This was the second full chase day for Tour 4, with drivers Danny and Chad. We left West Point, NE, and targeted the middle of… [Read More]
Archives for May 2011
May 29, 2011 Chase Update
Not much to crow about since the May 25 tornado in Missouri… May 26th was the 10th and final chase day for Tour 3, and… [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 24, 2011 Chase Update
Wow—a very active severe weather pattern has descended upon the Plains states, and our tour has been very busy for the previous four days. It… [Read More]
May 24, 2011 Flailing in OK and KS
This was a big tornado day and a big chase day —- for other chasers. It was one of those days where my forecast wasn’t… [Read More]
May 23, 2011 Chase Update
Three consecutive crazy chase days… On Friday, May 20, we were on a beautiful and colorful supercell at sunset east of Pratt, KS. The clouds… [Read More]
May 23, 2011 Okeene, OK tornado
Following the big day in southwest Missouri, severe weather appeared likely in western and central OK, and we had an easy drive from Tulsa westward. … [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 Chase Update
Hi all, it is happy update time! My first tour (Tour 2) concluded a week ago (around May 13). After our two good supercell days… [Read More]
May 20, 2011 St. Leo’s Fire (Kingman County, KS)
Two Stormbruiser pages were made for today — the chase account, and this one, which contains the colorful storm images captured near sunset. The atmosphere… [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 10 to 18, 2011 a few chases, no pictures
These nine days in the middle of May were lame. Storm chasers had little luck finding decent storms to chase. In addition, the images that… [Read More]