• 2010 Storm Chasing Highlights Video

    •   2010 goes down as the most insane and successful storm chasing year that I have had to date.  This video details only a small fraction of the tornado, hail, wind, and extreme weather highlights from some of the more prolific severe weather days in 2010, including April 29th, May 18th, May 19th, May 22nd, [...]

  • September 6th, 2010 Storm Chase – Severe Thunderstorm

    • 09-06-10 CHASE LOG:  IA   After flying in from KPIT for work, I had the rest of the day off and thought it would be decent enough set-up to try a relatively local chase.  MaryLynn and I left Burnsville around 2:30pm and went south on I-35, targeting somewhere in the Mason City, IA area where [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • June 17th Minnesota Tornadoes Mini Case Study

    •   On June 17th, 2010 a powerful storm system progressed across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, leading to an outbreak of severe weather and strong tornadoes across North Dakota and Minnesota.  The damage resulting from the tornadoes, extreme wind, and large hail was catastrophic for several farming communities, particularly across north-central and far southern Minnesota.  So [...]

  • June 17th North Central Minnesota Storm Chase – Tornado Outbreak

    • 06-17-10 CHASE LOG:  MN   Going into it, I knew this day would have tornado potential but never imagined it would turn into something like this.  Peggy Willenberg, her daughter Molly Snyder, and I left the Twin Cities at 9am and headed west to Ortonville, MN where we waited a short while for initiation.  Storms [...]

  • June 1st Eastern Nebraska Storm Chase – Supercell and Brief Tornado

    • 06-01-10 CHASE LOG:  NE   This chase consisted of MaryLynn and I, and eastern NE looked like the place to be as a Slight Risk was in place for the area with the SPC issuing a 10% hatched area for tornadoes by the 1630Z update.  The upper flow was fairly zonal but there was a [...]

  • May 26th Eastern Colorado Storm Chase – Slow Moving Supercell

    • 05-26-10 CHASE LOG:  CO   This log is going to be relatively short and sweet as it did not involve any tornadoes, but it did involve a beautiful storm around 20 miles northeast of Denver, CO.  Our group consisting of guests and guides for Silver Lining Tours left Lamar, CO by late morning and traveled [...]

  • May 25th Southeast Colorado and Southwest Kansas Storm Chase – Supercells and a Surprise Tornado

    • 05-25-10 CHASE LOG:  CO/KS   This was a successful chase day in a Slight Risk area of southeast CO where we intercepted several supercell storms and saw an incredible tornado near Bartlett, CO.  We had a long drive ahead of us already as we left Valentine, NE in the early morning and were targeting somewhere [...]

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