New Chase Case #1

[Bob Hartig]

I'll bite. Can't ignore those backing winds to the north any longer. I'm scrambling up US 81 as fast as I can for the US 20 intersection, and like Dean, may continue toward Yankton. Right now I'm just happy to be in eastern Nebraska and headed north.

 

[Jeff Duda]

Since I'm based in IA and my budget is low, I probably wouldn't even chase this unless things really changed throughout the morning and early afternoon hours. But, if I could go, I would probably stick around central Iowa and see what the warm front does. I'd probably stay near it.

Wow, I feel smart! Being a novice/intermediate chaser, I seem to have been in a good position initially to get to the storms in N IA. Admittedly, after I saw the 18Z radar data (assuming that's all I could see), I was headed towards Omaha. However, it seems after seeing the 21Z stuff, I would be flying up I-29 and looking for Highway 20 or some other west-east major US highway.

 

[Josh Richardson]

Ok, I am heading back to the west to let the latest development in West Central IA come to me.

TARGET: Humboldt County IA

Looks like Im in great position, I've made it back to the west in time to chase the explosive development in the Pocahontas and Humboldt County area. Wouldnt be surprised to see a decent TOR now.

 

[Andrew Revering]

Being in Norfolk I've got my eggs in this basket. But I haven't given up hope yet. Looking at satellite and obs I still like this area. I think the low is actually just to my west, and there's the teeniest blip on radar in eastern Knox County, Nebraska. So I'm drifting north out of Norfolk to the corner of 81 and 84, just east of Wausa, NE to intercept the blip... maybe it will turn into something more??

 

[Brian Stertz]

5pm and cap holding....will there be explosive development before dark? Looks like the wave has reached the TX Panhandle so will be a close call for things in SC Kansas for before dark chasing. Things could be pretty interesting in the 7-9pm timeframe the way things are looking with the timing of the wave. I will hold here in Kingman a little longer, and make my decisions to move on as soon as things become a little more clear cut. The cap is holding tough no doubt about it. As long as I see some vertical development within the next hour, I should be fine....as will Andrea who is also hanging out in town. I would expect a tornado watch shortly.

 

[Danny Neal]

After a quick power nap from 4-5 pm in Lyons. I log on to see the 5PM update and see towers growing in the Texas Panhandle. I decide to shoot back west on US 56 and hit Dodge City in 2 hours and 15 minutes to see what happens!

Since it will be about 7:30, if nothing fires by 9 PM I can always get a room and see if Mike U is working

(From Pratt to Great Bend to Lyons to end up in Dodge City..... Same general areas gotta love the KS scenery though. That's what storm chasing is all about!)

 

[David Wolfson]

Still holding in Red Cloud, NE. Expecting (hoping for) initiation within the next hour just a bit southwest of me as upper impulse starts to act on the upper 60s dews. If nothing in an hour or so I'll book my room in Hastings or Grand Island for tomorrow's action and start to mosey my way up there for sunset pics through the cirrus....

 

[Mike Ridgeway]

I'm still throwing rocks at telephone poles just outside of Manhattan, KS. Wish I had more upper air data to go with, I'd like to look for some divergence aloft and see how that ties in with any convergence at the surface. But there is a blip on the radar and cumulus build up in NW KS that looks interesting. I still have time to go west, north or south from my location. But I'm also eyeing those towers in the TX panhandle. If they continue to blossum, I've got time to intercept their northeast movement. In other words, they'd be heading my way. So I'll wait just a tad longer for more radar and satellite data before making a decision.

 

[Michael P. Morris]

I think I am going to stick here in Omaha. Nothing has really changed in my area, and I'm too far east to race out to meet the developing storms near the Nebraska panhandle.

 

[Joel Wright]

Looks like the dryline might be trying to pop in the northern TX panhandle. I'm still in Spearman TX waiting for a good cell to go after. Obviously I'm waaaay too far south to get up near that active warm front in Nebraska and Iowa. Guess if nothing else maybe I'll get a picturesque storm along the dryline.

If I bust I'm going to Amarillo to see if I can eat that big steak (72oz?).

 

[Damon Scott Hynes]

Ok now that I'm home and can look at the satellite and the surface map...I'm heading south to US-6...to take train photos! I'm not driving to Norfolk, if anything pops in S-SE Neb I'll be in the neighborhood, and it's more or less on the way home.

 

[Chris Allington]

Staying between Norfolk, NE and my previous location in West Point, NE under the cu field and praying for something before sunset.

 

[Doug Mitchell]

Bahhh, I remembered the date now. I'm out.

 

[Verne Carlson]

I'm now driving slowly in the right hand lane along I-35 between Wichita and Salina. If something pops along the dryline I can shoot north or south to it. If nothing happens it's back to Wiskey Creek in Hays for dinner!

 

[Brian Stertz]

Things look ready to go...now the clock is ticking down before sunset. Hopefully the cap can be breached with a vengance soon. Growing a little impatient in Kingman but will hold my ground unless there is something more immediate and nearby to get me on the move. Tornado Watch is in effect. Wave is now approaching from sw so will the dryline fire to allow for some daytime chase ops?? Knowing my luck with SC Kansas chases, it will really get after it after sunset.