Category Archives: Storm Chasing

May 25th Thunderstorms in South Dakota

Chase Team: David Drufke, Bill Doms Target: Aberdeen, South Dakota Initial Intercept: Leola, South Dakota I photographed way more wildlife than storms this day. We didn’t have time to get out to the triple point, so we played the warm front, but I don’t think there was quite enough instability, and definitely not enough of...

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Storm Chasing: June 21 Alden Minnesota Tornado Video

. Check the posts below for all the details. Here’s the video in HD. . . .

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Storm Chasing: June 21, 2009 Tornado In Minnesota

After spending an entire afternoon last week baking in the sun on Thursday’s Mod Risk/Hatched Tornado area bust, I waited until initiation with the intention of catching up with the storms a few hours after initiation in Iowa.   That plan was shot down by I-35 construction zone traffic which added more than an hour and ...

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Storm Chasing: May 23rd, 2009 Tornado warned storm

So, I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a tornado with this storm in southeast of North Platte, Nebraska.  We did see a great gustnado and some lots of sharks teeth on the front of the storm.  We happened across this storm coming back from Colorado.  I felt fairly confident some one would call in the gustnado...

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Storm Chasing: Kirksville, Missouri EF-2 Tornado

Date: May 13, 2009 Location: north central Missouri I decided to head down to the MO/IL state line on Wednesday for a possible tornado outbreak. Jacob, Doug, and I headed out a 6am for Hannibal, MO. We were expect an event in IL, but ended up in north central MO. After watching early convention struggle...

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