This was a big tornado day and a big chase day —- for other chasers. It was one of those days where my forecast wasn’t… [Read More]
May 23, 2011 Chase Update
Three consecutive crazy chase days… On Friday, May 20, we were on a beautiful and colorful supercell at sunset east of Pratt, KS. The clouds… [Read More]
May 23, 2011 Okeene, OK tornado
Following the big day in southwest Missouri, severe weather appeared likely in western and central OK, and we had an easy drive from Tulsa westward. … [Read More]
May 22, 2011 Southwest City, MO tornado
May 22, 2011 is the date of the devastating Joplin, Missouri tornado. The forecast on this chase day appeared relatively clear-cut, though there was a… [Read More]
May 21, 2011 Topeka, KS supercell
The weather pattern continued to improve for chasing on the Plains following the extended slow period during most of May. On the 21st, chasers pondered… [Read More]
May 20, 2011 Chase Update
Hi all, it is happy update time! My first tour (Tour 2) concluded a week ago (around May 13). After our two good supercell days… [Read More]
May 20, 2011 St. Leo’s Fire (Kingman County, KS)
Two Stormbruiser pages were made for today — the chase account, and this one, which contains the colorful storm images captured near sunset. The atmosphere… [Read More]
May 20, 2011 Pratt County, KS storms
NOTE: I made two Stormbruiser pages for this day. This one is the general “chase” summary with images. The other page for May 20th is… [Read More]
May 19, 2011 Central KS severe
It had been ten days since a decent, long-lived supercell had been observed. Chase prospects finally appeared good on this day, somewhere in and around… [Read More]
May 10 to 18, 2011 a few chases, no pictures
These nine days in the middle of May were lame. Storm chasers had little luck finding decent storms to chase. In addition, the images that… [Read More]
May 9, 2011 Chase Update
Two great chase days Sunday and Monday, May 8 and 9! On Sunday, we wound up on a splendid supercell just south of Presho, SD… [Read More]
May 9, 2011 Harrison, NE tornado
This was another chase day with a somewhat uncertain target area. We began at Murdo, SD, and chasers had two target areas in mind —-… [Read More]
May 8, 2011 Presho, SD supercell and lightning
This appeared to be shaping up as a decent chase day after several down days on the Plains. We began in Cozad, NE (between North… [Read More]
May 6 and 7, 2011, old stuff on down days
The benign weather pattern continued the following two days. On May 6, we killed time at the abandoned town of Picher, OK, and at Big… [Read More]
May 5, 2011 Chase time again, southeast Kansas storm
Hi all, It is May, and I am back out on the Great Plains and acting as tour director for Tempest Tours. I made the… [Read More]