Summary: Blue sky bust, in Illinois…only 2012. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail: .00″ Wind: <30mph Entire day off wasted: 1 Detailed account: I got the day off work due to storms that rolled through in the morning. It was thought these storms would wreck the atmosphere for future development as often is the case [...]
Summary: Got on severe storm in Iowa with cool structure but no severe weather, called chase and detoured for new outflow driven storms in Illinois with huge dust clouds along the gust front. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail: .50″ (dime) Wind: est 55-60mph outflow. Detailed Account: Today seemed to have less potential [...]
Summary: Chased marginal setup again only encountering sub severe storms with sub severe hail and mediocre structure. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail: .75″ (penny) Wind: < 40mph Detailed Account: Not entirely sold on the setup, I bit on it only because it was a weekend and I was desperate to get something great out of [...]
Summary: Chased grungy setup, intercepting several severe warned storms noting nothing more than brief encounter with sub severe hail and winds. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail: .88″ (Nickel) Wind: est 50mph thunderstorm gust. Detailed Account: Saturday, October 13th was thought by many to be the big day in the 2-3 day setup. I was skeptical [...]
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