May 30 - Storm Chase 2019 Round Up
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 3:45 PM Hello from home!
That was a long two days on the road... and also a long two weeks chasing! Honestly, the first chase day of the trip feels like eons ago. Here are some stats from the trip...
- Dates: May 15 - May 30
- Days Spent: 12 chase days, 2 'down' days
- Driving: 10,600 km (6,600 mi)
- Tornadoes: 5 confirmed visually, 4 'maybe'
- May 17: McCook, NE - NWS Report
- May 17: Farnam, NE (could not visually confirm ground contact from our location) - NWS Report
- May 20: Mangum, OK - KFOR Report
- May 22: Henryetta, OK - NWS Significant Weather Map
- May 22: Henryetta, OK - NWS Significant Weather Map
- May 26: Wiley, CO - Raw NWS Reports
- May 27: 3x Wray, CO (could not visually confirm ground contact from our location) - Denver Post
- 12 States, 1 province (*chased in these States):
- Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas*, Oklahoma*, Texas*, Colorado*, Nebraska*, Pennsylvania, New York
- Chased the first week in our vehicle with Brad Rousseau and George Kourounis
- Chased the second week in our vehicle with Brad Rousseau (George had to leave earlier for prior commitments)
- First half of the trip was more tornado-heavy than second half
- Chased in convoy with:
It was a long trip with a lot of chase days so there wasn't a lot of opportunity to edit photos and videos. I'll be doing that over the next several weeks and will post them here and on social media when they're done.