Jacob Ferden
EF4
Well, today was a big bust for me. Thought about heading home, but think I'll bed down in ICT for the night, and get ready for Chase Case #3 
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Chase Case #2 (2010 version)
- Thread starter Danny Neal
- Start date
Dennis Dennison
Thanks for a hard one--I really felt it was going to be northern Indiana
Chip Redmond
EF4
Booking it north to Bloomington, IL in hopes of catching something before its all said and done.
Andrea Griffa
EF5
I'm going to Springfield, Il as soon as I can
Corey Sloan
EF1
Looks like my target of Normal, IL worked out well as I was able to intercept the tornado producing cell in Tazewell and Woodford Counties....
Josh VandenTop
EF2
well, looks like a bust for me, now for an exciting 2.5 hour road construction filled drive home, lol
Wes Carter
EF5
Bust! My initial target was Sikeston, MO. I was too far South and on the wrong side of the Mississippi to have had a chance at any of that play.
Tom Dulong
EF2
Bust for me as well. I initially positioned myself in Limon, CO. Looks like things were a bit too stable eastern CO into western KS for developing any good convection. Heading home, but at least Estes Park is only a few hours drive back northwest
Danny Neal
EF5
For the majority, the chase is over. For those on the Peoria county storm, congrats on being on the only true supercell today. Since nobody is chasing near the Chicago area (and none of those reports were ever verified) the chase case is over.
Today was a NW flow event, with modest instability and locally backed winds. The supercell in PIA Co. rooted itself briefly on a remnant boundary and produced a weak tornado for 5-10 minutes. It wasn't very photogenic. Another tornado developed just to the south of that storm near Lincoln, IL a little later on.
http://www.siue.edu/~jfarley/Chase52803.htm - John Farley has that account.
Without further adieu....
May 28th, 2003
Today was a NW flow event, with modest instability and locally backed winds. The supercell in PIA Co. rooted itself briefly on a remnant boundary and produced a weak tornado for 5-10 minutes. It wasn't very photogenic. Another tornado developed just to the south of that storm near Lincoln, IL a little later on.
http://www.siue.edu/~jfarley/Chase52803.htm - John Farley has that account.
Without further adieu....
May 28th, 2003
James Gustina
Supporter
Looks like I busted pretty badly on this one too. That low didn't do as much as I had hoped.
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Scott Hammel
EF4
Well, no storms for me today it appears. Good thing I only went 20 minutes away from home!
Robert Dewey
EF5
Looks like the best I could have done was some large hail near Rockford IL. Definitely wouldn't have had time to make it to LOT. Thanks for the chase case, Danny!
Andrea Griffa
EF5
Good job Danny! Thanks for the case.
Dann Cianca
I can say with reasonable certainty that I would have been on the Peoria storm and possibly witnessed the tornado. It is only a 2.5 hour drive from my 12Z position. However, since there was convection further westward along the line, it is also possible I would have been on that (which did not produce). Either way, when convection fired, I would have headed east on IL 140 to I-55 northward. I wonder what the storm relative inflow was on that one!
I'm just happy I picked a reasonable target for the day.
