CHASE 2001 SEASON SUMMARY

CHASE 2001
Daily Journal
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)
Prologue Bolingbrook IL Preparing for the trip
23 May 2001 Wednesday Bolingbrook, IL IL Oklahoma City OK
000
Fly to OKC;  meet fellow chasers
24 May 2001 Thursday Oklahoma City OK Lampasas TX
000
Hailstorm (Southeast of Lampasas,TX)
25 May 2001 Friday Lampasas TX Sonora TX
000
Chaser Convergence (Junction, TX)
26 May 2001 Saturday Sonora TX Childress TX
000
Hailstorm, double rainbow (North of Snyder, TX)
27 May 2001 Sunday Childress TX Liberal KS
000
Spectacular gust front, winds (Liberal, KS)
28 May 2001 Monday Liberal KS Liberal KS
000
Visited local attraction, “Dorothy’s House”
Night “stovepipe” tornado (near Perryton, TX)
29 May 2001 Tuesday Liberal KS Amarillo TX
000
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
000
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
000
Stormy weather out-of-range (5+ hours away)
Return to OKC, visit NSSL, SPC
01 June 2001 Friday Oklahoma City OK Bolingbrook IL
000
Return home
Epilogue Bolingbrook IL

COLOR CODE

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

Accomodations

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