

We started today in Yuma, CO, and headed due south towards our target area — generally around Baca County, CO, and Cimarron County, OK. I… [Read More]

April 24, 2012 Model and high-based junk

We were not expecting much this day, and our expectations were met and not exceeded. The pattern was a little summer-like, with mid-level moisture over… [Read More]

June 29, 2011 Nebraska Panhandle storms

This was the arrival day for the Tour 9 group, with guides Marcia Perez and Jenna Blum. We headed north from Denver to the Nebraska… [Read More]