Start/Alpine, TX End/Alpine, TX 227 miles Lunch at Reata in Alpine SPC Day One 20Z Our tour group began the chase day… [Read More]
Archives for May 2016
May 30, 2016 Marathon Drive to U.S. 90 for Alpine Lightning
Start/Lubbock, TX End/Alpine 449 miles Lunch at Dickey’s BBQ in Seminole SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-791 sw TX/2:28p.m. SPC storm reports This was… [Read More]
May 29, 2016 Lingo Storm and Morton Salt (of the Earth)
Start/Lamar, CO End/Lubbock, TX 567 miles Lunch in Dalhart (Toxic Hell and Pizza The Hut) SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-777 e NM and TX… [Read More]
May 28, 2016 Large, Damaging Rainbow on the Ground — Baca County
Start, Oklahoma City End, Lamar, CO 429 miles lunch at Woodward (Braums) I think that every chaser knows where Baca County is. Is… [Read More]
May 26, 2016 Lookout Storm!
Start, Wichita; end, Woodward; 393 miles; lunch in Hutchinson, KS (convenience store) SPC Day One 13Z SPC Day One 1630Z SPC Day One… [Read More]
May 25, 2016 Abilene KS and Chapman KS tornado
Start, Wakeeney, KS; end Wichita, KS; 445 miles; lunch at the TK Smokehaus in Hays SPC Day Two Outlook, 1730Z, issued on May… [Read More]
May 24, 2016 In Dodge City with Auntie Crepuscular and Uncle Mammatus
Immediately following our approximately two-hour tornado chase from Fowler and Minneola, Kansas, to the Dodge City area, we found ourselves on the west side… [Read More]
May 24, 2016 Dodge City, KS tornadoes
Start, Woodward, OK; end Wakeeney, KS; 297 miles; lunch in Laverne (La Cocina) SPC Day One Outlook 13Z SPC Day One Outlook 20Z… [Read More]
May 23, 2016 Woodward, OK tornado
Start, Dodge City, KS; end, Woodward, OK; 275 miles; lunch in Shattuck, OK (fast food) SPC Day One outlook (13Z) SPC Day One… [Read More]
May 22, 2016 Friend, KS, tornadic supercell
Start, Kimball, NE; end Dodge City, KS; 529 miles; lunch at North Platte (Runza) Following the big bust yesterday in southeast WY, we… [Read More]
May 21, 2016 Nothing in southeast WY
Start, Limon, CO; end, Kimball, NE; 538 miles; lunch at the A&W in Pine Bluffs, WY When you chase for two full months every year,… [Read More]
May 20, 2016 Some old stuff along Bijou Drive
Start, Raton, NM; end, Limon, CO; 291 miles; lunch at Qdoba in Castle Rock Sometimes it is fun just to pick a remote road… [Read More]
May 19, 2016 Eastern NM high-based junky storms
Start, Van Horn, TX; end Raton, NM; 513 miles; lunch at the China Dragon in Carlsbad, NM A front was shoving any good moisture… [Read More]
May 18, 2016 Ruidosa, TX storms
Start, Ozona, TX; end, Van Horn, TX; 442 miles; lunch in Alpine at the La Trattoria Restaurant SPC Day One Outlook 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-649 spc-mesoscale-discussion-650… [Read More]
May 17, 2016 Rankin, TX supercell
Start, Plainview, TX; end, Ozona, TX; 350 miles; lunch at Midland (Johnnys BBQ) SPC 1630Z Day One Outlook spc-mesoscale-discussion-641 spc-mesoscale-discussion-643 We had to get… [Read More]