| DATE | DAY | START | END | MILES | REMARKS | ||
| CHASE #1: TEMPEST TOURS (commercial storm chase tour) – 10 days – 3xxx chase miles Lead vehicle: LEAD: Bill Reid (CA), DRIVER: Dean Cosgrove (NE) Andy Wiel (physician, AZ); Brian Becker (AZ); Tom Wittig (student, OH); Luka Guccione (broker, Italy/Luxembourg); Alexandra (Italy/Luxembourg), Lisa Beal (computer specialist, IL) Tail vehicle: Mark Cantrell (writer, NC) |
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| Prologue 30 Apr 2002 |
Tuesday | Bolingbrook | IL |
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Preparing for the trip (690 mi by air, ? by car) | ||
| 01 May 2002 | Wednesday | Bolingbrook | IL | Oklahoma City | OK |
032
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Fly to OKC; meet fellow chasers |
| 02 May 2002 | Thursday | Oklahoma City | OK | Oklahoma City | OK |
060
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Visit Norman, NSSL,OU, etc.; meet fellow chasers |
| 03 May 2002 | Friday | Oklahoma City | OK | Abilene | TX |
349
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CHASE DAY #1: Positioning for a better day |
| 04 May 2002 | Saturday | Abilene | TX | Abilene | TX |
349
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CHASE DAY #2: – Brief, weak tornado (Eola,TX); – Many storms; the “Midnight Run” (Merkle,TX) |
| 05 May 2002 | Sunday | Abilene | TX | Amarillo | TX |
464
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CHASE DAY #3: Killer F2 intercept (Happy,TX) |
| 06 May 2002 | Monday | Amarillo | TX | Hutchinson | KS |
381
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CHASE DAY #4: Good storms (but too distant) |
| 07 May 2002 | Tuesday | Hutchinson | KS | Pratt | KS |
194
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CHASE DAY #5: The Chasers get chased |
| 08 May 2002 | Wednesday | Pratt | KS | Enid | OK |
321
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CHASE DAY #6: Rumbles, rotation, and a great sunset |
| 09 May 2002 | Thursday | Enid | OK | Childress | TX |
270
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CHASE DAY #7: A move for better action |
| 10 May 2002 | Friday | Childress | TX | Oklahoma City | OK |
500
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CHASE DAY #8: A more typical (and frustrating) chase day |
| 11 May 2002 | Saturday | Oklahoma City | OK | Tonkawa | OK |
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CHASE DAY #9: Big, bad storms; 2-in hail barrage |
| 12 May 2002 | Sunday | Tonkawa | OK | Oklahoma City | OK |
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CHASE DAY #10: Last chance |
| 13 May 2002 | Monday | Oklahoma City | OK | Bolingbrook | IL |
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Return home |
| Epilogue 14 May 2002 |
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| ILLINOIS/INDIANA AREA CHASES – CHASE #2-n | |||||||
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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 |
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