DATE | DAY | START | END | MILES | REMARKS | ||
CHASE #1 – TORNADO ALLEY SAFARI (commerical storm chase tour) – 8 days Chasers – lead vehicle: Stephen Levine (TX, lead), Dee Pumphrey (IN), Jerri Nielsen (NC), Lisa Beal (IL), Stuart Johnson (U.K.) Chasers – 2nd vehicle: Brian Press (CA), Holly Press (CA) |
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Prologue | – | Bolingbrook | IL | – | Preparing for the trip | ||
23 May 2001 | Wednesday | Bolingbrook, IL | IL | Oklahoma City | OK |
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Fly to OKC; meet fellow chasers |
24 May 2001 | Thursday | Oklahoma City | OK | Lampasas | TX |
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Hailstorm (Southeast of Lampasas,TX) |
25 May 2001 | Friday | Lampasas | TX | Sonora | TX |
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Chaser Convergence (Junction, TX) |
26 May 2001 | Saturday | Sonora | TX | Childress | TX |
000
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Hailstorm, double rainbow (North of Snyder, TX) |
27 May 2001 | Sunday | Childress | TX | Liberal | KS |
000
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Spectacular gust front, winds (Liberal, KS) |
28 May 2001 | Monday | Liberal | KS | Liberal | KS |
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Visited local attraction, “Dorothy’s House” Night “stovepipe” tornado (near Perryton, TX) |
29 May 2001 | Tuesday | Liberal | KS | Amarillo | TX |
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Morning t-storms (Liberal, KS) Afternoon storms (KS-OK-TX) Rotating wall cloud w/incipient funnel (Hardesty, OK) Astonishing shelf cloud (Gruver, TX) Tornadic storm system (N. of Amarillo) |
30 May 2001 | Wednesday | Amarillo | TX | Wichita Falls | TX |
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Afternoon and evening storms (TX-OK) Rotating wall clouds (Ryan, OK; Wichita Falls,TX) Tornadic storms (Scotland,TX; Archer City, TX) 3-per-second lightning display (Archer City, TX) |
31 May 2001 | Thursday | Wichita Falls | TX | Oklahoma City | OK |
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Stormy weather out-of-range (5+ hours away) Return to OKC, visit NSSL, SPC |
01 June 2001 | Friday | Oklahoma City | OK | Bolingbrook | IL |
000
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Return home |
Epilogue | – | Bolingbrook | IL | – | – |
Plan was to not chase | GRAY |
Planned Chase Day (future) | YELLOW |
Available to chase; no weather (“blue-skied”) | BLUE |
Chase Day (have partner and stormy weather) | GREEN |
No-Partner Day (Weather stormy, no partner) | RED |
Weather Stormy, but not available for chasing | PURPLE |