• May 22nd North Central South Dakota Storm Chase – The Bowdle Wedge Tornado

    • 05-22-10 CHASE LOG:  SD   This chase definitely tied with June 24th, 2003 as the best chase of my life!  We started the day in Valentine, NE after chasing and seeing a brief tornado in eastern WY the day before.  There was an area of low pressure that was progressing towards central ND with another [...]

  • May 18th Texas Storm Chase – 4 Tornadoes and a Beautiful Supercell Storm

    • 05-18-10 CHASE LOG:  TX   This was a Moderate Risk day from eastern CO southward through western TX with good promise of producing tornadoes, fairly well forecast several days in advance.  I was driving for Silver Lining Tours and this was Day 1 so we wanted to get a good chase in right away.  The [...]

  • April 30th Eastern Iowa, Northern Illinois, and Southern Wisconsin Storm Chase – Lightning and a Lowering

    • 04-30-10 CHASE LOG:  IA/IL/WS   Not too special of a chase overall with a lot of miles put on, but it was fun regardless.  Peggy Willenberg, Melanie Metz, and I left Council Bluffs, IA after bagging a tornado and some amazing supercells near Washington, KS the day before.  Our plan was to get ahead of [...]

  • April 29th Northeast Kansas and Southeast Nebraska Storm Chase – Washington Tornado, Several Wall Clouds, and Massive Shelf Cloud

    • 04-29-10 CHASE LOG:  KS/NE   This ended up being a great chase with several wall clouds, 1 tornado near Washington, KS and probably the best shelf cloud I’ve ever seen near Belleville, KS.  Our chase group consisted of me, Peggy Willenberg, and Melanie Metz.  The plan was to stay in Council Bluffs, IA the night [...]