Summary: Caught two tornadoes, the second one being an incredible 90 minute EF-4. Stats: Tornadoes: 2 Hail: 2.50″ (Tennis ball) Wind: Est 80-90mph RFD/inflow The Forecast: Trough in place, but large scale surface features lacking. Outflow boundary draped across north central Kansas from previous day’s storms. Weak shortwave moving through the mid level flow serving […]
Summary: Saw more tornadoes than on any other chase in my career. Got stuck in the mud and pounded by baseball size hail. Stats: Tornadoes 14! (best estimate) Hail: 2.75″ (Baseball) Wind: n/a Time getting stuck in chasing career: 3 The Forecast: Same trough in place, moisture on the increase. Dryline sharpening that would intersect […]
Summary: Played secondary target and intercepted a couple supercells documenting par structure, large hail and severe RFD winds. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail: 2.00″ Wind: 65-70mph RFD The Forecast: Mid level trough and moisture in place, but stronger cap than the previous day. Outflow boundaries from previous days storms would serve as potential trigger points for new […]
Summary: Kicked off an active chase week with close encounters of two tornadoes, followed by some serious flash flooding. Stats: Tornadoes: 3 Hail” .75″ (Penny) Wind: est 65-70mph inflow/RFD The Forecast: Initial pieces of soon to be persistent trough arriving in the TX panhandle region. Great directional shear, but somewhat lacking in the speed shear. […]
Summary: Tracked intense HP supercell across the northeast Texas panhandle, documenting incredible structure, golfball size hail and winds up to 7omph. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail. 1.75″ (Golf ball) Wind: 70mph The Forecast: Slow, southeast moving surface low in the panhandle region. Plenty of moisture and instability to work with given proper amount of clearing. […]
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