Supercells – Page 24

July 1, 2011 Siouxland Supercell

A beast of a severe storm left a swath of wind and hail damage from Flandreau in se SD all of the way northeast to… [Read More]

June 27, 2011 Palmer Divide Supercell Machine

Today was the final chase day for the Tour 8/Doswell group. The previous day featured the murk and messy nonsense in central and eastern NE,… [Read More]

June 24, 2011 Highway 20 storms, Lusk to Hay Springs

On the 24th we moseyed southward from Sundance to Lusk and had lunch. My target was the Lusk area, and storms began to develop by… [Read More]

June 11, 2011 Texas County, OK supercell

This was the final chase day for Tour 5, out of OKC, and we had to be back to OKC by noon the next day. … [Read More]

June 10, 2011 southeastern KS supercells

Finally — a decent supercell for the tourists. The day began in Topeka, and we drifted southward towards the mostly empty pastures around Yates Center…. [Read More]

June 7, 2011 southeastern ND supercell

We managed to get on a mildly interesting storm today ESE of Bismarck, ND. It looked like the best tornado prospects were from around Grand… [Read More]

June 2, 2011 western SD severe and lightning

On June 2 we worked our way north from Valentine towards central South Dakota. My chase account for CFDG was written the following morning: The… [Read More]

June 1, 2011 Lexington, NE supercell

May 31—There was little or no risk of storms in the Plains, and the next day’s target looked to be up towards Cherry County near… [Read More]

May 29, 2011 Lincoln, NE little LP updraft

Tour 4 2011 for Tempest Tours began in OKC on Saturday, the 28th. The guides for this tour were Chad Cowan and Danny Gonzales. We… [Read More]

May 25, 2011 Carter and Wayne counties, MO tornado

This was a big day for us in Missouri, in the Ozarks, of all places! After coming up empty on the big high… [Read More]

May 22, 2011 Southwest City, MO tornado

May 22, 2011 is the date of the devastating Joplin, Missouri tornado. The forecast on this chase day appeared relatively clear-cut, though there was a… [Read More]

May 21, 2011 Topeka, KS supercell

The weather pattern continued to improve for chasing on the Plains following the extended slow period during most of May. On the 21st, chasers pondered… [Read More]

May 20, 2011 Pratt County, KS storms

NOTE: I made two Stormbruiser pages for this day. This one is the general “chase” summary with images. The other page for May 20th is… [Read More]

May 19, 2011 Central KS severe

It had been ten days since a decent, long-lived supercell had been observed. Chase prospects finally appeared good on this day, somewhere in and around… [Read More]

May 8, 2011 Presho, SD supercell and lightning

This appeared to be shaping up as a decent chase day after several down days on the Plains. We began in Cozad, NE (between North… [Read More]