October 12, 2021 –
Daytime supercell in Southwest Oklahoma and night time Clinton Oklahoma Tornado (458 Miles) 11
October 10, 2021 –
Intense shortwave produces outflow dominant supercell in southwest Oklahoma (351 Miles)
June 7, 2021 –
In Longmont Colorado for work, witnessed a tornado from my hotel parking lot (0 Miles) 1
May 27, 2021 –
Quick trip up to north Edmond for surging outflow supercells north of the boundary. (171 Miles)
May 24, 2021 –
Close intercept to a tornado near the town of Selden in northwest Kansas (746 Miles) 41.25″90 mph
May 23, 2021 –
Underwhelming storms in Colorado on a meridional flow day. (917 Miles) 1
May 17, 2021 –
Beautiful LP Supercell west of Lubbock drops a tornado after dark while tending to a chaser car accident. (696 Miles) 12.50″50 mph4
May 16, 2021 –
Tornado warned supercells crash into each other in Southern Oklahoma. (343 Miles) 1.00″60 mph
May 8, 2021 –
Multiple high based supercells in Central and Northern Kansas (606 Miles) 1.00″50 mph1
April 28, 2021 –
I drove all the way south of I-20 to end up with a hail storm back at home. (561 Miles)
April 27, 2021 –
Hail and Structure in North Texas including a beautiful updraft near Electra. (504 Miles) 2.50″70 mph
April 23, 2021 –
Multiple photogenic tornadoes and tennis ball sized hail near Vernon, Texas (400 Miles) 52.50″75 mph1
April 9, 2021 –
Local chase after some hailers. Found some 2.25 inch hail down near Ninnekah (115 Miles) 2.25″1
March 27, 2021 –
Followed a supercell from near Oakland to Linden, Tennessee which attempted wrapping up multiple times but never got it done. (784 Miles) 1.50″1
March 25, 2021 –
A high risk day full of long tracked tornadoes results in a bust (1142 Miles)
Tornado Day Percentage:
33.33% ⓘTornado Days divided by Convective Chase Days — the share of convective chase days that produced at least one witnessed tornado.
Tornadoes per Mile:
0.0015 ⓘTotal tornadoes witnessed divided by total miles driven — a rough measure of chasing efficiency. Higher means more tornadoes for the driving effort.
Average Miles per Tornado:
649.5 ⓘTotal miles driven divided by total tornadoes witnessed — the same ratio as Tornadoes per Mile, just flipped into "miles per tornado" instead of "tornadoes per mile."
Busts: 5 ⓘA "Bust" day: storms were expected and something did fire, but the setup underperformed the forecast — a weaker, shorter-lived, or less organized event than anticipated.
Blue Sky Busts: 0 ⓘA "Blue Sky Bust" day: nothing fired at all — clear skies despite a forecast that called for storms.
Kiss of Death Days:1 (0–1)ⓘA "Kiss of Death" day: the SPC tornado outlook included a 15% hatched (significant) tornado probability within a Slight, Enhanced, or Moderate risk (Categorical Risk 1–3) — a favorable-looking setup that historically often underperforms relative to the risk level. Shown as days chased (with tornadoes–without).
SPC Risk Record:ⓘThe SPC Day 1 outlook risk where the chase actually was (states chased, within 200 miles of the GPS track when there is one) — not the highest risk anywhere in the country that day. Based on 15 of 15 convective chase days with a known risk (chases outside the US are left out).
Tornadoes by SPC Tornado Risk:ⓘThe SPC tornado probability right at each tornado's location, from the Day 1 outlook in effect when it happened. When no time was logged, it's estimated from the GPS track, or else assumed to be late afternoon (10 of 12 tornadoes). 0% means the spot was outside even the 2% area.
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Chase Statistics for 2021