Sunsets and Storms

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 13, 2016 DIA Sunset

Start and end/Denver SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-894 spc-mesoscale-discussion-899 SPC Storm Reports The start of Tour 6 was tomorrow, and we were in… [Read More]

May 31, 2016 Alpine and Marfa storms

Start/Alpine, TX End/Alpine, TX 227 miles Lunch at Reata in Alpine SPC Day One 20Z Our tour group began the chase day… [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 24, 2016 In Dodge City with Auntie Crepuscular and Uncle Mammatus

Immediately following our approximately two-hour tornado chase from Fowler and Minneola, Kansas, to the Dodge City area, we found ourselves on the west side… [Read More]

May 23, 2016 Woodward, OK tornado

Start, Dodge City, KS; end, Woodward, OK; 275 miles; lunch in Shattuck, OK (fast food) SPC Day One outlook (13Z) SPC Day One… [Read More]

May 19, 2016 Eastern NM high-based junky storms

Start, Van Horn, TX; end Raton, NM; 513 miles; lunch at the China Dragon in Carlsbad, NM A front was shoving any good moisture… [Read More]

May 16, 2016 Another Charming Channing Supercell

Start, Oklahoma City; end Plainview, TX; 593 miles; fast-food lunch in Woodward and dinner in Amarillo (Applebees) Tour 3 began out of OKC on May… [Read More]

May 8, 2016 Trego Tornado and Victorian Sky

Start, Oakley, KS; end Russell, KS; 296 miles; lunch Jimmy Johns at Hays Tornado potential looked good today from western OK northward into… [Read More]

May 1, 2016 Del Rio Supercell

Start, Lubbock; end, Uvalde, TX; 509 miles; lunch at The Taco Place at Ozona Oftentimes in spring, when moisture is scarce on the… [Read More]

April 22, 2016 Junky Convection in Southeastern CO

April 21, reposition day; start Lubbock, end Clayton, NM, 304 miles; lunch at the Big Texan April 22, start Clayton, end Ulysses, KS, 295… [Read More]

April 19, 2016 Fort Stockton, Texas tornado

Chris Gullikson’s video for this event Start (for me): Las Cruces, NM End: Fort Stockton, TX The Tempest Tours chase season began in mid-April,… [Read More]

March 28, 2016 Whitewater Wind and Dust Storm

I had planned on leaving mom’s place in Palm Desert for home on the day prior, but a storm system coming into California… [Read More]

January 30, 2016 Red Mountain Lenticulars

A strong storm system was approaching Southern California this weekend, with a wet and windy front expected on Sunday, January 31st. On the day… [Read More]

January 15, 2016 Salton Sea Seabird Scenery

I had a Friday off to goof around near the Salton Sea. I had explored the west side of the “sea” about a year… [Read More]