Start, Russell, KS; end, Belleville, KS; 360 miles; lunch at Salina I targeted eastern KS today—and I was not sure exactly where in… [Read More]
May 8, 2016 Trego Tornado and Victorian Sky
Start, Oakley, KS; end Russell, KS; 296 miles; lunch Jimmy Johns at Hays Tornado potential looked good today from western OK northward into… [Read More]
May 7, 2016 Wray, CO tornadoes
Start, Kimball, NE; end, Oakley, KS; 415 miles; late breakfast in Kimball (at The Diner) Bob Smith and the Tempest guests and I began… [Read More]
May 6, 2016 Chugwater WY Supercell
Start Holyoke, CO; end Kimball, NE; 387 miles; lunch Pine Bluffs, WY at the A&W Early May is usually not the time… [Read More]
May 2 to May 5, 2016 Whereabouts Roundup
There was no thunderstorm activity to document during these four days, at least for myself. We had to get the Tour 1 guests back… [Read More]
May 1, 2016 Del Rio Supercell
Start, Lubbock; end, Uvalde, TX; 509 miles; lunch at The Taco Place at Ozona Oftentimes in spring, when moisture is scarce on the… [Read More]
April 30, 2016 Attention: People of EARTH
Start, Wichita Falls, TX; end Lubbock, TX; 459 miles; lunch: maybe in Dickens…who knows? I forget exactly why we were killing time in Earth, Texas…. [Read More]
April 29, 2016 Southwestern OK Storms Lacking Loco
Start, Pampa, TX; end Wichita Falls, TX; estimated 330 miles; lunch Billy Sims BBQ in Altus On this chase day an obvious triple-point play… [Read More]
April 28, 2016 Borger, TX, supercell
Start, Pampa, TX; end Pampa, TX; 278 miles; lunch, I forget. Low-level moisture was finally coming back northwestward onto the High Plains, and severe… [Read More]
April 23-27, 2016 Roundup of unsatisfying chase period
I and the Tempest guests were in chase mode for four of these five days, but the atmosphere was not in any mood to make… [Read More]
April 22, 2016 Junky Convection in Southeastern CO
April 21, reposition day; start Lubbock, end Clayton, NM, 304 miles; lunch at the Big Texan April 22, start Clayton, end Ulysses, KS, 295… [Read More]
April 20, 2016 Mertzon, TX hailer
Chase start–Fort Stockton, TX; lunch–Fort Stockton (The Steak House); end–Lubbock, TX; 489 miles Fresh off of our successful tornado catch the day before, we… [Read More]
April 19, 2016 Fort Stockton, Texas tornado
Chris Gullikson’s video for this event Start (for me): Las Cruces, NM End: Fort Stockton, TX The Tempest Tours chase season began in mid-April,… [Read More]
April 15, 2016 Identified Flying Objects in Los Angeles
Jennifer and I had this day free to roam the greater Los Angeles area with our camera gear. First stop was Del Taco, then… [Read More]
April 14, 2016 Debacle in the Desert
This is a story about a “chase” in the desert that went from fun to GREAT SCOTT. It all turned out okay, but it was… [Read More]