May 22: I caught three BEAUTIFUL supercells in Kansas, one of which produced two tornadoes not far from Hill City. One was a truncated cone and the other a small elephant trunk shaped tornado. Great chase and the storm structure was incredible!
May 23: I caught four photogenic HP supercells in the Texas panhandle that produced three tornadoes, one of which was very strong and lasted about 15 minutes. Due to poor anvil level flow, storms became high precipitation which choked the updrafts as they became tornadic. Beautiful storm in Hutchinson county, TX as the sunset produced the best tornado of the day.
May 29: The Elbert/Lincoln county storm was pretty for a bit, but also became a typical Colorado Ice Machine. It became outflow dominant and despite tornado reports near Simla, there were NONE! I was right on the spot where the reports came in. As the storm started producing intense hail, scud developed and was lifted up to the gust front. It appeared to form little condensation fingers that could be mistaken for tornadoes. THERE WERE NONE!
I am in Amarillo, TX tonight and will chase the Oklahoma panhandle area Thurs. There should be beautiful storms and possibly tornadoes. The long range models continue to advertise a potential severe weather outbreak by mid week next week. Time will tell!
It has also been a pleasure chasing with my friends Tony Laubach and Verne Carlson. Now if we can catcha nice tube together!
We are also making a program for the Travel Channel which will air late fall. Stay tuned!!!
Roger
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