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Want to see lightning take out the power?
Posted on26. Jul, 2010 by Adam.
On Friday, July 23rd 2010 the Chicago area was hit with multiple rounds of severe weather that brought heavy rain, damaging winds and widespread flooding. CA chaser Adam Lucio was in the thick of it and while filming lightning from the developing storms happened to catch a bolt taking the power out in his home [...]
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Winding Down…
Posted on13. May, 2010 by Adam.
Hey everyone, Adam here.
Thank you all for tuning in to the site during the last few weeks. It really has been quite active. The 2010 season started off as slow as a season can start, but woke up with a vengeance beginning in the last week of April.
Since then Danny and I have made 3 [...]
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Adam’s 4/22/10 Chase Log – Texas Panhandle Tornado Fest!
Posted on03. May, 2010 by Adam.
Danny and I intercepted 6 tornadoes, perhaps even as many as 9, but we were unable to confirm some of the touchdowns. The day began and Childress, TX as we waited for storms to fire. Eventually we ended up intercepting east of Amarillo near the towns of Goodnight, Jericho and Alanreed.
Here is a highlight video:
Here [...]
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Adam’s 4/4/10 Chase Log – Close intercept!
Posted on11. Apr, 2010 by Adam.
Detailed account:
I awoke Sunday morning and went over the forecast to decide if I wanted to head out. I knew I would be chasing Monday and Tuesday so if Sundays target would favor the overall marathon I would go for it. I decided it would and left Chicago around 11am. I set up a rendezvous [...]
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Medium-Range Spring Forecast-Updated 3/18
Posted on18. Mar, 2010 by Adam.
Looking into the forecasting crystal ball, there is growing evidence of a more active weather pattern across the central portions of the United States. Inherently, that will lead to the possibility of severe weather episodes across that same region. With a strong baroclinic zone setting up across the mid-section of the CONUS there is a [...]
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Adam’s Chase Log 6/7/08 – Chicagoland Tornado
Posted on07. Jun, 2008 by Adam.
Summary:
An un-planned, last minute local chase will probably be number 1 for the year. Amazing how things pan out in this game. Quickly left my house after a lone tornadic supercell heading into Will County which I like to call “the tornado alley of northern Illinois.” Core punched the storm with some penny hail, saw [...]
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Adam’s 5/30/08 Chase Log – Funnel Cloud over Springfield, IL
Posted on30. May, 2008 by Adam.
Summary:
Half day chase sends us a bit further south and west then our initial target. Intercepted 4 tornado warned storms…a new record for me in IL. All storms were HP bombs that went briefly tornadic but then became outflow dominant, shear was becoming more unidirectional as the day went on which couldn’t help maintain the [...]
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Adam’s 2/5/08 Chase Log – The Deadly Super Tuesday Outbreak
Posted on05. Feb, 2008 by Adam.
Summary:
A very chaotic chase, my first long distance solo chase. Spent much of the day waiting for my target zone to light up. Had convection equal distances to my west and east. Worried my target zone would bust and based on the advice from my nowcasters I shot back east towards Memphis to intercept the [...]
