My first chase tour of the season began on April 30 out of OKC. Cold air was flooding the Plains from the north, so… [Read More]
August 9, 2013 Cuervo, Willard and Vaughn (in that order)
Our chase day on 8/9/13 began in Vega, TX, and my target area was to the west in NM, somewhere around Vaughn. My motto… [Read More]
June 30, 2013 Northeast NM supercells
The target area for today was the Raton Mesa, or somewhere along the NM/CO border east of Trinidad. Moisture was adequate, and upper flow… [Read More]
June 14, 2013 Willard swine and Harrisburg sunset
June 14 was the last chase day for Tour 6. Since we were beginning the day in Hot Springs, SD, and since we had… [Read More]
June 9, 2013 Nebraska Northern Lights
Following the El Reno, OK tornado of May 31, I had an entire week off from the tours to rest and recover. I needed… [Read More]
May 23, 2013 Floydada, TX, dusty supercell
On May 21, we were on the road and in chase mode rather early, as storms were initiating by noon southwest of Wichita Falls. … [Read More]
May 14, 2013 Big Country Severe
Tour 3 began out of OKC on May 13th. The weather was fair, so we made a leisurely drive to Childress in order to… [Read More]
April 4, 2013 Catching Up…VNY planes and flooding, NYC and PA
This post should have been up on SB about a year ago, but I never got around to it. I made a trip to NYC,… [Read More]
June 22, 2012 Lodgepole, NE Barberpole
VIDEO HERE!! This looked to be the last chase day with good potential for the Tour 7 group. Our last full chase day… [Read More]
June 20, 2012 Northwest Iowa shelf cloud
Today’s starting point was Redwood Falls, MN, with a slight risk for severe through central Iowa along an advancing cold front. We drove east… [Read More]
June 18, 2012 eastern SD late evening storms
Little to nothing was expected storm-wise today until after dark (i.e., after light), around the east-central SD region. We began in Sioux Falls and… [Read More]
June 13, 2012 Hanging Out at Model
We pinned our hopes today on something strong emerging from the foothills near Raton, NM. Afternoon turned into evening, and junky cells refused to budge… [Read More]
May 27, 2012 Geographical Center of the U.S. storms
Our new group (Tour 4, with Keith and Brian and Woody) started midday out of Oklahoma City on the previous day, the 26th, and… [Read More]
May 14-16, 2012 Panhandling During Downtime
Tour 3 came together in Oklahoma City on May 14th, and the weather pattern seemed to be mired in a never-ending BLAH mode. Actually,… [Read More]
April 24, 2012 Model and high-based junk
We were not expecting much this day, and our expectations were met and not exceeded. The pattern was a little summer-like, with mid-level moisture over… [Read More]
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