June 15/down day/start at Stanley/lunch at Watford City/end at Dickinson, ND/215 miles
June 15th was a down day for us. I had the option of heading east to northwestern MN and extreme northeastern ND. SPC showed a marginal severe risk and a 2% tornado risk. I do not recall seriously considering that play, even though it was no more than a 3-hour drive to the east. If I recall correctly, I think that the models were showing some good storms largely north of the Canada/U.S. border. The storm reports map shows no severe reports in that region (fortunately!). We did not have the option of chasing into Canada due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
The following day was looking like a western Dakotas day, so today we did a little sight-seeing in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
June 16
Start: Dickinson, ND
Brunch: Dickinson/Country Kitchen
End: Lemmon, SD
269 miles
00Z Surface Map
Development on this chase day was quite late. We went bowling in Dickinson and visited a dinosaur museum, and poked around Glen Ullin and Regent and adjacent areas before getting in front of some high-based storms south of Glen Ullin. These were not organized much, but they had enough lightning to make it a good chase day.
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