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6/1/22 Storm Chase Day: 498 Miles
I am running way behind on my posting, work and everything else that needs to be done. My morning started off with a bang. I dropped my PLASTIC pill container and it shattered the sink. We woke up under borderline … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Predictions, Severe Weather
Tagged #nmwx, #stormchase, #txwx, meteorology, New Mexico, Texas, wall cloud, weather
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Storm Chase Day #6: Holyoke, CO, to Hays, KS
Yesterday, we started out the day in Holyoke, CO, at the Burge Hotel, and headed southeast. I had underestimated the travel distance to my original target, Sharon Springs, KS, and storms were already firing as we crossed the very southwestern … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Chase Crew
Tagged #kswx, Colby, funnel, Kansas, meteorology, Seldon, storm chasing, storms, supercell, tornado, wall cloud, weather
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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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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
Posted in Chase Account, Severe Weather
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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Storm Chase Day 6: 6/4/15
We started out the day in Limon, CO. The skies were overcast and foggy, though the fog and clouds burned off by the time we left the hotel. We traveled east on I-70 after a 5% Tornado Threat ring just … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Photography
Tagged #stormchase, 5% Tornado Threat Ring, Atwood, Kansas, lightning, meteorology, photography, severe, slight risk, storm, storm chase, wall cloud, weather
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5/16/15: Storm Chase Day 1 (817 Miles)
15:46Z: I am stopping to pick up some oil, stop leak and a funnel at Walmart in Rio Rancho, NM. This is my plan to keep the car running, even though it is leaking oil. Every time I get the … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Photography
Tagged #stormchase, meteorology, severe, storm, storm chase, Storm Chase 2015, storm Skywarn, Texas, wall cloud, weather, Wichita Falls
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Chase Day #9: 362 Miles
I promised more from yesterday’s “potential” chase. It turned into another storm chase day. The Slight Risk that had been issued yesterday quickly turned into a Tornado Watch for the eastern part of New Mexico. Originally, we targeted Springer, NM … Continue reading
2005 Storm Chase Archive
Storm Chase 2005 was from May 15 to May 26 and actively covered Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Colorado and Iowa. I archived these from my old website. Keep in mind that this was a storm chase from almost 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, meteorology, storm chase, storm chasing, storms, thunderstorms, Virginia Tech, wall cloud, weather
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My Very First Storm Chase- Tropical Storm Allison 6/14/01
Back in 2001, I took my first storm chase as the remnants of Tropical Storm Allison passed through my part of Virginia (King George/Caroline Counties). I was very inexperienced at the time, but I still learned a lot about chasing. … Continue reading
Chase Day #1: several wall clouds, 851 miles
Today was a long day in the saddle. We left Rio Rancho around 8am and drove east, originally targeting Fairview, OK. As we approached our exit in Oklahoma, the atmosphere was still dry at our location, and cumulus were developing … Continue reading
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