Friday, May 8, wound up to be a very entertaining chase day, as our group found itself just east of a beast of a supercell… [Read More]
May 7, 2009 Cameron, MO supercell
Our group departed Edmond, OK, and I was thinking/hoping for thunderstorm development by late afternoon in eastern Kansas. Instability was moderate, shear was excellent, and… [Read More]
May 5, 2009 Breckenridge, TX Supercell
The only show in Texas on this day began at Breckenridge (a few counties west of Dallas), and we were there from start to finish. … [Read More]
May 1, 2009 Big Country Supercells
On May 1 we targeted northwest TX, and dropped south to Vernon for lunch. Storm towers went up kind of early to our southwest, in… [Read More]
April 30, 2009 Foss Reservoir, OK Supercell
This was the first full chase day for the Tempest Tours guests on Tour One. Bob Conzemius and I started the day in Childress, TX,… [Read More]
April 29, 2009 Motley County, TX, supercell
Tour One met near noon on this Wednesday in Arlington, TX, and we hit the road quickly as there was a severe weather threat in… [Read More]
June 26, 2008 Thedford, NE LP Supercell
After lunch in Kadoka, we moseyed east on I-90 to Murdo, on U.S. 83. Unfortunately, it looked like we were exactly between two areas of… [Read More]
June 23, 2008 Mullen, NE supercell
After a Chinese food lunch in Alliance, we needed to drift northeast and east just a little. I was relatively comfortable sticking close to the… [Read More]
June 22, 2008 Alliance, NE Anticyclonic LP Supercell
Early activity in extreme eastern Wyoming lured us west to Lyman, NE. The cells were high-based garbage, so we went back east through the Scottsbluff… [Read More]
June 19, 2008 Potter, NE small supercells
The southern Nebraska Panhandle along I-80 was the hot spot today. A strong updraft or two developed in the vicinity of Kimball, and moved east. … [Read More]
June 17, 2008 Clayton, NM brief supercell
My target area of Clayton and vicinity proved good….to some degree. We began in Las Vegas, NM, and headed east to Clayton. After lunch in… [Read More]
June 15, 2008 Booker, TX Supercell
After lunch at a lovely Mexican Restaurant in Pampa, we drifted north towards the extreme northeastern corner of the Texas Panhandle. We sat under a… [Read More]
June 12, 2008 Lyon County, KS Severe storms
This was a long day, as I began in Storm Lake, IA, and had to meet Brian and the Tour 5 group in Lincoln, NE…. [Read More]
June 11, 2008 Ashton, IA Supercell
This was the make-or-break day for the short private tour. The tornado potential appeared to be pretty good in northwest Iowa, and in adjacent parts… [Read More]
June 7, 2008 Blue Hill, KS Tornadic Supercell
ONLINE VIDEO! After five days back home in Los Angeles, I flew back to DFW on June 5th. The 6th was spent driving from… [Read More]