2025-05-15 REPORT: MI

[Bobby Little]

Tageted SW corner MI. I thought the squall line crossing to the north of me out of Wisc. would loose strength over cold Lk. Mich. so i was hoping to catch discrete cells skirting the bottom of the lake from IN/IL. It became apparent the those cells were loosing steam and the squall line was the target but later than expected. I dont chase in the dark.Next move was to get in front and to get home.I basically had to outrun multiple nocturnal tornado indicated and observeds all the way down I-94. A semi was flipped minutes after reaching Lansing area and almost made it home before i punched through the Squall line a few miles from home. A real bust!

 

[Dan Robinson]

Outflow from the AR/southern MO MCS did end up making it to the STL metro, so I bailed north to I-72 in central Illinois. I stayed ahead of the supercell that tracked along the Interstate to Decatur. Noted small dust plume along the RFD gust front that was reported as a tornado, but it did not look to me like it was rotating and was in the wrong place. Dropped south to intercept a couple other updrafts as they weakened. A short 6-hour chase - left at 4PM and got home at 10.

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May 2025 Storm Chasing Recap