Following our long chase day yesterday across South Dakota, we awoke in Lemmon, SD, with another rather lengthy drive ahead of us. There was… [Read More]
June 17, 2014 Butte County, SD, supercell
Our target today was extreme western South Dakota, but, unfortunately, we were starting out on the wrong side of the state. We headed north… [Read More]
June 16, 2014 Stanton and Pilger, NE tornadoes
On Monday, June 16, our two-van group (with drivers Rob Petitt and Bob Conzemius) awoke in Loup City, NE. We had driven here from… [Read More]
June 15, 2014 Schoolhouse Love
On the morning of the 15th, from Wakeeney, KS, it was obvious that the severe-weather risk today was too marginal and too far to… [Read More]
June 13, 2014 Chadron, NE, supercell
This was one of the greatest days of all time —- not because our group chased a great supercell —- but because my Los… [Read More]
June 10, Devils Tower supercell
Tour 6 began out of Denver on June 10, and conditions appeared decent for severe weather up north, towards northeastern Wyoming. Following lunch in… [Read More]
June 8, 2014 Endee and Glenrio Squall
With the Tour 5 folks back safe and sound in Oklahoma City, it was time to head to Denver for the next tour. Eric,… [Read More]
June 7, 2014 Matador, TX supercell
June 7 was the final chase day for this tour, T5 out of OKC. We would need to finish today’s chase within a reasonable… [Read More]
June 6, 2014 OK/KS Border Stormy Sunset Skies
My target for today was the general southeastern Colorado area, and we were in Fat City, starting out in Lamar. After lunch in Lamar,… [Read More]
June 5, 2014 Haswell, CO supercell
Go south, young tour group. We headed from Alliance to eastern Colorado for an upslope chase play. After a healthy lunch in Sterling, we… [Read More]
June 2 – 4, 2014 Chasing generally junky storms
From Dodge City, on June 2nd, our group moseyed leisurely west and north in order to be better positioned for the next day, which… [Read More]
June 1, 2014 Meade County, KS supercell
The newly oriented Tour 5 group was herded into the vans, and Tempest guides Chuck, Woody, Brian, Justin and I abandoned Oklahoma City midday… [Read More]
May 29 and 30, 2014 Storms on the High Plains
May 28th was Day 5 out of 7 for Tour 4, and we awoke in Marble Falls, TX (near Austin). The best chance for… [Read More]
May 27, 2014 San Saba TX supercells
A slight risk of supercells with perhaps a tornado was forecast for Central Texas on May 27. We had lunch in San Angelo, and… [Read More]
May 26, 2014 West Texas supercells
This chase day began in Hobbs, NM, and the target area appeared fairly obvious — the area along I-10 from about Odessa, TX, to… [Read More]