The tour 3 guests arrived in OKC on the 23rd, in the midst of a lousy weather pattern. On the 23rd we drove up to… [Read More]
May 20, 2009 Northwest Nebraska storms
This chase day began in Rapid City, and we targeted the northwest Nebraska Panhandle. A storm went up on schedule and looked somewhat impressive, near… [Read More]
May 19, 2009 Alzada, MT Virga BOMB!
Whoohoo! Our chase team intercepted a very high-based storm cell in extreme southeastern Montana, and photographed precipitation which may or may not have reached the… [Read More]
May 17, 2009 Go northwest, young tour group
Following the chase on the 15th in Missouri, the weather pattern went terribly sour for storm chasers. On the 16th we had a short day… [Read More]
May 15, 2009 Ray and Carroll counties, MO severe storm
We got up somewhat early on the 15th and headed for Kansas City. Storms went up early a little west of Kansas City, and we… [Read More]
May 13, 2009 Western OK Supercell
May 13 was a good day in western OK. This was the day of the Kirkwood, MO, tornado, but that was much too far away… [Read More]
May 12, 2009 SE TX PH severe cells
May 12 wound up rather disappointing, though we wound up on strong storm cells from about Memphis to Childress to Quanah. Prior to initiation, we… [Read More]
May 9, 2009 Llano, TX bust chase
Yesterday was a very long day, a chase from Emporia, KS, to Brownwood, TX. Today we began a lot closer to where we the action… [Read More]
May 8, 2009 Brown County, TX, supercell
Friday, May 8, wound up to be a very entertaining chase day, as our group found itself just east of a beast of a supercell… [Read More]
May 7, 2009 Cameron, MO supercell
Our group departed Edmond, OK, and I was thinking/hoping for thunderstorm development by late afternoon in eastern Kansas. Instability was moderate, shear was excellent, and… [Read More]
May 5, 2009 Breckenridge, TX Supercell
The only show in Texas on this day began at Breckenridge (a few counties west of Dallas), and we were there from start to finish. … [Read More]
Chase Update, May 4, 2009
Hi Friends, I have some time here in Lubbock, TX, to catch up a little on the web site…but not enough time for more images… [Read More]
May 4, 2009 Granma’s House in TX
May 4 was without storms, as the best moisture was shunted too far south in south TX. This morning we were having our weather briefing… [Read More]
May 1, 2009 Big Country Supercells
On May 1 we targeted northwest TX, and dropped south to Vernon for lunch. Storm towers went up kind of early to our southwest, in… [Read More]
April 30, 2009 Foss Reservoir, OK Supercell
This was the first full chase day for the Tempest Tours guests on Tour One. Bob Conzemius and I started the day in Childress, TX,… [Read More]