Preparing for Storm Season 2009
Out of curiosity, I just ran the GFS down to 384 hours. The SPC has posted a light risk for parts of the South on Wednesday, but that may be just a foretaste of an upcoming active period. Did I...
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First Storm Chase, 2009
What a memorable way to kick off storm season 2009! Yesterday, I chased supercells in Kansas with my buddy, Bill Oosterbaan, and today we attended Tim Vasquez’s severe weather forecasting workshop in...
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May 13 Tornado in Northern Missouri
Updraft Base This is the view that met us as we pulled off the road a couple miles north of Edina, Missouri, yesterday evening. “We” were Bill Oosterbaan, Derek Mohr, and me, and what we were looking...
View ArticleVideo of May 13 Edina Tornado
My tornado videos to date aren’t of the best quality, but I’ve decided to put my footage of Wednesday’s tornadic supercell up on YouTube anyway. It’s not the greatest, but it’s not terrible, either,...
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Remembering the Parkersburg/Hazleton Tornadoes
One year ago today, the second EF5 tornado in the history of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale rating system descended on Parkersburg, Iowa, and obliterated the southern third of the town. I and fellow...
View ArticleHeading for an Iowa Chase
As I write, I’m heading west down I-80 with my storm chasing buddy Bill Oosterbaan. Our target: Waterloo, Iowa. The 9Z RUC shows a nice convergence of 850 and 500 mb jets overspreading massive CAPE by...
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June 19 Central Illinois and Indiana Storm Chase
Approaching the storm of the day south of Normal, Illinois. After Iowa’s blue-sky bust on June 18, yesterday provided some welcome and much-needed activity. Between illness and May’s ridge of steel,...
View ArticleMay 7, 2010, Northwest Ohio Supercells
Yesterday’s outbreak of supercells in the southeastern Great Lakes was no tornado breeder, but it made for an enjoyable chase. I left Caledonia around 10:30 with Bowling Green in mind as a target,...
View ArticleJuly 22 West Michigan Supercell and Lightning Fest
I haven’t seen a storm like last night’s storm in Michigan in a long, long time. Man, what a beauty! Non-stop lightning, much of it appearing to be positive strokes that lasted for seconds at a time,...
View ArticleApril 22, 2011, Saint Louis “Good Friday” Tornado
Saint Louis, Missouri, has been hit a number of times by tornadoes over the years, most notably on May 27, 1896, when a violent tornado claimed 255 lives. Last Friday my friends Bill Oosterbaan, Kurt...
View ArticlePreparing for Storm Season 2009
Out of curiosity, I just ran the GFS down to 384 hours. The SPC has posted a light risk for parts of the South on Wednesday, but that may be just a foretaste of an upcoming active period. Did I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Storm Chase, 2009
What a memorable way to kick off storm season 2009! Yesterday, I chased supercells in Kansas with my buddy, Bill Oosterbaan, and today we attended Tim Vasquez’s severe weather forecasting workshop in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
May 13 Tornado in Northern Missouri
Updraft Base This is the view that met us as we pulled off the road a couple miles north of Edina, Missouri, yesterday evening. “We” were Bill Oosterbaan, Derek Mohr, and me, and what we were looking...
View ArticleVideo of May 13 Edina Tornado
My tornado videos to date aren’t of the best quality, but I’ve decided to put my footage of Wednesday’s tornadic supercell up on YouTube anyway. It’s not the greatest, but it’s not terrible, either,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Remembering the Parkersburg/Hazleton Tornadoes
One year ago today, the second EF5 tornado in the history of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale rating system descended on Parkersburg, Iowa, and obliterated the southern third of the town. I and fellow...
View ArticleHeading for an Iowa Chase
As I write, I’m heading west down I-80 with my storm chasing buddy Bill Oosterbaan. Our target: Waterloo, Iowa. The 9Z RUC shows a nice convergence of 850 and 500 mb jets overspreading massive CAPE by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
June 19 Central Illinois and Indiana Storm Chase
Approaching the storm of the day south of Normal, Illinois. After Iowa’s blue-sky bust on June 18, yesterday provided some welcome and much-needed activity. Between illness and May’s ridge of steel,...
View ArticleMay 7, 2010, Northwest Ohio Supercells
[See image gallery at stormhorn.com] Yesterday’s outbreak of supercells in the southeastern Great Lakes was no tornado breeder, but it made for an enjoyable chase. I left Caledonia around 10:30 with...
View ArticleJuly 22 West Michigan Supercell and Lightning Fest
[See image gallery at stormhorn.com] I haven’t seen a storm like last night’s storm in Michigan in a long, long time. Man, what a beauty! Non-stop lightning, much of it appearing to be positive...
View ArticleApril 22, 2011, Saint Louis “Good Friday” Tornado
Saint Louis, Missouri, has been hit a number of times by tornadoes over the years, most notably on May 27, 1896, when a violent tornado claimed 255 lives. Last Friday my friends Bill Oosterbaan, Kurt...
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