A long and somewhat disappointing day culminates in a spectacular sunset on the back side of severe storms in Corson County, SD. We started out… [Read More]
June 23, 2008 Mullen, NE supercell
After a Chinese food lunch in Alliance, we needed to drift northeast and east just a little. I was relatively comfortable sticking close to the… [Read More]
June 20, 2008 Littleton, CO Developing Cumulonimbus
Here I was, playing basketball with my nephew Eric, minding my own business, when storm clouds developed overhead. I felt obligated to document the atmospheric… [Read More]
June 19, 2008 Potter, NE small supercells
The southern Nebraska Panhandle along I-80 was the hot spot today. A strong updraft or two developed in the vicinity of Kimball, and moved east. … [Read More]
June 18, 2008 SW and SC Nebraska severe cells
A strong cell became established somewhat early in the afternoon south of Ogallala, and dove SE towards McCook. We blasted east from Wray and plunged… [Read More]
May 30, 2008 Southeast Kansas storms
Back to southeastern Kansas again! This was the final chase day for Tour 3, so it was nice that our target wasn’t too far from… [Read More]
May 27, 2008 Willow, OK Stormus Dissipatus
With hopes at a modest level at best, we scooted west into western OK as thunderstorms developed. A couple of updrafts looked good briefly, but… [Read More]
May 26, 2008 More Kansas storms
Thunder the Wonder Dog joined us for lunch in Offerle (west of Kinsley). Like the day prior, today’s storms were less than impressive. The initial… [Read More]
May 25, 2008 Central Kansas Storms
The big play this day was in Iowa, where the Parkersburg monster tornado formed. We began the day in Salina and played central Kansas. We… [Read More]
May 24, 2008 Hennessey, OK Tornadic Supercell
A lone, isolated supercell was a prolific tornado producer as it moved slowly through Kingfisher County and Garfield County in Oklahoma on May 24, 2008. … [Read More]
May 20, 2008 Keota, CO High Plains Gets Shafted
Or, High Plains gets a fun hail shaft. The previous four days were down days. Our group poked around Big Bend on the 16th and… [Read More]
May 9, 2008 Grant, NE supercell
Great Scott……I had a tough decision to make on this morning in Dodge City. Should I play today or tomorrow? Today—a good chance of a… [Read More]
May 8, 2008 Jetmore, KS supercell
Also known by precious few as the famous Shallow Water/Jetmore/Kinsley supercell, this storm began its life by spitting out landspout-type tornadoes in Wichita County, KS,… [Read More]
May 7, 2008 Red River Storms
We awoke in Childress to cold drizzly weather and northwest winds, as a cold front had just passed through. Fortunately, the front was not advancing… [Read More]
May 6, 2008 Southern TX Panhandle storms
On this Tuesday we hit the road a little on the early side (from Dodge City), as we needed to be in the Lubbock, TX,… [Read More]