June 27/T8 Start: Denver/lunch: Jean’s Family Kitchen in Hugo/End: Dumas/408 miles June 28/Start: Dumas/lunch: Big Texan in Amarillo/End: Wichita Falls/404 miles June 29/Start: Wichita… [Read More]
Archives for June 2021
June 25, 2021 Southwest Corner of Kansas Supercell
Start: Salina, KS/brunch at Perkins in Salina/End: Hugoton, KS/365 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1090 md1093 md1094 md1095 md1098 md1099 md1100 md1102… [Read More]
June 24, 2021 Marysville, KS, Supercell
Start: Broken Bow/lunch: Runza and Subway in Minden/End: Salina, KS/about 425 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1076 md1081 md1082 md1084 md1085 md1086… [Read More]
June 23, 2021 North-central Nebraska Lightning Extravaganza!
Start: Hastings, NE/lunch: Cozy Inn Cafe in Holdredge/End: Broken Bow, NE/about 450 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z md1067 md1070 md1071 md1072 md1073 … [Read More]
June 22, 2021 Eastern Nebraska Supercells
Begin: Columbus, NE/lunch: Wolf Den in Stanton/End: Hastings/383 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1063 md1066 md1065 22Z surface map above, “S”… [Read More]
June 19-21, 2021 Continued Ho-Hum Chases, and the Capitol at Lincoln
Tour 7 began on the 19th out of Denver, and our group stayed with some barely-organized storms along U.S. 36 from Last Chance to… [Read More]
June 16 and 17, 2021 Low-end High Plains Chases
The weather pattern continued to be mediocre at best for storm chasers on the High Plains for the last few days of Tour 6…. [Read More]
June 14, 2021 Mintle, Nebraska, Sunset Supercell
Start: Alliance, NE/lunch: Longhorn Saloon in Harrison, NE/End: Torrington/368 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md0967 md0971 Time lapse video of the chase… [Read More]
June 13, 2021 Strong Storms in the Nebraska Panhandle, Marsland to Alliance
Start: Chadron; Lunch: Country Kitchen in Chadron; End: Alliance; 238 miles Storm Reports SPC 20Z Day One Outlook md0952 md0962 md0963 Time lapse video… [Read More]
June 11 and 12, 2021 Down Days in the Dakotas, featuring Trotters and Hoover
Following the great tornado day in western North Dakota on the 10th, we were treated to a couple of fair-weather days. On the 11th,… [Read More]
June 10, 2021 Western North Dakota Supercells and Tornados
Begin: Glasgow, MT/lunch: Sidney, MT (Sunny’s Family Restaurant)/End: Dickinson, ND/318 miles Rough chase route above, beginning with Lunch (L) at Sidney, MT. An… [Read More]
June 8, 2021 Fiery Sunset at Buelah!
I had to head back home to L.A. for some rest and recharging, and to work a shift or two at LAX (to retain… [Read More]
June 2, 2021 Clovis, NM, Dusty Vacuum Cleaner Storm
Start: Carlsbad, NM/Lunch: La Sierra BBQ in Roswell/End: Hereford, TX/393 miles Storm Reports SPC 20Z Day One SPC Mesoscale Discussion 837 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 841… [Read More]
June 1, 2021 West Texas Salt Flat Supercell
Tour 5 out of Denver (with Chris P. and Richard R.) began on May 31, and we had to be on the road by… [Read More]