Chasers and friends

July 7, 2017 Julesburg, Colorado Supercell

Start: Hot Springs, SD Lunch: Scottsbluff (The Shed) End: Denver total miles, July 6 and 7: 1037 The day previous (July 6) was a… [Read More]

June 28, 2017 Tornadoes in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri

Begin: North Platte, Nebraska Lunch: Lincoln, Nebraska (Dickeys BBQ) End: Saint Joseph, Missouri 537 miles SPC Day One/20Z Convective Outlook SPC Mesoscale Discussion… [Read More]

June 9, 2017 Central North Dakota Supercell

On the day prior to this (June 8), we held out some hope for a storm near the western NE/SD border. We started at… [Read More]

June 1, 2017 Junky Panhandle Sunset

Start: Ogallala, NE Lunch: Idalia, CO/The Grainery End: Vega, TX 507 miles SPC Day One Outlook/20Z No SPC Mesoscale Discussions SPC Storm Reports … [Read More]

May 25, 2017 Northwest Kansas supercell

Start: Ulysses, KS End: Hoisington, KS SPC Day One/20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 840 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 841 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 842 SPC Storm Reports… [Read More]

June 21, 2016 Amidon, ND supercell

Start/Baker, MT End/Lemmon, SD 279 miles Lunch at the Baker Cabin Creek Cafe (Baker, MT) SPC Day One Outlook (20Z) spc-mesoscale-discussion-1005 spc-mesoscale-discussion-1007 spc-mesoscale-discussion-1010 spc-mesoscale-discussion-1011… [Read More]

June 19 and 20, 2016 Searching for ID in Montana

June 19, Williston to Glasgow, down day, 260 miles June 20, Glasgow to Baker, reposition day, 245 miles On June 18, our tour group… [Read More]

June 17, 2016 Buster Near Douglas

Start/Selby, SD End/Chadron, NE 637 miles Lunch in Kadoka (Subway) From Selby, SD, I had to decide whether to play the front… [Read More]

June 14, 2016 Newell, SD supercell

Start/Denver, CO End/Belle Fourche, SD 468 miles Lunch at Wellington, CO (Taco Johns, for me at least) SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-916 SPC Storm… [Read More]

June 1, 2016 Sanderson Supercell

Start/Alpine, TX End/Del Rio, TX 323 miles Lunch at Oasis Cafe in Marathon SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-802 SPC Storm reports Chase expectations again… [Read More]

May 26, 2016 Lookout Storm!

Start, Wichita; end, Woodward; 393 miles; lunch in Hutchinson, KS (convenience store) SPC Day One 13Z SPC Day One 1630Z SPC Day One… [Read More]

May 25, 2016 Abilene KS and Chapman KS tornado

Start, Wakeeney, KS; end Wichita, KS; 445 miles; lunch at the TK Smokehaus in Hays SPC Day Two Outlook, 1730Z, issued on May… [Read More]

May 10, 2016 Junky Storms, Haswell, CO

Start, Belleville, KS; end Lamar, CO; 603 miles; lunch in Colby (Arby’s) It was hard to get very excited about prospects on this chase… [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]

June 23, 2015 southwestern North Dakota severe storms

We bagan this chase day in Lemmon, SD, following the fantastic aurora display the previous evening. SPC showed a slight risk on the High… [Read More]