2011 Prediction Game (Closest to the Pin)

[Jason Young]

ok here is mine.

March 16th . Childress Tx.
April 26th . Altus , Ok.
April 30th , Kingman , Ks


Ok , so on these days dont chase these area's . There will be nothing lol.

Edit: Teach me to read full thread .

 

[Wes Carter]

ok here is mine.

March 16th . Childress Tx.
April 26th . Altus , Ok.
April 30th , Kingman , Ks.
May 1st . Yukon , Ok.
June 9th . Kansas City . Mo.

Ok , so on these days dont chase these area's . There will be nothing lol.

That's more than 3. Pick 3.

 

[Drew.Gardonia]

5/4/2011 - Kansas City, MO (downtown area)
3/9/2011 - Oklahoma City, OK
4/24/2011 - Murfreesboro, TN

 

[Skip Talbot]

3/9/2011 - Oklahoma City, OK

Might be tough to pull a tornado out of 10-20 degrees dewpoints:

Then again, at 228 hours, the GFS is likely showing the exact opposite of what is going to happen. I like your thinking!

 

[Bart_Comstock]

1.) Colby, KS on May 18th.
2.) York, NE on June 12th.
3.) YOUR MOM'S HOUSE on May 22nd.

 

[Drew.Gardonia]

Might be tough to pull a tornado out of 10-20 degrees dewpoints:

Then again, at 228 hours, the GFS is likely showing the exact opposite of what is going to happen. I like your thinking!

hah! i think it's just more along the lines of wishful thinking...because I'm hoping some stuff gets active while I'm on spring break!!!

 

[Wes Carter]

I just wanted to update everyone, Taylor Campbell currently has the closest guess. She picked Douglasville, GA on 03/26. There were tornadoes in Georgia on that date. There are a lot more dates to go, so this might get interesting.

Edit: But remember, to win you have to have a photo or video. In other words, you have to be there.

 

[Skip Talbot]

I thought we needed a picture of the tornado to get on the board with a mileage based score?

 

[Wes Carter]

That's right Skip, you do. I should have clarified and reminded everyone of that, I was just keeping tally of how close everyone was for fun. But yes, to win you do have to have a photo or video. I'm going to edit everything to I did today to make that more clear.

 

[James Hammett]

My 5/7 prediction was Peoria, IL which is about 95 miles west [EDIT: less than that as the crow flies, I think we're measuring that way?] of the tornado near Paxton that day. Sadly I had obligations in Minnesota so I couldn't chase. Regardless I guess that makes me the cheater leader now? lol

Pic is about halfway down this page: http://jenniferketchmark.blogspot.com/2011/05/funnel-cloudstornadoes-57.html

 

[Rob H]

My 5/7 prediction was Peoria, IL which is about 95 miles west [EDIT: less than that as the crow flies, I think we're measuring that way?] of the tornado near Paxton that day. Sadly I had obligations in Minnesota so I couldn't chase. Regardless I guess that makes me the cheater leader now? lol

Pic is about halfway down this page: http://jenniferketchmark.blogspot.com/2011/05/funnel-cloudstornadoes-57.html

Sorry, but for the cheater leader status I just hit the bullseye with yesterday's storms I think. Waiting to see a picture, but the report for 5/21/11 Topeka, KS is definitely there. Sadly, I decided to chase storms with better looking tornadoes

 

[Drew.Gardonia]

5/4/2011 - Kansas City, MO (downtown area)
3/9/2011 - Oklahoma City, OK
4/24/2011 - Murfreesboro, TN

well I was close on the murfreesboro one lol. 4/27/11 at 630 am an EF-1 hit. does that count lol?

 

[James Hammett]

Beat my old record...the reported tornado 2E of Rake, IA on Sunday was 41 miles away from my progged Mason City target. Two for two within 75 miles so far.

[Edit: pics of the tornado are here: http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/06/20/severe-weather-hits-parts-of-iowa/ ]

 

[Skip Talbot]

Who is winning so far?

If it counts for anything, I was one day off and 93 miles from my target of 6/18 Kearney, NE when Lucio, Williamson, Brindley, and I caught this tornado near McCook, NE on 6/19:

And two days off and 17 miles from when we caught this tornado near Pleasanton, NE on 6/20:

 

[Wes Carter]

I haven't looked at them so far to see who has nailed a date, but so far you are the only one who has come back with a tornado photo or video, albeit one day off!