J Kinkaid
So what's the longest somebody has chased and stayed in a tornado warned storm
Wes Carter
EF5
Well, I chased a storm that dropped a series of tornadoes from Lawrenceburg, TN to McMinnville, TN. The best I remember it dropped the first tornado west of Lawrenceburg around noon and hit McMinnville around 3PM.
Last year on May 8 I think it was we chased a storm from West of Garden City, KS to Jetmore, KS. It was a fairly slow mover. The best I recall it was something like 3:30PM to about 6:30 to 7:00PM. It was tornado warned but we never saw a tube. Someone else did, in fact he was filmed running towards the funnel and it was on CNN.
Last year on May 8 I think it was we chased a storm from West of Garden City, KS to Jetmore, KS. It was a fairly slow mover. The best I recall it was something like 3:30PM to about 6:30 to 7:00PM. It was tornado warned but we never saw a tube. Someone else did, in fact he was filmed running towards the funnel and it was on CNN.
Sarah Glenn
EF1
Last year on May 24th north of OKC my group chased that tornado machine from about 3 p.m. until about 8:30 or 9 p.m. We even got on the storm LATE and had almost 6 hours of chasing it. Of course, it was moving at 2 mph or something, lol. We saw 4 tornadoes that day. I'm sure I'm not the only one with a similar story, as there was massive chaser convergence occurring the entire time. Never seen anything like it! It was great fun, followed by a very short drive back to Norman. A nice surprise on a day we had decided not to chase because of the previous two days. 
Dean Baron
Supporter
June 11th, 2008 chasing a storm just northeast of Sioux City, IA to just southwest of Forest City, IA, it was TOR warned the entire time and produced an EF2 south of Spencer. Microsoft streets and trips saying that trip is about 190 miles and 4 hours but that is going at mostly highway speeds, I think these storms were at about 40-45 mph.
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Shane Adams
6-12-04 Mulvane day. We started out around 4:30pm sitting in lawnchairs in front of the storm (Drummond took a short nap), ended up east of Atlanta after all the tornadoes were done. Drank a few celebratory beers while David and Graham snapped lightning shots until about 10pm.
Derek Weston
EF5
Atlanta? Wow, you must have been doing 150+ mph.
terra seright
2007
4:30 PM till 1:00 AM ..........a full tank of gas, probably not a record for everyone, but it was for us. We never saw the three tornadoes that were reported that particular night, partially because the road we were on was the one that got flooded. Rainfall was so heavy that we were unable to see, and we had to stop to let it pass.
*waits and listens for the other radical stories of 48-hour chases and multiple exciting experiences*
Edit: was reminded of the correct times lol.
4:30 PM till 1:00 AM ..........a full tank of gas, probably not a record for everyone, but it was for us. We never saw the three tornadoes that were reported that particular night, partially because the road we were on was the one that got flooded. Rainfall was so heavy that we were unable to see, and we had to stop to let it pass.
*waits and listens for the other radical stories of 48-hour chases and multiple exciting experiences*
Edit: was reminded of the correct times lol.
Danny Neal
EF5
Lol you are joking right?
I guess the longest tornado warned storm I have been on was either April 14th, 2001 or May 30th, 2003. Both storms were warned for well over 4 hours.
Derek Weston
EF5
No. Just really stupid.
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Greg McLaughlin
EF5
On May 5, 2007 Justin and I were on a storm for nearly 3 hours before it became tornado warned. We left it about half an hour or so after it got a tor warning for a better cell to the southwest which produced a tornado near Radium, KS. We then dropped off that storm and chased one that had developed to the southwest which produced a nice stove-pipe southwest of Great Bend. To this day that was the most arduous chase I have ever done
On May 24, 2008 we were on the Hennessey, OK supercell from 2:30pm till 5:30pm. we dropped off of it to send up video from Enid and jumped back on it for another hour after it crossed I-35.
Back on June 1, 1999 we chased a supercell near Checotah for over 2 hours as it dropped several tornadoes.
On May 24, 2008 we were on the Hennessey, OK supercell from 2:30pm till 5:30pm. we dropped off of it to send up video from Enid and jumped back on it for another hour after it crossed I-35.
Back on June 1, 1999 we chased a supercell near Checotah for over 2 hours as it dropped several tornadoes.
Paul Knightley
EF5
IIRC, May 20th 1999 saw me chasing a T-warned storm in the Texas Panhandle from around 3pm to past midnight - from Pampa to east of Childress.
Also, May 29th 2001, again the TX Panhandle, saw me chase a T-warned storm from near Tulia to past Childress, again from mid-afternoon to late evening.
Also, May 29th 2001, again the TX Panhandle, saw me chase a T-warned storm from near Tulia to past Childress, again from mid-afternoon to late evening.
Bob Hartig
EF5
March 12, 2006. Bill Oosterbaan and I hooked up west of Columbia, MO, with a supercell that crossed six states. We tracked with it through three states--Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana--and witnessed at least two tornadoes. Not sure how long we were on that beast, but when we finally headed north into Michigan along the lakeshore, it was southeast of us and still quite vigorous as it headed for its demise around Jackson, Michigan.
Lanny Dean
EF5
Interesting....very interesting!
This has got to be the funniest thing I have ever heard.
Rick Schmidt
EF3
I was chasing the 'Plainville' Ks. supercell of June 15, 1992, from 3:45 until about 10:00 that night with almost a continuous tornado warning. I saw 4 of the 12-15 tornadoes that monster dropped. That supercell lived for almost 8 hours.
Greg Stumpf
EF5
Yes, Mitchell County KS was under a continuous tornado warning for 5 hours that evening. That was a storm chase of a lifetime for those who could be there!
