This was the first full chase day for the Tour 6 guests, and my chase team of Chuck Doswell, Rob Petitt, and Doug Raflik. On… [Read More]
June 17, 2009 Aurora, NE tornado
Short version: I finally managed a few good stills of a tornado this season—we caught the Phillips, NE, tornado (aka the “Aurora” tornado), between Grand… [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 14, 2009 Karval, CO Supercells
This was another great chase day in eastern Colorado for Tour 5! My forecast (somewhat south of I-70 and the Palmer Divide) worked out, and… [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 11, 2009 SE CO Double Supercells
Quite the chase day this day was. With a target area of southeast CO, we were in good shape following the morning briefing in Lamar. … [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 5, 2009 La Grange, WY tornadic supercell
I was rather fortunate to witness the beautiful La Grange, Wyoming, tornado of June 5. After Tour 3, on May 30, I flew back home… [Read More]
May 13, 2009 Western OK Supercell
May 13 was a good day in western OK. This was the day of the Kirkwood, MO, tornado, but that was much too far away… [Read More]
May 8, 2009 Brown County, TX, supercell
Friday, May 8, wound up to be a very entertaining chase day, as our group found itself just east of a beast of a supercell… [Read More]
May 7, 2009 Cameron, MO supercell
Our group departed Edmond, OK, and I was thinking/hoping for thunderstorm development by late afternoon in eastern Kansas. Instability was moderate, shear was excellent, and… [Read More]
May 5, 2009 Breckenridge, TX Supercell
The only show in Texas on this day began at Breckenridge (a few counties west of Dallas), and we were there from start to finish. … [Read More]
May 1, 2009 Big Country Supercells
On May 1 we targeted northwest TX, and dropped south to Vernon for lunch. Storm towers went up kind of early to our southwest, in… [Read More]
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