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2023-06-02 REPORTS: TX
I'm always hesitant to chase the Ft Stockton area because of the lack of roads. Waited in Seminole until last minute until I decided to give it a go down there. Basically lucked out on storm position...
View Article2023-06-12 EVENT: TX/OK/CO/NM
Am I crazy to say that the setup in central TX today reminds me of El Reno day? Mid-70s dew points, low LCLs, high CAPE and shear, very focused initiation near the triple-point with the lack of...
View Article2023-06-12 REPORTS: TX
I started the day at 8:00am in Altus, OK....going to work. Knocked out a few things and hit the road at around 10am, with my initial target being Abilene, TX. Once I got to Abilene, I rechecked model...
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2023-06-16 REPORTS: CO
I intercepted two supercells in southeast Colorado. Both received multiple tornado warnings. Although neither produced a tornado, both had spectacular storm structure - one of my better structure days...
View Article2023-06-24 REPORTS: MN/IA
It has been a while since I've had anything worth making a report about. Whether due to a lot of Mother Nature being a failure, chase day screw-ups on my part, and mistimed vacations its been a...
View Article2023-06-25 EVENT: IN/OH/KY/TN
Looks like a potential volatile setup on Sunday, although not in our traditional chasing region and likely not ideal from a storm mode perspective anyway, given strong forcing from a cold front and the...
View Article2023-06-21 EVENT: CO, TX, WY
Historic Tornado Event - June 21, 2023 NWS Boulder finally posted their write-up of the June 21 tornado event; goes into the books as the most confirmed tornadoes on a single day within the state of...
View Article2023-07-12 REPORTS: IL
After the day dawned with only a marginal risk of severe weather north of I-80 in Illinois (on the 06Z and 13Z SPC outlooks, the maximum tornado risk was 2% within 25 miles of a point, and the area...
View Article2023-07-17 EVENT: KS/OK
I'm opening this event thread to discuss the supercell formation yesterday, July 17, 2023, NE of DDC. This could be part of a discussion following @Mike Smith 's post on the NWS-DDC ( Dodge City NWS...
View Article2023-05-13 REPORTS: IA
Good day all, this is my reports for May 13, 2023 in Iowa... Summary: May 13 was a rather interesting chase day with two important target areas available for storm chasing. One was a region near and...
View Article2023-05-28 REPORTS: OK, TX
Good day all, this is my reports for May 28, 2023 in Oklahoma and Texas... Summary: May 28 was a seemingly marginal chase day with low expectations, however, turned out to be an extremely busy and...
View Article2023-06-23 REPORTS: CO/KS/WY/NE
tl;dr saw twister sisters (!!) in far southeastern Colorado on a marvelous chase day overall. Started the day in Tucumcari, near where the previous day’s chase had finished with a picturesque sunset...
View Article2023-06-22 REPORTS: CO
Good day all, this is my reports for June 22, 2023 in Colorado... Summary: June 22 was a pretty busy chase day, without the need for a long ferry to a distant target area. There were two attractive...
View Article2023-06-17 REPORTS: OK/TX/KS/NM/C0
There was a thread for this day earlier (albeit with the wrong date), but it seems to have disappeared. So I am starting one with the right date. Starting in Springfield, CO and waiting a little too...
View ArticleSUPERCELL WEATHER for TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE APRIL 8 2024
Hi, after a long long absence, I am back. So sorry.... ;-) Glad to see Stormtrack is still alive. Awesome. Makes me feel 20 years younger , hahahaha... OK, here is the thing. I am a stormchaser ( have...
View Article2023-05-12 REPORTS: NE/KS
I am starting a thread for reports this day as some people have some incredible photos. Mine are on this but are only quick cell phone edits so I cannot wait for later reports with better ones. After...
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2023-08-08 REPORTS: CO, KS
Ya know, I lived in Colorado from 1997-2013... during that time, I saw like... ten tornadoes... it was kinda gross, actually. Okay, lots more than 10, but maybe, MAAAYBBBEEE 10 legit, decent tornadoes...
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2023-08-06 REPORTS: IL
Low expectations, backyard chase. Intial target: Beardstown, IL for developing supercells coming out of western Illinois. Left Springfield late, and dominant/lead cell went tornado warned before I...
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2023-08-06 EVENT: IL
On August 6, 2023 an EF2 tracked through eastern Sangamon and Christian Counties, IL with a path more than 25 miles long and up to a quarter mile wide. I've found this one to be interesting for several...
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2023-06-15 REPORTS: OK/TX
Bailed on the the south OK storm near Lawton since it appeared it was becoming HP. Drove 2+ hours northwest to arrived just in time for a small tornado near Reydon, OK.
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2023-09-23 EVENT: OK, KS, MO
Since the SPC has posted an enhanced risk for parts of OK, KS, and MO, I hope folks will post their assessment of the severe weather potential here. I haven't been able to focus a lot of attention on...
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2021-4-27 REPORTS: CO/TX
I left Kansas City at 8:30 and made my way to my target area of Burlington Colorado. I got on the first warned cell then drop South to the one behind it just as it became tornado warned. The big thing...
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2023-11-20 EVENT: TX/AR/LA/MS
As of 10p Sunday, it looks like a "moderate" risk (using SPC's terminology) for tornadoes, likely strong, will exist Monday from roughly AEX to ELD to JAN to AEX. The SPC's enhanced risk is fine...
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2023-06-21 REPORTS: CO, TX, WY
It may have happened... May 29, 2004 may have finally been dethroned as my best tornado chase day ever. This jumped Dodge City '16 and Pilger... Where to start... at the beginning... Woke up with every...
View Article2023-05-24 REPORTS: NM
Here are a few pictures from last Wednesday, May 24, the first of my four days of storm observation/photography in eastern New Mexico. This day featured a big, powerful HP (high-precipitation)...
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