I figured out after lunch that the target today was extreme southwest Kansas. Shear and instability would be sufficient for supercells, but tornadoes were unlikely. … [Read More]
June 6, 2009 Central Kansas storms
Somewhat lame storms went up somewhat late, somewhere in central Kansas. Somehow we were right there to watch, west of Claflin. The activity was rather… [Read More]
May 28, 2009 Sutton County, TX storms
The forecast for severe storms in the Del Rio area persisted for May 28. It looked like the initiation area would be a few counties… [Read More]
May 26, 2009 Weatherford, TX Hailstorm
The outlook for May 26th appeared even slightly better, with high CAPE forecast along a boundary between Wichita Falls and Fort Worth. We visited the… [Read More]
May 24, 2009 Scottsbluff Windbags
The tour 3 guests arrived in OKC on the 23rd, in the midst of a lousy weather pattern. On the 23rd we drove up to… [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 19, 2009 Alzada, MT Virga BOMB!
Whoohoo! Our chase team intercepted a very high-based storm cell in extreme southeastern Montana, and photographed precipitation which may or may not have reached the… [Read More]
May 15, 2009 Ray and Carroll counties, MO severe storm
We got up somewhat early on the 15th and headed for Kansas City. Storms went up early a little west of Kansas City, and we… [Read More]
May 13, 2009 Western OK Supercell
May 13 was a good day in western OK. This was the day of the Kirkwood, MO, tornado, but that was much too far away… [Read More]
May 12, 2009 SE TX PH severe cells
May 12 wound up rather disappointing, though we wound up on strong storm cells from about Memphis to Childress to Quanah. Prior to initiation, we… [Read More]
April 25, 2009 Cordell, OK marginal severe
This day began on the NM/AZ border along I-40, at a rest area where a train passes every 15 minutes and blasts its horn for… [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 13, 2008 Graford, TX storm
There was a fairly decent chance of tornadic supercells on this day along the I-35 corridor in OK. In fact, I think we had a… [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]
June 16, 2007 Gillette, WY severe storm
Short version: Brian and I spent some time exploring an abandoned farmstead west of Union Center, SD, and then were compelled to blast west towards… [Read More]