June 27/T8 Start: Denver/lunch: Jean’s Family Kitchen in Hugo/End: Dumas/408 miles June 28/Start: Dumas/lunch: Big Texan in Amarillo/End: Wichita Falls/404 miles June 29/Start: Wichita… [Read More]
June 25, 2021 Southwest Corner of Kansas Supercell
Start: Salina, KS/brunch at Perkins in Salina/End: Hugoton, KS/365 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1090 md1093 md1094 md1095 md1098 md1099 md1100 md1102… [Read More]
June 24, 2021 Marysville, KS, Supercell
Start: Broken Bow/lunch: Runza and Subway in Minden/End: Salina, KS/about 425 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1076 md1081 md1082 md1084 md1085 md1086… [Read More]
June 23, 2021 North-central Nebraska Lightning Extravaganza!
Start: Hastings, NE/lunch: Cozy Inn Cafe in Holdredge/End: Broken Bow, NE/about 450 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z md1067 md1070 md1071 md1072 md1073 … [Read More]
June 22, 2021 Eastern Nebraska Supercells
Begin: Columbus, NE/lunch: Wolf Den in Stanton/End: Hastings/383 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1063 md1066 md1065 22Z surface map above, “S”… [Read More]
June 19-21, 2021 Continued Ho-Hum Chases, and the Capitol at Lincoln
Tour 7 began on the 19th out of Denver, and our group stayed with some barely-organized storms along U.S. 36 from Last Chance to… [Read More]
June 16 and 17, 2021 Low-end High Plains Chases
The weather pattern continued to be mediocre at best for storm chasers on the High Plains for the last few days of Tour 6…. [Read More]
June 14, 2021 Mintle, Nebraska, Sunset Supercell
Start: Alliance, NE/lunch: Longhorn Saloon in Harrison, NE/End: Torrington/368 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md0967 md0971 Time lapse video of the chase… [Read More]
June 13, 2021 Strong Storms in the Nebraska Panhandle, Marsland to Alliance
Start: Chadron; Lunch: Country Kitchen in Chadron; End: Alliance; 238 miles Storm Reports SPC 20Z Day One Outlook md0952 md0962 md0963 Time lapse video… [Read More]
June 11 and 12, 2021 Down Days in the Dakotas, featuring Trotters and Hoover
Following the great tornado day in western North Dakota on the 10th, we were treated to a couple of fair-weather days. On the 11th,… [Read More]
June 10, 2021 Western North Dakota Supercells and Tornados
Begin: Glasgow, MT/lunch: Sidney, MT (Sunny’s Family Restaurant)/End: Dickinson, ND/318 miles Rough chase route above, beginning with Lunch (L) at Sidney, MT. An… [Read More]
June 2, 2021 Clovis, NM, Dusty Vacuum Cleaner Storm
Start: Carlsbad, NM/Lunch: La Sierra BBQ in Roswell/End: Hereford, TX/393 miles Storm Reports SPC 20Z Day One SPC Mesoscale Discussion 837 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 841… [Read More]
June 1, 2021 West Texas Salt Flat Supercell
Tour 5 out of Denver (with Chris P. and Richard R.) began on May 31, and we had to be on the road by… [Read More]
May 29, 2021 Black Mesa, OK, Supercell (or, the Kim to Kenton storm)
This was the last day of Tour 4. We had to get up a bit early in Brownfield to make it back to OKC… [Read More]
May 28, 2021 Let’s Try Eastern New Mexico Again
This entry covers May 27 and May 28. The chase for the 27th was disappointing, as there was an enhanced slight risk and a… [Read More]