Supercells – Page 29

June 10, 2011 southeastern KS supercells

Finally — a decent supercell for the tourists. The day began in Topeka, and we drifted southward towards the mostly empty pastures around Yates Center…. [Read More]

June 7, 2011 southeastern ND supercell

We managed to get on a mildly interesting storm today ESE of Bismarck, ND. It looked like the best tornado prospects were from around Grand… [Read More]

June 2, 2011 western SD severe and lightning

On June 2 we worked our way north from Valentine towards central South Dakota. My chase account for CFDG was written the following morning: The… [Read More]

June 1, 2011 Lexington, NE supercell

May 31—There was little or no risk of storms in the Plains, and the next day’s target looked to be up towards Cherry County near… [Read More]

May 29, 2011 Lincoln, NE little LP updraft

Tour 4 2011 for Tempest Tours began in OKC on Saturday, the 28th. The guides for this tour were Chad Cowan and Danny Gonzales. We… [Read More]

May 25, 2011 Carter and Wayne counties, MO tornado

This was a big day for us in Missouri, in the Ozarks, of all places! After coming up empty on the big high… [Read More]

May 22, 2011 Southwest City, MO tornado

May 22, 2011 is the date of the devastating Joplin, Missouri tornado. The forecast on this chase day appeared relatively clear-cut, though there was a… [Read More]

May 21, 2011 Topeka, KS supercell

The weather pattern continued to improve for chasing on the Plains following the extended slow period during most of May. On the 21st, chasers pondered… [Read More]

May 20, 2011 Pratt County, KS storms

NOTE: I made two Stormbruiser pages for this day. This one is the general “chase” summary with images. The other page for May 20th is… [Read More]

May 19, 2011 Central KS severe

It had been ten days since a decent, long-lived supercell had been observed. Chase prospects finally appeared good on this day, somewhere in and around… [Read More]

May 8, 2011 Presho, SD supercell and lightning

This appeared to be shaping up as a decent chase day after several down days on the Plains. We began in Cozad, NE (between North… [Read More]

July 2, 2010 Raymore, SK tornado

Raymore is a little town about 60 miles north of Regina, Saskatchewan. On July 2, 2010, a strong, long-track tornado (rated F3) did considerable damage… [Read More]

July 1, 2010 Pambrun, SK supercell

This was our third day in Saskatchewan, and our persistence in Canada’s best province paid off. Severe weather parameters were forecast to be fairly decent… [Read More]

June 25, 2010 Sleepy Eye, MN Supercell

This chase day had the potential for some very significant severe weather, as strong instability and shear were in place over southern Minnesota. We… [Read More]

June 24, 2010 Bismarck, ND supercell

Our group wound up on a pretty, isolated supercell in south-central North Dakota on June 24th. The 23rd was a down day, and we repositioned… [Read More]