Past Chases and Chase Accounts

2010

July 18, 2010 - Incredible Shelf Cloud in Grand Haven, MI (255 miles)

July 15, 2010 - Severe Squall line in Southeast Michigan (300 Miles)

June 27, 2010 - Brief Tornadic Supercells forms in Southern MI. I chase after them with no luck. (182 Miles)

June 23, 2010 - Two chase day. Local morning MCS chase and evening Derecho intercept. Measured 80MPH straight line winds. (530 Miles)

June 21, 2010 - Late night Bow Echo sweeps across Lower MI. (212 Miles)

June 18, 2010 - Derecho intercept along I-39 in Northern Illinois. (661 Miles)

June 17, 2010 - Just when I thought I had the worst bust of my chase career, things got worse. Mega bust in Minnesota during the biggest outbreak in state history. (1247 Miles)

June 15, 2010 - Tornado Warned supercell and amazing shelf cloud near Bloomington, IN (685 Miles)

June 8, 2010 - Blue Sky Bust in Western Illinois. (937 Miles)

June 5, 2010 - Epic Bust during a major Tornado Outbreak in the Midwest. Worst bust of my chase career. (1207 Miles)

June 4, 2010 - Supercell forms west of Lansing and tracks through Lansing (338 Miles)

May 24, 2010 - Largely a bust in South Dakota (1080 Miles)

May 22, 2010 - Career chase in South Dakota including close encounters with tornadoes of every shape. (405 Miles)

May 21, 2010 - Beautiful Supercell in Wyoming (1131 Miles)

May 19, 2010 - High Risk in Oklahoma. Funnel near Purcell, OK (1693 Miles)

May 12, 2010 - Severe Storms in Kansas (1301 Miles)

May 11, 2010 - LP Supercell near Woodward, OK. (596 Miles)

May 10, 2010 - Tornado Outbreak in Oklahoma including a large Multivortex with Satellite Tornado. (1332 Miles)

May 7, 2010 - Supercell in Northwest Ohio produces downburst damage (444 Miles)

May 1, 2010 - High Risk Bust in Arkansas (1257 Miles)

April 30, 2010 - Bust in Western Illinois. Straight line wind damage in Monmouth, IL (636 Miles)

April 29, 2010 - Washington County Kansas Tornado (1239 Miles)

April 24, 2010 - Yazoo City, MS Tornado intercept (1254 Miles)

April 23, 2010 - Supercells in Eastern Texas. (660 Miles)

April 22, 2010 - Monster Supercell at dusk near Childress, TX (1670 Miles)

April 6, 2010 - Supercell with Quarter Sized hail, Overturned Semi and Scud Funnel in Iowa (773 Miles)

April 5, 2010 - Cap Bust in Missouri (336 Miles)

April 4, 2010 - Severe Warned thunderstorm near Macomb, IL (450 Miles)

2009

September 27, 2009 - Storms in Northern Illinois including Tornado Warning in Cook County, IL (504 Miles)

August 19, 2009 - Tornado Warnings in Southwest Michigan, plus some airtime on WOOD TV 8 (310 Miles)

July 25, 2009 - Bust in Ohio (575 Miles)

July 23, 2009 - Non severe thunderstorms near Lake Odessa (95 Miles)

July 19, 2009 - Attempted Waterspout chase in West Michigan. Bust. (210 Miles)

June 19, 2009 - Storms in West Michigan (373 Miles)

June 18, 2009 - Bust in Iowa (1256 Miles)

June 8, 2009 - Shelf Cloud coming onshore from Lake Michigan in South Haven, MI. (710 Miles)

June 7, 2009 - Beautiful Supercells and Hail in Northeast Kansas/Southeast Nebraska/Northwest Missouri. (481 Miles)

June 6, 2009 - Blue Sky Bust in Nebraska. (335 Miles)

June 5, 2009 - Picturesque Tornado in Southeast Wyoming. (1386 Miles)

June 1, 2009 - Bust in Southwest Michigan. (256 Miles)

May 13, 2009 - Kirksville/Edina, MO Tornadic supercell. (1275 miles)

May 8, 2009 - Extreme Instability causes Supercells in South Central Oklahoma. (288 Miles) (Extra Travel back to MI: 1573 Miles)

May 5, 2009 - Gorilla hail near Breckenridge, TX. (570 Miles)

May 1, 2009 - Brief Tornado between Haskell and Stamford, TX along with some great supercell structure (538 Miles)

April 30, 2009 - Blue Sky Bust (68 miles)

April 29, 2009 - 5 Tornadoes including 2 tornadoes at once and a very close encounter in West Texas. (386 Miles)

April 28, 2009 - Supercell near Roswell produces hail and a Supercell in Southern New Mexico produces funnel clouds. (580 Miles)

April 26, 2009 - Supercell tracks from North Texas into Oklahoma producing many funnels but never a Tornado. (788 Miles)

April 25, 2009 - Storm Chasing in the Texas Panhandle and Northwest Oklahoma. (1439 Miles)

April 16, 2009 - Storm Chasing in West Texas nets a few supercells along the dryline. (3162 Miles)

March 8, 2009 - First chase of 2009 takes me down to Southern Indiana where I miss an EF-3 tornado by 15 minutes (690 Miles)

2008

August 4, 2008 - A Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Severe Thunderstorm Watchbox in Indiana leads me Derecho chasing south of South Bend, IN! (378 Miles)

August 1, 2008 - Chase leads me to the Fort Wayne, IN area and into Van Wert, OH before heading to Brouwers for a good pizza dinner. (360 Miles)

July 20, 2008 - High CAPE severe storms fire near the SD/NE state line just before dark. Left Mitchell, SD and chased to Niobrara, NE and back. (175 Miles)

July 19, 2008 - Chasing near Sioux Falls, SD after a morning flight from Lansing to Minneapolis to Sioux Falls.

July 16, 2008 - High CAPE leads to some storms. Many Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued, not many severe reports. (174 Miles)

July 2, 2008 - A chase that began around noon and ended around 11pm brought straight line winds and hail to Michigan. (407 Miles)

June 15, 2008 - A supercell popped up near Kalamazoo, MI and headed southeast towards Ohio. I intercepted a funnel cloud in Branch County, MI and a line of storms near Fort Wayne, IN. (314 Miles)

June 13, 2008 - Some popup storms in Jackson and Calhoun County Michigan yields a Wall Cloud but nothing Severe (118 Miles)

June 8, 2008 - Straight line winds and an EF-1 Tornado touches down in Lansing, (25 Miles)

June 7, 2008 - Trip to West Michigan to intercept cells with rotation yields some winds, lots of rain and a wall cloud near Bangor, MI (256 Miles)

June 6, 2008 - Supercell storms fire in West Michigan and cause a lot of straight line wind damage and multiple Tornado Warnings, (193 Miles)

June 3, 2008 - Bust in Indiana. Ended up visiting the NWS Office in Northern IN (North Webster, IN) (645 Miles)

May 30, 2008 - Many supercells and Tornado Warnings in Central Illinois. (850 Miles)

May 26, 2008 - Pratt, Kansas Tornado (1225 Miles)

May 25, 2008 - Landspouts near Ness City, KS (500 Miles)

May 24, 2008 - Bust in Nebraska (1075 Miles)

May 17, 2008 - Surprise chase of straight line winds in Clinton County, MI (70 Miles)

May 2, 2008 - First Daylight non rain-wrapped Tornado in Turrell, AR. Chasing in Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama (1581 Miles)

April 26, 2008 - 575 miles and leaving work early for some Pea Sized Hail in DeKalb, IL. (575 Miles)

April 11, 2008 - Supercells in Michigan that never quite materialize. (110 Miles)

April 10, 2008 - Wallcloud Fest in Arkansas and Western Tennessee. (1616 Miles)

February 5, 2008 - EF-4 Tornado in Highland, Arkansas. (1468 Miles)

January 7, 2008 - Supercell in Lower Michigan produces a rare January Tornado Warning. Funnel cloud observed. (337 Miles)

2007

December 23, 2007 - Straight line Winds in Michigan. Pleasant surprise for December 23 (30 Miles)

October 18, 2007 - Funnel Cloud in Fulton County, IN. EF-2 Tornado in Williamston, MI (457 Miles)

August 24, 2007 - Tornado Touches down in Potterville, MI while I'm running a Skywarn Net (0 Miles)