Stormbruiser.com – Page 71

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 24, 2008 Isabel, SD Cumulonimbus and mammatus sunset

A long and somewhat disappointing day culminates in a spectacular sunset on the back side of severe storms in Corson County, SD. We started out… [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 21, 2008 Jailhouse Rock

Chuck Doswell, Keith Brown, Rob Petitt and I picked up the nine guests for Tour 6 out of Denver, and headed northeast towards Nebraska. From… [Read More]

June 20, 2008 Littleton, CO Developing Cumulonimbus

Here I was, playing basketball with my nephew Eric, minding my own business, when storm clouds developed overhead. I felt obligated to document the atmospheric… [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 18, 2008 SW and SC Nebraska severe cells

A strong cell became established somewhat early in the afternoon south of Ogallala, and dove SE towards McCook. We blasted east from Wray and plunged… [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 16, 2008 Solano, NM

We played the upslope game today and lost, despite nice easterlies into NE NM and dews in the 50s. There were a handful of high-based… [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 14, 2008 SE TX PH CB…

…which, as everyone knows, stands for “southeast Texas Panhandle cumulonimbus”. Our target area on this day was along I-40 between Shamrock and Amarillo. And, the… [Read More]

June 13, 2008 SW OK Storms

A boundary ran roughly SW-NE through southwest Oklahoma, and we watched towers struggle against the strong cap for much of the afternoon near Chickasha. 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]