| DATE |
DAY |
START |
END |
MILES |
REMARKS |
| IL/IA CHASES/SPOTTING: |
|
| 10 April |
Sunday |
Bolingbrook |
IL |
Waterloo |
IA |
|
(RT) Identified tornadic supercell, tornado not reachable |
| 29 May |
Sunday |
Bolingbrook |
IL |
Peotone |
IL |
|
(RT) Fast moving (60MPH) cells; mostly a test drive of new SpotterNetwork software |
GREAT PLAINS CHASES:
MAY: 4143 mi
|
SEE ALSO:
Chrys Tremththanmor’s Stormchasing 2011 blog
Bill Reid’s chase blog
Brian Morganti’s chase blog |
|
 MAP: May 2011 chasing in the central Great Plains
|
| 15 May |
Sunday |
Bolingbrook |
IL |
Oklahoma City |
OK |
— |
The Air Up There |
| 16 May |
Monday |
Oklahoma City |
OK |
Childress |
TX |
221 |
Positioning Day |
| 17 May |
Tuesday |
Childress |
TX |
Liberal |
KS |
348 |
Ft Morgan, CO storm 250 miles away (sigh) |
| 18 May |
Wednesday |
Liberal |
KS |
Pratt |
KS |
403 |
Another CO storm (sigh) |
| 19 May |
Thursday |
Pratt |
KS |
Great Bend |
KS |
265 |
Just Another Day in Kansas (2011): Good storms, almost a tornado |
| 20 May |
Friday |
Great Bend |
KS |
Wichita |
KS |
246 |
Core Punch at Preston |
| 21 May |
Saturday |
Wichita |
KS |
Emporia |
KS |
366 |
Rotating Wall Cloud at Wichita |
| 22 May |
Sunday |
Emporia |
KS |
Sapulpa |
OK |
476 |
Southwest City, MO tornado (near Joplin) |
| 23 May |
Monday |
Sapulpa |
OK |
Guthrie |
OK |
375 |
O’Keene, KS tornado (brief) |
| 24 May |
Tuesday |
Guthrie |
OK |
Independence |
KS |
320 |
High risk, low reward |
| 25 May |
Wednesday |
Independence |
KS |
Poplar Bluff |
MO |
529 |
Ellsinore, MO tornado |
| 26 May |
Thursday |
Poplar Bluff |
MO |
Glenpool |
OK |
485 |
Long drive back |
| 27 May |
Friday |
Glenpool |
OK |
Bolingbrook |
IL |
109
+flight |
Homeward bound |
| 28 May |
Saturday |
Bolingbrook |
IL |
|
|
|
Epilogue |
