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]
Archives for June 2011
June 27, 2011 Palmer Divide Supercell Machine
Today was the final chase day for the Tour 8/Doswell group. The previous day featured the murk and messy nonsense in central and eastern NE,… [Read More]
June 26, 2011 Nebraska murky mess
Like me, you are probably undecided as to which town in Nebraska would be best for your summer home. Chances are that you have narrowed… [Read More]
June 25, 2011 Badlands junk
We began this chase day in Valentine, and remained in town for lunch as it appeared that the northern Sand Hills area was a decent… [Read More]
June 24, 2011 Highway 20 storms, Lusk to Hay Springs
On the 24th we moseyed southward from Sundance to Lusk and had lunch. My target was the Lusk area, and storms began to develop by… [Read More]
June 23, 2011 Sheridan, WY strong storm
The prospects for a good severe storm were rather slim on the High Plains as low-level moisture was marginal and upper-level flow was so-so. We… [Read More]
June 22, 2011 Ardmore and Devils Tower
Our tour group had time to kill on the High Plains as we waited for the atmosphere to reload, in the wake of the nice… [Read More]
June 12, 2011 Just me myself and I, OKC to DEN
After dropping the Tour 5 guests off in OKC midday on the 12th, I threw all of my earthly possessions into my Xterra and made… [Read More]
June 11, 2011 Texas County, OK supercell
This was the final chase day for Tour 5, out of OKC, and we had to be back to OKC by noon the next day. … [Read More]
June 10, 2011 Chase Update
I have about a dozen days to catch up on. I am currently enroute from Cameron, MO, to SE KS. Let’s see if I can… [Read More]
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 9, 2011 northeast KS bust
We thought that this might be a day with tornadoes in northeastern KS, north of Topeka, but the weather gods said NO. Here is my… [Read More]
June 8, 2011 SE ND to NE KS Bust
As Vin Scully would say, “We ran a long way only to wind up with a handful of empty.” We needed to blast south from… [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 6, 2011 western SD storms
Tour 5 began in Oklahoma City on June 5, with drivers Jon (Woody) Watson, Jennifer Dunn and Brian Morganti. We made it up to eastern… [Read More]