This was a day to get out of the Arkansas forests and back to the west. There was a chance of some convection in southeastern… [Read More]
April 29, 2010 Washington County, KS tornado
Today was my first full chase day of spring 2010, with Rob Petitt, Bob Conzemius and the Tempest Tours guests. We met the guests on… [Read More]
July 6, 2009 Bruiser’s Last Chase
Bruiser and I met Martin and Matt in Vernon, had lunch, and swapped vehicles. I was FREE! It was time to go home. We headed… [Read More]
June 29, 2009 Alliance, NE high-based mediocrity
What more can be said about this chase day that hasn’t already been said? Well, a whole bunch, given that today’s activity was run-of-the-mill and… [Read More]
June 25, 2009 Badlands “Bad” Storm Day
That’s “Bad” as in “yuck”. The target was Rapid City upon departure from Mitchell — an easy 3 or 4 hour drive on I-90. A… [Read More]
June 24, 2009 Fulton, SD tornadic supercell
The forecast target for this day was not particularly clear-cut when we departed Lexington, NE. There was, however, decent potential for another fabulous supercell as… [Read More]
June 23, 2009 Logan County, NE tornadic supercell
Today’s Logan County, NE, tornadic supercell was quite the treat, though it fell short in terms of easily-viewed tornadoes. I liked the high CAPE values… [Read More]
June 22, 2009 McIntosh, SD junky storms
I called the storms on this day “junky”, though I suppose there were some supercell characteristics to them. The surface setup was weak, so expectations… [Read More]
June 21, 2009 Ziebach County, SD supercell
This was the first full chase day for the Tour 6 guests, and my chase team of Chuck Doswell, Rob Petitt, and Doug Raflik. On… [Read More]
June 17, 2009 York County, NE, CB and Lightning
June 17th was the day of our Aurora, NE, tornado intercept. As the parent supercell continued its trek eastward from Hamilton County to York County,… [Read More]
June 11, 2009 SE CO Double Supercells
Quite the chase day this day was. With a target area of southeast CO, we were in good shape following the morning briefing in Lamar. … [Read More]
May 25, 2009 Northern TX Panhandle
Chase prospects for May 25th looked a little better than previous days, down in the TX Panhandle. We began the day in Fort Morgan, and… [Read More]
May 20, 2009 Northwest Nebraska storms
This chase day began in Rapid City, and we targeted the northwest Nebraska Panhandle. A storm went up on schedule and looked somewhat impressive, near… [Read More]
May 7, 2009 Cameron, MO supercell
Our group departed Edmond, OK, and I was thinking/hoping for thunderstorm development by late afternoon in eastern Kansas. Instability was moderate, shear was excellent, and… [Read More]
May 5, 2009 Breckenridge, TX Supercell
The only show in Texas on this day began at Breckenridge (a few counties west of Dallas), and we were there from start to finish. … [Read More]