Bill – Page 40

June 24, 2009 Fulton, SD tornadic supercell

The forecast target for this day was not particularly clear-cut when we departed Lexington, NE. There was, however, decent potential for another fabulous supercell as… [Read More]

June 23, 2009 Logan County, NE tornadic supercell

Today’s Logan County, NE, tornadic supercell was quite the treat, though it fell short in terms of easily-viewed tornadoes. I liked the high CAPE values… [Read More]

June 22, 2009 McIntosh, SD junky storms

I called the storms on this day “junky”, though I suppose there were some supercell characteristics to them. The surface setup was weak, so expectations… [Read More]

June 21, 2009 Ziebach County, SD supercell

This was the first full chase day for the Tour 6 guests, and my chase team of Chuck Doswell, Rob Petitt, and Doug Raflik. On… [Read More]

June 18, 2009 Nebraska Panhandle lightning

This was the final chase day for the lucky Tour 5 folks. They had observed supercells on eight out of eight of their chase days… [Read More]

June 17, 2009 York County, NE, CB and Lightning

June 17th was the day of our Aurora, NE, tornado intercept. As the parent supercell continued its trek eastward from Hamilton County to York County,… [Read More]

June 17, 2009 Aurora, NE tornado

Short version: I finally managed a few good stills of a tornado this season—we caught the Phillips, NE, tornado (aka the “Aurora” tornado), between Grand… [Read More]

June 16, 2009 Chase update

It has been a wild week and a half since I flew back to the Plains from L.A. after resting up at home for five… [Read More]

June 16, 2009 Menno, SD tornadic supercell

The daily parade of impressive June supercells continues. Our tour group began the day in Hastings, and lunched at a local deli restaurant that Doug… [Read More]

June 15, 2009 Assumption, NE tornadic supercell

This day REALLY sticks in my craw. It was a day where I made a somewhat risky forecast decision after lunch, abandoned certain supercells as… [Read More]

June 14, 2009 Karval, CO Supercells

This was another great chase day in eastern Colorado for Tour 5! My forecast (somewhat south of I-70 and the Palmer Divide) worked out, and… [Read More]

June 13, 2009 Morgan County, CO tornadic supercell

Guess what—we began this chase day in Lamar, Colorado! Eastern Colorado has been the hot spot this week with moist upslope flow beneath decent mid-level… [Read More]

June 12, 2009 Kiowa County, CO supercell

Another day beginning in Lamar, and another chase in southeast Colorado. This day was made even more special because we had the van’s tires rotated… [Read More]

June 11, 2009 SE CO Double Supercells

Quite the chase day this day was. With a target area of southeast CO, we were in good shape following the morning briefing in Lamar. … [Read More]

June 10, 2009 Southwest Kansas Supercell

I figured out after lunch that the target today was extreme southwest Kansas. Shear and instability would be sufficient for supercells, but tornadoes were unlikely. … [Read More]