Tag: 2003

CHASE 2003

DAILY JOURNAL

DATE	DAY	START		END		MILES	REMARKS
SEASONAL TRAINING:		To better appreciate the processes going on in storms and to stay safe, I take classroom training each year
19 Feb 2003	Wednesday	Bolingbrook	IL	Plainfield	IL		Basic Spotter Training
14 Mar 2003	Friday	Bolingbrook	IL	Elkhart	IN		(Training tomorrow)
15 Mar 2003	Saturday	Elkhart	IN	Bolingbrook	IL		IMO Advanced Spotter Training
15 April 2003	Tuesday	Bolingbrook	IL	Bolingbrook	IL	1.0	BARS/ARES Spotter Training
CHASE #1:		TEMPEST TOURS (commercial tour) 10 days – 4642(est.) chase miles, 12 people Lead vehicle (8): LEAD: Bill Reid (Westlake Village, CA;KG6FWX), CO-LEAD: Blake Naftel (Kalamazoo, MI;KC8VPG); “Camilo” (Netherlands/Brazil), Kris (Netherlands), Amalia & Jaime (Peru), David (NC), Joe (Nashua, NH) Tail vehicle (4): LEAD: Keith Brown (Crandon, NJ; KC5DOJ) Lisa Beal (Bolingbrook, IL;KC9BST), Lisa M. (Chicago, IL), Laurie (Erie, PA). ALSO: Part-time lead vehicle: Martin Lisius [days 2-3,8] (Arlington,TX;KC5TQI) Sedan: ?() [days 1-2 PT Cruiser: Kinney Adams (Milwaukee, WI;KB9QQM) and Bob Pejovich () Mini-van (WI/SUPRCEL): [days 4-5] Scott Weberpal (Janesville, WI:KB9CBK?), Josh (CT) (and Meso Monkey!) Big Red Truck: Brian Morganti (Bernville,PA; KB3HOA)
26 Apr 2003	Saturday	Bolingbrook	IL				PROLOGUE #1
30 Apr 2003	Tuesday	Bolingbrook	IL				PROLOGUE #2: Ready to Rumble!
01 May 2003	Wednesday	Bolingbrook	IL	Oklahoma City	OK	(fly)	TRAVEL: Getting there is half the fun
02 May 2003	Friday	Oklahoma City	OK	Garden City	KS	540	DAY #1: A positioning day
03 May 2003	Saturday	Garden City	KS	Altus	OK	320	DAY #2: To cap, or not
04 May 2003	Sunday	Altus	OK	Denton	TX	350	DAY #3: Hoping for a Texas twister Kansas City and Girard, KS clobbered!
05 May 2003	Monday	Denton	TX	Little Rock	AR	320	DAY #4: Can you say ArkLaTex? Outbreak moves to Missouri and east
06 May 2003	Tuesday	Little Rock	AR	Springfield	MO	667	DAY #5: To the Land of Aahs (Kansas)
07 May 2003	Wednesday	Springfield	MO	Chanute	KS	177	DAY #6: Bungle in the Jungle
08 May 2003	Thursday	Chanute	KS	Pittsburg	KS	398	DAY #7: Two for the Price of One
09 May 2003	Friday	Pittsburg	KS	Oklahoma City	OK	470	DAY #8: Another Promising Day
10 May 2003	Saturday	Oklahoma City	OK	Macon	MO	700 est	DAY #9: Up Close and Personal
11 May 2003	Sunday	Macon	MO	Oklahoma City	OK	700 est	DAY #10:The Long Drive Back
12 May 2003	Monday	Oklahoma City	OK	Bolingbrook	IL	(fly)	Travel Day
13 May 2003	Tuesday	Bolingbrook	IL				Epilogue
SPECIAL THANKS to Laurie for help with tracking our daily mileage.
IL/IN CHASES/SPOTTING:
30 May 2003	Friday	Bolingbrook	IL	–	–	–	What a day! Too bad I was still AT WORK during these local tornadic storms. Read the Chicago NWS offices’ summary to see what happened!

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
BUST DAY – tornadoes where we looked!	ORANGE
Training Day	WHITE

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