Consecutive chase days

[Jay McCoy]

I have been thinking back over the 23 years I have been chasing and I dont ever recall a period like we are having right now with 10 consecutive chase days with tornados. By the time we get through the 3 day outlook on the SPC we could have 12 straight days of chasing in the plains. These arent just your average slight risk 2% tornado days either. We have had numerous high and moderate risks. 2 highs, 6 moderate, and 2 slights. A total of 264 tornado reports.

5-22-08 High risk - 48 tornados
5-23-08 Moderate - 64 tornados
5-24-08 Moderate - 13 tornados
5-25-08 Moderate - 53 tornados
5-26-08 Moderate - 4 tornados
5-27-08 Slight - 5 tornados
5-28-08 Slight - 3 tornados
5-29-08 High - 57 tornados
5-30-08 Moderate - 17 tornados
5-31-08 Moderate - ???
6-01-08 slgt/mod? - ??
6-02-08 Slight - ??

So much for May 2008 being a bust. For those of us that were lucky enough to plan our vacation for the last 2 weeks of May it was the jackpot. Wonder what June holds for us

Anybody else who is better at research or memory know of such an active 10-12 days in the plains?

 

[MatthewCarman]

SPC has chances of severe weather into Friday which is 7 days away including today. So it looks to stay active for awhile. NWS is saying significant severe weather is possible for Iowa Tuesday so we may be in for another long night then.

 

[Paul Austin]

and our trip was the FIRST two weeks of May Oh well, Marc and Sarah returned briefly and captured some of our best ever footage on the 23rd and 24th. I guess I can't complain. Wish I could have joined them. Congrats to all who have been out and good luck to those who will be chasing the coming days.