Sunsets and Storms

May 25, 2010 west-central KS tornadic supercells

This was a somewhat odd chase day. We began in Murdo, SD, and had a long drive to make in order to get to the… [Read More]

May 20, 2010 Hill County, TX marginal severe

On this, the final full chase day for Tour 3, we had a chance for severe weather down in the DFW region, along a boundary… [Read More]

May 17, 2010 Artesia, NM severe storms

This day began in Odessa, TX, and we motored northwest into NM for some fun. Near Artesia we watched a couple of strong storm towers… [Read More]

May 15 and 16, 2010 Marathon, TX convection

On both the 15th and 16th we were in Fort Stockton for lunch, and from there we headed southwest towards Alpine on U.S. 67. We… [Read More]

May 14, 2010 Permian Basin TX supercells and lightning

Today we woke up pretty much where we needed to be — in Midland, TX. A boundary was oriented WSW-ENE a little north of I-20… [Read More]

April 30, 2010 western IL bust

Wow, I had successfully forgotten that this day ever occurred, and now I am forced to think about what happened. Or what did not happen. … [Read More]

July 1, 2009 Capitol, MT storm

Our group began this chase day in Lemmon, SD, and our target area was not too far away—southeast MT and into extreme western SD. We… [Read More]

June 30, 2009 Carlyle, MT, Tornadic Supercell

A big day in Montana, and my first Montana tornado! We went north from Baker, MT, about 18 miles, and came upon a developing supercell… [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 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]

June 10, 2009 Southwest Kansas Supercell

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 7, 2009 I-70 Kansas storms

After a long couple of chase days, I began this one in Oklahoma City. It was time to head to Denver for the next three… [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]