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Potential Severe Weather Sunday March 20th 2011
Posted on20. Mar, 2011 by Adam.
It is the first day of Spring and appropriately so there is a marginal risk for severe weather across parts of the Midwest. SPC has included much of northern IL as well as much of IA, parts of MO and KS in a slight risk for severe weather. Taking a look at surface obs we [...]
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Hello March!
Posted on02. Mar, 2011 by Adam.
In one of our last posts we talked about an active pattern heading into March. Well, here we are. February closed out with a severe weather episode stretching from the southern plains to near the eastern seaboard. While it may seem like the year is off to a quick start, when we take a look [...]
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A Parade of Storms (Active Pattern Ahead)
Posted on15. Feb, 2011 by Adam.
Right now a rather significant warm up is occurring across the country. Welcomed by many after a winter that saw mostly below normal temperatures. As expected a major shift in the pattern is underway, and the current warm up is the first sign of this. In fact, several of the most recent runs have shown [...]
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New Year’s Eve 2010 Midwest Severe Weather Outbreak – Followup
Posted on02. Jan, 2011 by Adam.
First off I would like to wish everyone a happy new year! Let us hope 2011′s weather pattern delivers us the things we want it to. Now, by now we all know what happened on Friday December 31st 2010: Yea, even during the Spring or Summer those numbers would be considered impressive but how could [...]
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New Years Severe Weather in Illinois?!
Posted on29. Dec, 2010 by Adam.
Adam shares an amusing comparative analysis of the upcoming new years storm to two recent off season severe weather events in the Illinois area. You may check it out in the forecasts tab above or by simply clicking here! http://convectiveaddiction.com/forecasts-2/new-years-eve-2010-a-midwestern-severe-event-in-the-making/
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Weekend Storm – Why so Hard to Predict?
Posted on10. Dec, 2010 by Adam.
All week you have been hearing about it. The complex winter storm is beginning to take shape and getting ready to unleash its wrath upon the nation. Those who have been following the latest forecast may have noticed a significant change in the last 36 hours. Suddenly you are either under the gun for a [...]
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Adams’s Chase log. October 18th 2007 Nappanee, Indiana EF-3 Tornado!
Posted on18. Oct, 2010 by Adam.
Our original target was the Champaign area, however we decided to stop in a town called Gilman instead to play our waiting game there. This wasn’t my first time here either, we also stopped here on March 1st of this year. The day started off slow, keeping tabs on weather updates and watching tower after [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
