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Convective Addiction DVD: Bullseye Bowdle
Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by Skip.
Convective Addiction is proud to announce our first DVD production…
Bullseye Bowdle
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On May 22, 2010, a cyclic supercell churned its way across the prairies of northern South Dakota. Along its path, multiple tornadoes formed, including a violent, mile wide EF4. Underneath the supercell, storm chasers documented its entire lifespan: from its [...]
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Skip’s April 22, 2010 Chase Log – Texas Panhandle Tornadofest
Posted on27. Apr, 2010 by Skip.
Dryline/Upslope play in the TX panhandle. Waited for initiation with several other chasers in Childress, TX. Departed for initiation southeast of Amarillo, intercepting north of Clarendon on highway 70. Noted cycling supercell with two large, cone tornadoes. Followed storm north of Alanreed where it gusted out. Dropped back down to highway 70 to intercept strengthening southern storm. Intercepted wall cloud and followed storm north of Alanreed noting two, brief RFD gust front tornadoes. Fled south trying to beat RFD core while passing relatively close to multi vortex tornado. Called chase over when back on I-40 as storms lined out, making for OK to setup for next day’s setup.
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4/2/2010 Forecast – Southern Plains Severe Weather
Posted on28. Mar, 2010 by Skip.
Today marks the three year anniversary of a huge plains tornado outbreak. On March 28, 2007 over a hundred tornado reports came in from Nebraska down through Texas as a powerful storm system moved in from the west and fired off dozens of supercells along a dryline. Check out my chase log from the day:
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3/11/2010 Forecast – Isolated severe weather over IA and IL
Posted on09. Mar, 2010 by Skip.
I’m eyeing central IA into west central IL for possible cold-core like activity in the early afternoon including an isolated risk for large hail and tornadoes.
The 12z NAM is in fairly good agreement with previous runs that an elongated area of low pressure at the surface is going to setup over central IA extending SE [...]
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3/8/10 Forecast Followup – Isolated severe threat in the Southern Plains
Posted on05. Mar, 2010 by Skip.
The GFS and now the NAM have been trending negatively since I last posted. I was hoping to get more of a classic cold core setup out of this system, but that doesn’t look like its going to happen now. With the system continuously slowing down, the cold air aloft doesn’t overtake the surface moisture [...]
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Protected: New DVD/Blu-ray! Minnesota Mayhem – June 17, 2010 – Deadly and Violent Tornado Outbreak
Posted on16. Aug, 2009 by Skip.
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Skip’s Chase Log: June 15, 2009 – Kinsley, KS
Posted on15. Jun, 2009 by Skip.
Dryline and warm front setup in Kansas. Targeted Hays, KS where dryline initiated storms would move towards better directional shear near warm front. Ran south from Hays towards storms initiating near Dodge City. Intercepted west of Kinsley, KS noting wall cloud. Storm gusted out into massive HP supercell. Noted weak leading edge tornado west of Kinsley before getting cored in Kinsley and dropping south. Followed storm from south noting gustnadoes and massive dust storm. Saw straight line wind damage and drove over downed power lines. Attempted to punch core from south but hit tree debris and cracked windshield from golfball sized hail. Dropped south and called chase off, heading to Pratt to get dinner and stop for the night.
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Skip’s Chase Log: June 14, 2009 – Ulysses, KS
Posted on14. Jun, 2009 by Skip.
Dryline setup in SW KS. Targeted Dodge City, KS with Adam Lucio. Departed from Clarendon, TX and headed west from Liberal, KS towards initiation in SE CO. Intercepted severe warned cell near Johnson City and noted brief lowering. Followed cell westward into CO before intercepting tail end charlie back in KS. Followed storm from north to Ulysses, KS noting RFD clear slot and tornado. Caught in hook afterwards with severe winds. Broke out ahead to outflow dominant HP supercell. Called chase off but intercepted again after storm regained tornado warning. Viewed base from afar noting scud before stopping in Medicine Lodge for night.
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Skip’s Chase Log: June 5, 2009 – Harrisburg, NE
Posted on05. Jun, 2009 by Skip.
Upslope flow setup in Wyoming and Colorado. Targeted Sterling, CO. Left Westchester at 10:00 pm solo arriving in Sterling at 2 pm. Ran north into Nebraska for storms initiating in southeast Wyoming. Intercepted storm just south of Harrisburg, NE at 4:30 pm noting stovepipe tornado. Watched tornado rope out from distance and observed storm approach with cycling wall cloud and funnels. Followed storm until it gusted out at 8 pm east of Dalton, NE. Celebrated with steak dinner in Sidney, NE with Stan Rose and IL gang.
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Skip’s Chase Log: May 13, 2009 – Edina, MO
Posted on13. May, 2009 by Skip.
Cold front setup with possible outflow/warm front play further south. Chased with Ben Leitschuh. Initially targeted Litchfield, IL for the southern play, but only unimpressive MCV moved through. Crossed into Missouri and blasted north after developing cold front storms. Intercepted tornado warned cell just west of Baring, MO noting developing wall cloud and rotating rain curtains. Brief rope tornado developed. Raced east to keep ahead of the approaching circulation. Finally dropped south of rain wrapping circulation and called it a chase. Celebrated in Quincy with steak dinner at The Abbey.
