Chase season is over, and, golly, I have not been doing a good job at keeping my web site updated.\u00a0 I only have several hours of video and thousands and thousands of images to weed through and dozens of chase accounts to write and post on the Bruiser.\u00a0 That isn’t really my idea of fun, but it has to be done!<\/p>\n
Let’s get the process started by doing a quick and dirty list here of my entire chase season as the Tempest Tours tour director:<\/p>\n
Tour 1\/DFW<\/p>\n
4\/20\u00a0 no storms, end Shamrock, TX<\/p>\n
4\/21\u00a0 no storms, virga bombs W KS, end Jetmore, KS<\/p>\n
4\/22\u00a0 supercell and hailstorm near Alva, OK and Carmen, OK supercell, end Perry, OK<\/p>\n
4\/23 down day, cold N winds, end El Reno, OK<\/p>\n
4\/24 no storms, sight-seeing along I-40 to McLean, TX, end McLean<\/p>\n
4\/25 down day, end Perry, OK<\/p>\n
4\/26\u00a0 splendidly sculpted supercell Elk City to Cordell, OK; end Vernon, TX<\/p>\n
4\/27\u00a0 couple of supercells south of Rocksprings, TX; end Rocksprings, TX<\/p>\n
4\/28\u00a0 visit to Sonora Caverns, high-based storms west of Sanderson, TX, brief severe cell se of Sanderson;\u00a0 end Sanderson, TX<\/p>\n
4\/29 strong cells near Junction and Fredericksburg, TX; intense colors with storm at sunset; end Stonewall, TX<\/p>\n
4\/30\u00a0 back to DFW, and then to OKC<\/p>\n
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Tour 2<\/p>\n
5\/01\u00a0 high-based storms along front near Seymour and Albany, TX; severe downburst at Albany and continuous lightning in-cloud behind updraft at dusk; end Breckenridge, TX<\/p>\n
5\/02\u00a0 cold N winds, down time, end Terlingua, TX<\/p>\n
5\/03\u00a0 scenic Big Bend National Park, end Terlingua<\/p>\n
5\/04 scenic Big Bend NP, end Terlingua<\/p>\n
5\/05 continued down time, MacDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Kent, TX ghost town; end Van Horn<\/p>\n
5\/06 dusty supercell Portales, NM, to Morton, TX; end Plainview, TX<\/p>\n
5\/07\u00a0 supercell Dighton to Ness City, KS; end Dodge City, KS<\/p>\n
5\/08\u00a0 LP supercell near Sitka\/Protection, KS; evening lightning near Alva, OK; end Clinton, OK<\/p>\n
5\/09\u00a0 supercells moving southeast near Santa Anna, Mason, and Fredericksburg, TX; end Fredericksburg, TX<\/p>\n
5\/10\u00a0 dying supercell near El Indio, TX; big hailer\/wind and dust bomb thru Pearsall, TX; end San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n
5\/11\u00a0 back to OKC<\/p>\n
5\/12 in OKC, prepare for next tour<\/p>\n
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Tour 3<\/p>\n
5\/13\u00a0 position day to Childress, TX<\/p>\n
5\/14\u00a0 marginally severe cells Rankin\/Big Lake, TX; end Abilene, TX<\/p>\n
5\/15\u00a0 brief supercell near Anson, TX; tornado and supercell at Millsap, TX; near Mineral Wells; end Cresson, TX<\/p>\n
5\/16 long reposition drive to Goodland, KS, with dying cell eastern Baca County, CO<\/p>\n
5\/17\u00a0 north to junky cells near Merriman, NE; fantastic sunset and lightning with supercells near Bingham, NE; end Ogallala, NE<\/p>\n
5\/18\u00a0 bust Greensburg, KS, area, end Wichita, KS<\/p>\n
5\/19\u00a0 Viola, KS tornado; linear junky stuff Blackwell OK to Independence, KS; end Independence, KS<\/p>\n
5\/20\u00a0 supercells Chickasha, OK, to Saint Jo, TX (day of Moore, OK, tornado); end Wichita Falls, TX<\/p>\n
5\/21\u00a0 undercut, midday, linear mess Breckenridge to DFW and early end to chase in Dallas; end Wichita Falls, TX<\/p>\n
5\/22\u00a0 down day, reposition to Plainview, TX, via Turkey<\/p>\n
5\/23\u00a0 high-based dusty supercell with early landspouts near Floydada, TX; north to junky cells near AMA; end Shamrock<\/p>\n
5\/24\u00a0 back to OKC<\/p>\n
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Tour 4<\/p>\n
5\/25\u00a0 long drive OKC to Hazard, NE; weak-ish left-moving supercells around sunset; end Grand Island, NE<\/p>\n
5\/26\u00a0 pretty LP supercell w\/great structure Ansley\/Arcadia NE; end Cozad, NE<\/p>\n
5\/27\u00a0 HP beast Smith Center, KS; rain-wrapped tornado Esbon, KS; end Salina, KS<\/p>\n
5\/28\u00a0 pretty supercell Haxtum to Julesburg, CO; end Ogallala, NE<\/p>\n
5\/29\u00a0 numerous cells,\/early junky stuff in sw NE; t-warned cell near Cotesfield, NE; end Hastings, NE<\/p>\n
5\/30\u00a0 long drive to Rubottom, OK; big HP supercell and small dying LP along Red River; end Ardmore, OK<\/p>\n
5\/31\u00a0 El Reno tornado; end Lawton, OK<\/p>\n
6\/01 back to OKC (via DFW), El Reno tornado damage survey<\/p>\n
6\/02 drive to DEN for week of rest<\/p>\n
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Tour 6<\/p>\n
6\/09\u00a0 clear skies, visited WY\/CO\/NE triple point, and Milky Way\/Northern Lights observation north of Scottsbluff late evening;\u00a0 end BFF<\/p>\n
6\/10\u00a0 Devils Tower, dying junk south of Gillette, WY, late evening t-storms; end Belle Fourche, SD<\/p>\n
6\/11\u00a0 supercell west of Alliance, NE; end Chadron, NE<\/p>\n
6\/12\u00a0 supercells near Gillette and Buffalo, WY; end Sheridan, WY<\/p>\n
6\/13\u00a0 early Sheridan to Biddle, MT, supercell; high-based cell later south of Gillette, WY; end Hot Springs, SD<\/p>\n
6\/14\u00a0 near sunset weak storms around Kimball, NE; end Kimball<\/p>\n
6\/15\u00a0 back to DEN via Greeley<\/p>\n
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Tour 7<\/p>\n
6\/16\u00a0 se-moving supercells in the vicinity of Arthur, NE;\u00a0 end Chadron, NE<\/p>\n
6\/17\u00a0 reposition to northern MT; end Chinook, MT<\/p>\n
6\/18\u00a0 Hilda, AB supercell, Medicine Hat, AB sunset\/lightning; end Medicine Hat, AB<\/p>\n
6\/19\u00a0 Elkwater, AB, supercell and brief tornado;\u00a0 end Swift Current, AB<\/p>\n
6\/20\u00a0 reposition via Glasgow and Baker, MT, to Bowman, ND<\/p>\n
6\/21\u00a0 severe storms Jay Em and Lingle and Torrington, WY;\u00a0 end Torrington, WY<\/p>\n
6\/22\u00a0 brief tornado near Wheatland, WY; Dix, NE tornado; end Greeley, CO<\/p>\n
6\/23\u00a0 back to DEN<\/p>\n
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Tour 9<\/p>\n
6\/24\u00a0 weak cells Phillipsburg KS to Oxford, NE, cap bust; LL jet elevated convection late, west of St Paul; end St. Paul<\/p>\n
6\/25\u00a0 western Iowa bust, winding up near DSM; end Indianola, IA<\/p>\n
6\/26\u00a0 Madison County, IA covered bridges; junky tall storms near Grinnell, IA, dying mid-afternoon; end Red Oak, IA<\/p>\n
6\/27\u00a0 shelf cloud near Beatrice, NE; supercell near Diller, NE; supercell W of Beverly, KS, mov SE and becoming big dusty outflow machine; pretty sunset at Hutchinson, KS; end Hutch<\/p>\n
6\/28\u00a0 hi-based supercell Vona, CO, moving south; Kiowa sunset and lightning; end Castle Rock<\/p>\n
6\/29\u00a0 Haswell, CO supercell and pretty sunset; end La Junta<\/p>\n
6\/30\u00a0 stop at Model, CO; supercells near Capulin and Yates, NM; flooding south of Abbott; end Walsenburg, CO<\/p>\n
7\/01\u00a0 back to DEN<\/p>\n
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check back periodically for images!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"