06/11/04 REPORTS: Upper/Central Plains

[Craig Maire II]

Iowa

I would have to agree with Dan that yes, the mosquitoes we have here in Iowa SUCK!! Right now I have atleast 2 dozen bites that are driving me CRAZY and my allergies are no joke either! I'm not worried about getting West Nile virus etc. more like I'm worried about scratching all my skin off!!! Dan, I was on the same tornado that you have a photo of and had an AWSOME time that day!! I drive a red 94 4 door Chevy Lumina if anyone saw me that day. After getting a couple of twisters and some AWSOME HP storm video I rode out the storm at the Jewell fire Dept. got blasted by 70+mph winds, TORRENTIAL rain and hail. Made for some great video!!

 

[Mike Umscheid]

Jay Antle and I, along with a couple of his friends, chased Iowa on June 11th. We observed our first Iowa tornadoes since we both began chasing together in 1998. The Iowa suffering has ended! :lol:

We were late for the first early afternoon round in the Spencer, IA vicinity, but managed to catch a backlit, white tornado near Webb:

<img src=http://www.underthemeso.com/chase2004/jun11/Dscn8050.jpg width=300 height=225>
Looking northeast towards Webb, IA at around 3:01pm CDT

We then high tailed it south to catch the Fort Dodge southward propogating tornado producer. We missed the first tornado that was just southwest of Fort Dodge, but managed to observe the Otho tornado from a distance of about 7 miles away looking WSW from along US20:

<img src=http://www.underthemeso.com/chase2004/jun11/Dscn8072.jpg width=300 height=225>
Time ~7:28pm CDT near Otho, IA

More images and a brief account on my 2004 chase trip page at http://www.underthemeso.com/chase2004/triplog.html

Mike U

 

[Dan Robinson]

Here is my final report from June 11, just finished tonight:

http://stormhighway.com/june112004.php

Dan