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Missouri Shelf Cloud, 8/12/21
I didn’t get a chance to post today, as we left Oklahoma around 5 AM, and I was on the road all day. Instead, I thought it would be fun to post a picture that my son took while driving … Continue reading
Storm Chase Day #4: Fort Morgan, CO, to Holyoke, CO
Yesterday, we started out the day in Fort Morgan, CO. They had placed a Slight Risk and a 5% Tornado Threat Ring over the area, and it looked like we were in a good place for storms later in the … Continue reading
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Tagged #cowx, Fort Morgan, Haxtun, Holyoke, meteorology, shelf cloud, storm chasing, storms, weather, yuma
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5/26/19: Storm Chase Follow-Up
With our limited geographic area to chase, any storms we chased would have to be in western Kansas or Eastern Colorado. At first, we headed to the KS/CO border, targeting Lamar. In Lamar, we got impatient, as storms were already … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Practicing Concepts, Radar Imagery, Severe Weather
Tagged #cowx, colorado, Lamar, meteorology, photography, shelf cloud, storm, storm chase, wall cloud, weather
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5/22/19: Storm Chase Follow-Up
We headed southeast towards the KS/OK border. We had initially targeted just east of Wichita, but then decided to dip into Oklahoma where storms were firing along the dryline. We got on a cell near Marshall, OK, which was briefly … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Practicing Concepts, Severe Weather
Tagged #okwx, Marshall, meteorology, oklahoma, photography, shelf cloud, storm, storm chase, weather
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5/24/19: Storm Chase Follow-Up
We had to break out from the clouds, once again. We were able to find a little blue sky for a few minutes: We ended up diving south through Plainview as the first cells moved out from the I-27 corridor. … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Practicing Concepts, Severe Weather
Tagged #txwx, Claredon, clouds, mammatus, meteorology, photography, shelf cloud, storm, storm chase, sunset, Texas, weather
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HPT Storm Chase: Day #2 Follow-Up
We made the best of yesterday’s chase conditions. We had a Marginal Risk and virtually no tornado threat. We headed northwest into Pecos, TX, and ran through some heavy rain. North of Kermit, TX, we saw a nice shelf cloud: … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Photography, Radar Imagery, Severe Weather
Tagged #txwx, Fort Stockton, High Plains Tours, HPT, Kermit, Lubbock, photography, shelf cloud, storm, storm chase, Texas
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Storm Chase Days: #1 and #2
I arrived safely in Denver, on 5/9. That part of the chase without incident. Here I am, fueling up and getting ready for chase mode. My route is shown below: I woke up in Aurora, CO, and picked up my … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Chase Crew, Severe Weather
Tagged gustnado, meteorology, severe weather, shelf cloud, storm chase, storm chasing, weather
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Port Royal, VA Storm
Typically, I post about articles or books that I have been reading on Thursdays. However, a tornado-warned storm just passed near my home town in Virginia. The radar image from Sterling, VA, shows the strong, messy storm, which had a … Continue reading
Posted in Radar Imagery, Severe Weather
Tagged #vawx, Jersey, King George, Matt Eak, meteorology, photography, Port Royal, shelf cloud, storms, tornado warning, video, Virginia, weather
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Storm Chase Day 11
Today, we started out in Guymon, OK, and headed north and then west for the threat in Colorado. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had issued a Slight Risk and a less than 2% Tornado Threat for this area. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged #cowx, #kswx, colorado, hail, Kansas, Less than 2% Tornado Threat, meteorology, photography, shelf cloud, slight risk, storm chase, tornado, wall cloud, weather
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Storms Along US-287: 8/8/14
On my return trip to Rio Rancho, NM from Austin, TX along US-287, I ran into a few non-severe thunderstorms. The first storm produced some heavy rains north of Decatur, TX. This photo was taken after I emerged from under … Continue reading
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Tagged childress, cloud, Decatur, meteorology, photography, shelf cloud, storm, Texas, US-287, weather
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