Yet another big day with somewhat high hopes for tornadoes! My forecast target spot was a little west of San Angelo, TX, and that worked… [Read More]
May 13, 2008 Graford, TX storm
There was a fairly decent chance of tornadic supercells on this day along the I-35 corridor in OK. In fact, I think we had a… [Read More]
May 10, 2008 Tornadic Supercell NE OK to NW MO, sort of
Well, we managed to do pretty much everything right until the tornado of the day got going. The forecast was great—-extreme southeastern Kansas, near Independence…. [Read More]
May 9, 2008 Grant, NE supercell
Great Scott……I had a tough decision to make on this morning in Dodge City. Should I play today or tomorrow? Today—a good chance of a… [Read More]
May 8, 2008 Jetmore, KS supercell
Also known by precious few as the famous Shallow Water/Jetmore/Kinsley supercell, this storm began its life by spitting out landspout-type tornadoes in Wichita County, KS,… [Read More]
May 7, 2008 Red River Storms
We awoke in Childress to cold drizzly weather and northwest winds, as a cold front had just passed through. Fortunately, the front was not advancing… [Read More]
May 6, 2008 Southern TX Panhandle storms
On this Tuesday we hit the road a little on the early side (from Dodge City), as we needed to be in the Lubbock, TX,… [Read More]
May 5, 2008 Garden City, KS Supercell
This was Day 5 for Tour 1, with 11 guests and my drivers Jennifer Dunn and Bob (“I just opened a new tab”) Conzemius. We… [Read More]
May 5, 2008 Chase update
Good day! Today is May 5, and it is the 5th full chase day for Tour 1 (a 10-day tour). I am in Garden City,… [Read More]
May 4, 2008 Hollis Bridge of Doom
We considered chasing storms in extreme West Texas, but thought it would be better to position ourselves in Southwest KS for Monday. We drove from… [Read More]
May 3, 2008 Fort Worth NWS office tour
We had a couple of days to kill, so this day we visited the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth, Texas. Our tour driver,… [Read More]
May 1, 2008 Hail Fredonia
And “Tornado Fredonia”, too, but we could not see it, despite looking at the supercell on its southeast side as it came up to Fredonia,… [Read More]
April 26, 2008 San Angelo, TX supercell
It is chase season again on the Great Plains! I abandoned Los Angeles on Friday, April 25th, and stayed in Las Cruces, NM, on Friday… [Read More]
April 19, 2008 Cottonwood Creek, CA
Charlie B. and I took a drive north into the southern Owens Valley, hoping for some wave cloud activity or other interesting weather. It was… [Read More]