• July 17th, 2010 Minnesota Storm Chase – Supercell Thunderstorm

    • 07-17-10 CHASE LOG:  MN   A moderate risk for severe weather, issued by the Storm Prediction Center, was in place this day across much of MN.  A surface low was forecast to move into northeast SD and extreme west-central MN by late in the day while a warm front was draped to the north of [...]

  • July 13th, 2010 North Dakota and Minnesota Storm Chase – Slow Moving, Photogenic Supercell

    • 07-13-10 CHASE LOG:  ND/MN   I did not expect to be storm chasing this day as I had things going on.  However, I somehow managed to get everything accomplished by 1 PM and left Burnsville with MaryLynn, targeting extreme northeast SD.  The setup was an upper trough approaching this area with an area of low [...]

  • July 14th Southeast Minnesota Storm Chase – The Northfield Tornadoes

    • 07-14-10 CHASE LOG:  MN   This was a day that many, as well as myself, were hyping for tornado potential and it did not disappoint.  MaryLynn and I, as well as our friend Sheena McLain, left Burnsville around noon and headed down I-35 to Faribault, MN to wait for initiation, which was expected during the [...]