Supercells – Page 17

April 20, 2016 Mertzon, TX hailer

Chase start–Fort Stockton, TX; lunch–Fort Stockton (The Steak House); end–Lubbock, TX; 489 miles Fresh off of our successful tornado catch the day before, we… [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]

February 18, 2016 Western Nevada Storm Chase

On the previous evening, February 17th, the skies were getting dark and the camera was in the bag for the night. I was sitting… [Read More]

June 25, 2015 western Nebraska storms

A long drive from western Iowa was staring us in the face this morning, as the risk for severe weather was well to our… [Read More]

June 24, 2015 western Iowa supercell

Supercell and tornado prospects were not too shabby this day over southern Iowa, so we got out of Mobridge a little earlier than normal… [Read More]

June 23, 2015 southwestern North Dakota severe storms

We bagan this chase day in Lemmon, SD, following the fantastic aurora display the previous evening. SPC showed a slight risk on the High… [Read More]

June 21, 2015 Northwest South Dakota tornadic supercell

Tour 7 for Tempest Tours began on the previous day and we chased an impressive (but fast-moving) supercell through the empty grasslands from Edgemont,… [Read More]

June 20, 2015 WY/NE/SD supercell

June 20 was the arrival day for Tour 7 — whoohoo! The day began with me looking for the keys to one of… [Read More]

June 17, 2015 Black Hills and Badlands supercells

SPC showed a tornado risk of 5 percent from about Gillette, WY, to Sidney, NE, today. A slight risk with a hatched hail area… [Read More]

June 16, 2015 western Nebraska supercells

This chase day began in Guernsey, WY, and we targeted areas to the ESE from about Scottsbluff to North Platte. After our pizza lunch… [Read More]

June 15, 2015 Wheatland, WY supercell

I rejoined Tour 6 in Denver midday this day. We made a short jaunt up to southeastern WY to watch some strong convection behind… [Read More]

June 11, 2015 Lamar and Springfield CO supercells

I was solo this day. As the Tempest Tour 6 bunch tried their luck in extreme northwestern Missouri, I stayed on the High Plains… [Read More]

June 5, 2015 Strasburg, CO supercell

This was the second-to-last chase day for Tour 5. The tour would end in Oklahoma City on Sunday, the 7th, but I had to… [Read More]

June 4, 2015 Atwood and Selden, KS, supercells and lightning

Our group began in Torrington, WY, with a somewhat wide swath of territory to consider, from the upslope play on the Palmer Divide of CO… [Read More]

June 3, 2015 Guernsey to Glendo supercell

This chase wound up rather disappointingly, though we did manage to observe a decent supercell in the rangeland of eastern Wyoming. An upper-level trough… [Read More]