Chase Logs
May 18, 2017
Waynoka OK
We awoke on May 18 to see that the Storm Prediction Center had issued a high risk outlook over North...
Read MoreMay 9, 2017
Eastern NM and West TX
This chase day was long, challenging and exhausting, at times frustrating and at times rewarding! Th...
Read MoreMay 8, 2017
Simla CO
This chase lived up to every hope I had for the day and exceeded expectations. I was chasing with my...
Read MoreOctober 4, 2016
Wichita KS
October 4 was an enhanced risk setup across the Central Plains and, feeling storm deprived after a ...
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2016
Serengeti, Tanzania
This was not exactly a storm chase per se… but definitely an event worthy of an entry in the S...
Read MoreMay 24, 2016
Dodge City KS
I will never forget this storm chase. On the morning of May 24, we woke up in Plainview, Texas, afte...
Read MoreMay 23, 2016
Turkey TX
I don’t think I have ever had a chase day that was so frustrating, challenging and then ultima...
Read MoreMay 21, 2016
Pence KS
This was the first day of a multi-day setup and it kicked off our long weekend chase trip with a ban...
Read MoreMay 16, 2016
Texline - Amarillo, TX
May 16 looked like a day that was primed for tornadic supercells in the Texas Panhandle and I was ta...
Read MoreMay 7, 2016
Wray, CO
Like many May days in Tornado Alley, a chance of severe storms presented itself on Saturday the 7th....
Read MoreMay 6, 2016
Goddard, KS
May 6 was a frustrating chase day to say the least. The dynamics were incredible from Southern Oklah...
Read MoreApril 28, 2016
Turkey, TX
We woke up on the morning of April 28 ready for a fun chase day in the Texas Panhandle. The SPC issu...
Read MoreApril 24, 2016
Salina, KS
Our target on the morning of April 24 was somewhere around Harper or Kingman, Kansas. It looked like...
Read MoreApril 20, 2016
Wellington, TX
Out guiding for Silver Lining Tours, April 20 was our first chase day of the tour and a slight-risk ...
Read MoreMarch 30, 2016
Cedar Vale, KS
March 30 was a fun chase day in Southeast Kansas that yielded my first March tornado. Was the tornad...
Read MoreNovember 16, 2015
Groom - Pampa, TX
November 16, 2015 was clearly going to be a widespread severe weather event in the Southern Plains, ...
Read MoreJuly 13, 2015
Utica - Dwight, IL
July 13th, 2015, was a great chase day for a number of reasons, although not one that yielded tornad...
Read MoreJune 12, 2015
Townsend, ON
I knew that this was going to be a very conditional (iffy) chase day in Ontario when I looked things...
Read MoreMay 16, 2015
Elmer - Snyder - Walters, OK
We woke up on the morning of May 16th to a large moderate risk area that had been issued by the SPC...
Read MoreMay 8, 2015
Throckmorton, TX
Following a somewhat frustrating chase on May 6, we were bound and determined to kick ass on May 8! ...
Read MoreMay 5, 2015
Big Spring, TX
This was one of those chase days that makes all of those cap busts and disappointing chases worthwhi...
Read MoreApril 24, 2015
Victoria, KS
April 24th was a very difficult chase day. SPC had issued an enhanced risk for Central Kansas, with ...
Read MoreApril 22, 2015
Floydada, TX
April 22 2015 was a chase of opportunity in the Texas Panhandle. A business meeting the next day in ...
Read MoreApril 8, 2015
Coldwater, KS
April 8 was a fun but challenging first chase of the season. SPC issued a moderate risk for severe, ...
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2014
Hanover - Creemore ON
September 5th was slight-risk setup for severe storms, but with little tornado potential. Good insta...
Read MoreJuly 27, 2014
Grand Bend to Kitchener, ON
The day’s initial target was Petrolia. It looked as though the area south of a line from from ...
Read MoreJune 16, 2014
Stanton - Pilger - Wakefield, NE
The tornado event that unfolded in northeast Nebraska on June 16 2014 was a once-in-a-lifetime exper...
Read MoreMay 21, 2014
Newbury, ON
My first Ontario storm chase of 2014 took place on May 21, exactly one day prior to that of the prev...
Read MoreMay 10, 2014
Orrick, MO
May 10, 2014, had tornadic potential along the warm front draped over Northern Missouri, however mar...
Read MoreAugust 13, 2013
Arthur to Grand Valley, ON - Part 1
For days Wednesday had been shaping up to make for a potential chase. A cut-off low was swirling ove...
Read MoreAugust 13, 2013
Arthur to Grand Valley, ON - Part 2
I had spent the last twenty minutes chasing, photographing and filming one of the prettiest and most...
Read MoreJuly 10, 2013
Exeter - Woodstock, ON
July 10th was a fun but challenging chase day.That morning I looked at the models and, initially, a ...
Read MoreMay 28, 2013
Bennington, KS
May 28 2013 had a ton of potential and the chase target was clear: Salina, Kansas. I was out with Si...
Read MoreMay 22, 2013
Listowel - Creemore, ON
You can’t hope to chase a storm in Southern Ontario with much better structure than the superc...
Read MoreMay 19, 2013
South Haven, KS
May 19 2013 was primed for a major severe weather event. The Storm Prediction Center had issued a la...
Read MoreMay 18, 2013
Rozel - Sanford, KS
The setup on May 18 presented a classic two-target scenario that is frequently a challenge for chase...
Read MoreMay 25, 2012
La Crosse, KS
May 25 was an unforgettable chase day with Silver Lining Tours. We spent the entire day sitting on t...
Read MoreMay 19, 2012
Kingman, KS
May 19 was a surprising chase day. I was out with Roger and Silver Lining Tours, and despite the SPC...
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