Mike Peregrine
EF5
lol ... yeah, I don't have any problem keeping things difficult enough ... just getting too old to drive the miles and risk the bust these days, I guess. 
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Chase Case #8
- Thread starter Marc Austin
- Start date
Joe Karel
EF1
Well, starting from lower MN, I think I'd head down towards springfield IL and wait for more updates. Kind of just a gut feeling, but the other part of me wants to go even farther west... I'll just keep Springfield IL as my starting destination and see how everything looks later.
Kurt Hulst
EF5
I remember this day as I chased it. So I will be sitting this one out. I wouldn't have changed my position much. Saw some nice storms. Good Luck to everyone.
Randall Cooper
EF2
Ok, Thanks alot! now I'm way off target!(I thought the 00z convective outlook was the 12z) lol After looking at the 12z convective outlook I will start heading for St. Louis area. Like I said I am currently at my sisters house in Lake Winnebago, just south of Lees Summit. So it will take me about 4 hours to get there and it is already 14z for me. I will arrive there and look at the 18z observations and go from there.
mikegeukes
EF5
I remember chasing on that day also, so I will not participate.
Buddy W Bradley
I probably wouldn't be chasing on this day either. I would imagine I chased late into the evening the night before in eastern Ks and W. Missouri. Since it is a virtual chase, I would have left out from Spfld MO early (around 7am) and headed up i-44 to St. Louis. After looking at the next data set .. I would be enroute to eastern IL or W. Indiana between Effingham IL and Terre Haute IN. My chase target would be Effingham IL. That way I could go east/west on I-70 or north/south on I-57.
Michael O'Keeffe
After seeing that new 12z outlook I'm going to head to Paducah, KY. Never chased there and it looks like a good area based on the 12z models.
Bob Hartig
EF5
Ah, that looks more like it. I have no present plans to move from right where I'm at in Caledonia, MI. Once I see actual model updates, I may change my mind, but not based on the Day 1 Outlook.
nickgrillo
EF5
Assuming I'm leaving from DTX in the early morning to chase, then I'll head southwest to KSPI to set up, then go from there. It looks like the warm sector is clearing out nicely...
Dean Baron
Supporter
haha, uhhh, wow, WAAY out of position on this one. Maybe there is a little hope for me to get back in position in Kentucky? I'll edit this post later with a new position after I look at the new data, all I really looked at after posting my original target was the 12z SPC outlook.
Corey Sloan
EF1
TARGET: Jonesboro, AR for me....waiting on new data.
EDIT: Missed the embedded data post....moving north and east to Carbondale, IL. Will see how things look when I get there. May end up driving back home! LOL
EDIT: Missed the embedded data post....moving north and east to Carbondale, IL. Will see how things look when I get there. May end up driving back home! LOL
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Greg McLaughlin
EF5
I have no desire to chase that far from the Plains, so I guess I will sit this one out, like I would in real life.
Greg McLaughlin
EF5
Ugh, I just can't resist. If I were chasing I would start the day in Jackson, TN. I like the southwesterly mid-level flow (better directional shear) and will use a similar strategy as I did on May 11, 2005.
Darren Addy
EF5
When I read Corey's edit I said to myself "WHAT embedded data post?". I missed it too so went back to find it. My Indianapolis target was selected without it from the original 0z data. So I'm happy just to have nailed a spot that ends up being in the middle of the SPC's moderate risk area. Anything from this point on will be gravy.
Dennis Dennison
I had no definite feelings on the data, I sat around and waited, but have decided to go ahead and go somewhere-so I am heading to Springfield, Mo area. Even though I think this is a northern Indiana thing
