Chris Gullikson’s awesome time lapse video here. May 26 was a very rewarding chase day for our tour group. We began the day… [Read More]
May 25, 2013 Hazard, NE convective junk
Tour 4 for Tempest Tours began on May 25, with three vans full of guests. Brian Morganti, Chuck Doswell and Justin Pletsch were in… [Read More]
May 23, 2013 Floydada, TX, dusty supercell
On May 21, we were on the road and in chase mode rather early, as storms were initiating by noon southwest of Wichita Falls. … [Read More]
May 20, 2013 Moderate risk supercells in OK/TX
Following the long chase day in Kansas on the 19th, we awoke in Independence, KS, to a moderate risk with a 10 percent “hatched”… [Read More]
May 19, 2013 Viola, KS tornado
We awoke in Wichita, KS, on May 19th to a moderate risk and a 15 percent hatched tornado-risk area! And, we were on the… [Read More]
May 18, 2013 Coldwater, KS storm
Well, when you chase 40 to 50 days every spring, you are going to miss a few. I missed a few big tornadoes in May,… [Read More]
May 17, 2013 Nebraska Sandhills Storms (Part One)
(May 17 Part Two is here) Our day began in Goodland after a long drive on the 16th, from Abilene, TX. My notes say… [Read More]
May 17, 2013 Nebraska Sandhills Supercell Lightning (Part Two)
Tempest Tours was treated to a magnificent lightning display at dusk on this chase day. We began in Goodland, KS, targeted the area around… [Read More]
May 15, 2013 Millsap, TX tornado
Our Tempest Tours chase group began this chase day in Abilene, with a target area not too far away: a county or two or… [Read More]
May 14, 2013 Big Country Severe
Tour 3 began out of OKC on May 13th. The weather was fair, so we made a leisurely drive to Childress in order to… [Read More]
May 10, 2013 Pearsall, TX, hailer
On Friday, May 10, we lunched in Rocksprings, headed south to Del Rio, and killed a storm that was immigrating into the U.S. near El… [Read More]
May 9, 2013 Mason, TX supercell
This was a rather long chase day! We began in Clinton, OK, and knew we needed to get well south into central TX. We… [Read More]
May 8, 2013 Sitka, KS, supercell
Our hopes were somewhat elevated on this chase day, as it looked to be our best chance for a tornado on the tour. We… [Read More]
May 7, 2013 Ness City, KS, supercell
Moisture was finally returning to the Plains, and shear today looked good in western KS. We waited for development near Dighton, and found ourselves… [Read More]
May 6, 2013 Portales, NM supercell
Our tour group spent four down days in the Big Bend region, and finally, by May 6, there was a chance for storms on… [Read More]