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Please find links to reports for Chase Days 7 to 10 in the Southern Plains below
Sunday 15th May 2022 – Oklahoma (Enhanced Risk) – WeatherHolidays Blog
BLOGS.WEATHERHOLIDAYS.COM Tuesday 17th May 2022 – Kansas (Slight Risk) – WeatherHolidays Blog
BLOGS.WEATHERHOLIDAYS.COM Wednesday 18th May 2022 – SE Colorado (Slight Risk) – WeatherHolidays Blog
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Started today in Enid (OK) and had a target of between Dodge City and Hays. Once again with NW Flow aloft we would have enough shear for Supercells at 45knts and once again they would be moving at around 10-15mph and be prolific Hail Producers. We were actually closer to the Dodge City Supercell but elected for the Middle Storm North West of Rozel and got into a great position to watch it roll towards us. Stunning Classic Supercell structure for hours on end and let it unleash its golfball sized hail core over us in Haviland just east of Greensburg. Another great chase day although Tornado chances were once again low to almost scarce such is the set ups at the moment.
Some Pics
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Made the 650 mile trip to connect to a Stationery Supercell along a southward moving boundary and the Cap held until we got there. Took roads to be South East of the storm which was moving at 10mph to some stunning LP Structure which was a real treat after the speed merchants from the previous days. This is much more like the chasing I know and love. Almost zero Tornado Chances today but it was all about the structure and the guests loved it!
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What was billed as a 3 day Mini outbreak really failed to deliver big time in the Northern Plains with Messy Storm Modes and 50-60mph moving storms and zero cap.
Day 2
On Tuesday we started the day in Eau Claire with a 10% Tornado Risk in Central Wisconsin. Ultimately we could only really chase the Central to Southern Part of the State due to the Northern Half being thick forests and us like many chasers waited and waited and ultimately it was a Blue Sky Bust. We did see some amazing scenery up here though and watched Bald Eagles swooping across the road.
Day 3
On Wednesday we Started from La Crosse with another 10% Tornado Risk in an Enhanced Risk from the SPC. My target was just south of Sioux Falls and HRRR had an arc of Supercells racing NE in front of an MCV that had originated in the Texas Panhandle that morning. What we got was numerous rain showers and embedded Supercells which squalled out really quickly and chased us east down Interstate 90 in Southern Minnesota. It was a real wasted opportunity with some impressive T/Td spreads and a lifting warm front.
Day 4
We started out in Sioux Falls with a Moderate Risk of Storms and 10% Hatched Tornado Risk. Once again Storms motions were going to be off the scale with a 80kt Speed Max approaching from the South. Again Storms would fire way south and approach from Nebraska into South Dakota. My chase target was between Huron and Aberdeen as this is where the Warm Front would lift upto. Temps in the low 80s and dewpoints in the high 60s looked perfect. But once again Storms lined out and created a damaging Derechio across Eastern South Dakota which impinged on our more discrete cells further west nearer to the Low Pressure and effectively cut off their inflow of warm east air. Another wasted day in the Northern Plains. Upon arriving back at our stay for the night at Brookings the damage was incredible and no power was to be had in the town. We checked into our hotel by torchlight which was a first for us on Netweather Tours but the reception guy went above and beyond to give us a bed for the night which we were thankful for.
Some damage the next morning associated with 100mph winds
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Tour 1 kicked off today with a 10% Tornado Risk over Minnesota and Wisconsin. Tough Roads and ridiculous storm motions to the NNE at 50-60mph meant today was always going to be tough. Did get on a few Tornado Warned Storms and just missed an apparant Waterspout over the Mississippi River by minutes in Stockholm (WI)
Some Pics from our first day
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Need to Add some more Texas Tornadoes to my tally after today.
Was 1 mile from a nasty wedge tornado tonight as well near Lockett and assisted in town, and comforted a few of the guests on Cloud 9 Tours Van that got smacked and rolled by the Wedge.
Nasty old Day
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Tour 1 Starts on Monday 9th May but flew out 10 days early for some practise chases and kit testing all good so far. Have seen 4 Tornadoes so far in Kansas and Oklahoma and one unconfirmed Texas Tornado on Sunday which I cant count and confirm from our position. Anyway a few pics from the Kansas and Oklahoma Moderate Risk Days which include the Holland (Ks) West Ramona (Ks) and Loyal (Ok) Tornadoes and some other Mammatus Shots.
Hope you enjoy!
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Soooo any of you guys want a last minute chase holiday. Due to a few drop outs and rollovers to 2023 we have 1 Space left on Tours 2, 3, 4 and 5
Stop talking about it on here and witness it for REAL!!
You know you want to!
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Not long now, In fact I fly out 4 weeks tomorrow for a couple of weeks of practise chases etc before the Tours start (well it has been 3 years)
Cant wait to meet everyone out there old and new faces for the best road trip on Planet Earth thrown in with Spinning water vapour and incredible food along the way.
To say I am excited about this year is an understatement. See Yall in May!
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Yes the CZ was very picturesque from the East. This is looking west whilst London was getting flooded from Bas Vegas around 4pm today
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17 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:
You are a storm chaser Paul aren't you,why not chase them?
Oh! i remember,....you wouldn't get out of bed for less than an F3
Haha
Well other things got in the way today like my 17 year old Girl scoring a 92nd Minute 35 Yarder to win the game 3v4 over at Basildon. Got some cracking pictures of the Storms to the North West and West.
Also had 5 hours worth of Storms along the South Coast on Friday night so although SE Essex has been a bust yet again I have had some chasing this weekend that bore fruit
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About 5 minutes of light rain which did not even dampen the ground. Knew the writing was on the wall for here as early as 11am with a cold easterly blowing up the Estuary and Cb's only really getting going to the North West and West around 2pm.
Did look spectacular way off to the west but another damp squib for SE Essex.
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Just now, Sentinel said:
Not hearing anything in Southend yet but there's plenty of time.
Skies are Flat and dead no chance for the foreseeable - its got to change an awful lot for us to get anything.
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Have that annoying area of rain coming into the Estuary so maybe thats the cooling breeze from that down here. Skies to West are boiling and black skies to east are dead and flat hopefully it improves later.
Looking likely the main areas are going to be A12 to M11 down through London West Kent and Sussexes
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Checking in from the Extreme Eastern end of the Estuary and the suns trying to break through the clag, have a feeling gunna be the breeding ground for places further south and west today. All the bigger convection already over Kent and London area.
No humid feel here at all with a cool breeze off the Southern North Sea
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Fantastic night with good friends watching Elevated Storms with great Cgs. Targeted an area east of the mush on the WNW Axis of turning Storms North of Chichester with great 360 degree views. Only got rained on briefly twice and these are off the back of the Camera for now but will be much better when edited and cleaned up. Just rolled in at 4am to Essex to bed. Not even scratched the surface with the amount of Cgs we got tonight.
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1 minute ago, VillagePlank said:
Was that the one that made it up to Medway, and we named it the 'Medway Sausage' ?
The Very Same VP - It even showed its ugly head in the Estuary lol
Think it was around the 17th July some years back
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7 minutes ago, Freeze said:
Are not all storms that approach from the channel elevated? Can't recall a surface based one.
99% Yes
1 recent one I remember that did make it over from La France was the Camber Sands Supercell / Ex-Supercell that hit a good few years back
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Well I am going anyway - Meeting up with some of our guests who have been on our US Storm Chasing trips and if anything else we will have a nice BBQ with a decent view and if something kicks off then a bonus, if not then it will have been nice to have a meet up after such a $ hite 18 months
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1 minute ago, ItIsGee said:
Who did you borrow that off>
You Sweetcheeks
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2 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:
Being very optimistic, low key hoping that a surprise storm pops up but given this overcast cloud all day it's looking unlikely
Are you talking about Lincoln or everywhere else in General. Lincoln has pretty much zero chance today but other areas are not working off Solar Input today more the destabilisation of the 850mb layer as the Theta engages overnight.
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16 minutes ago, ItIsGee said:
surprised you can get your ar53 out of bed for a p155!
Liked the way you did that but the Jaffa Cakes sounded nicer
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Just now, ItIsGee said:
Armchair chaser you are!
I dont get out of bed for anything less than an EF3
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Cant see much commenting on the 06z Arome on here ?
Looks pretty decent to me for a much wider audience
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Tour 2 Day 4 - Texas Tornado Outbreak
in Storm Chase USA
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Monday May 23rd turned out to be a much better day than expected with things coming together during the day with an OFB linking with a Surface Low and Warm Front to create the perfect conditions for a Cyclic Tornado producing Supercell.
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