John Olexa
EF5
Thought I would start a poll and see what you all did when you first started chasing. might be of help with first time chasers.
Who did you go with on your first chase?
Who did you go with on your first chase?
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Your first time chasing
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Angie Norris
EF5
My very first chase was a severe squall line in east TN and it was solo (the anniversary of which is coming up in 8 days 
). I pretty much had no clue of what I was doing other than a storm was coming through and I was going after it. I shot hand held vid while driving and used NWR as my navigator.
). I pretty much had no clue of what I was doing other than a storm was coming through and I was going after it. I shot hand held vid while driving and used NWR as my navigator.
Glenn Dixon
EF2
I need an option for "went with an inexperienced chaser I thought was experienced."
Greg Campbell
EF5
Solo, for both lightning photography and great plains tornado adventures.
I was quite clueless both times. Book knowledge simply does not translate on the fist attempt.
Years later, I'm still pretty darn clueless....!
I was quite clueless both times. Book knowledge simply does not translate on the fist attempt.
Years later, I'm still pretty darn clueless....!
Danny Neal
EF5
First chase was in 1998 with my dad. Both inexperienced but had caught a nice storm by using our eyes and listening to the NWR. My my my how times have changed in year number 12 of this fantastic hobby.
Aaron Gerhardt
EF0
I went solo, listening to weather radio and AM station, with the intent of chasing it after it went past my house 
Karla Dorman
James Wilson
EF5
By myself, actually this year will be my first with someone else.
Alex Fisher
EF1
My first chase was the amazing 6/2/2005 Arriba, CO mothership supercell.
Scott Weberpal generously took me along and introduced me to chasing.
Still tough to top that supercell 4 years of chasing later.
Scott Weberpal generously took me along and introduced me to chasing.
Still tough to top that supercell 4 years of chasing later.
B. Kendrick
EF0
On my first chase, I went with my dad. That first chase was the April 21, 2007 tornado outbreak in the Panhandle of Texas.
Eric D B'Hymer
EF0
Way back in 1993, me and friend that didnt know much of anything went out with a scanner and saw several wall clouds in Reno County Ks , no tornadoes until 1997.
Chris Kennedy
EF1
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On my first chase, I didn't realize I was chasing until I was trapped in a rain shaft. Out here we never get any storms, this wasn't even severe. Two January's ago I was looking on the radar and "saw something interesting, grabbed the camera and left. This storm got me into weather. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anKU45mlkhc
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John Olexa
EF5
Umm? so far nobody had taken the chase tour route yet.
Could that be most who do just want to see one and done?
Could that be most who do just want to see one and done?
Laura Duchesne
EF5
I went with my uncle and younger sister.. It was March 28, 1998 and we saw a funnel cloud. A tornado watch was issued. We went out with nothing but our cameras and a set of eyes.
Bryan Stokes
EF3
My first time was an impromptu chase last year with my wife.
I had been a weather buff since the early 90s, but my interest in severe weather didn't develop until we moved to Kansas and I began studying severe weather in earnest in early 2008. For about 2 months, I was glued to Stormtrack and absorbing everything I could get my hands on. I was also "armchair chasing" every outbreak from the comfort of home and the office. We really wanted to take our time and not overextend ourselves in the field.
Fast forward to May, and the wife and I were returning home to Wichita after visiting family in Dallas. Severe weather was initiating in N-OK. and as we crested a small rise on I-35, there was a wall cloud, clear as day, about 5 miles NE of us. My excitement-level skyrocketed. I glanced over at my wife and her smile was just as big as mine. We were simply traveling home and had no intentions of trying to chase out first storm, but by sheer chance, we happened to be in a perfect position -- just a few miles S/SW of a wall cloud on a NE moving storm. I turned to Jenn and said "should we?" She replied with an enthusiastic "of course!" So our first chasing adventure began right then and there at Exit 203.
The storm became TOR warned as navigated our way NE towards Ponca City. After 15 miles of driving, we were close enough for comfort and pulled off the road at the top of a hill and got out of the car to admire the wall cloud's incredible beauty as it bore down on Ponca City. A few minutes later, the wall cloud dissipated and shortly thereafter, we were treated to a cold wind as the storm became outflow dominant. It literally collapsed in front of our eyes. We had huge grins on our faces and I knew right then and there this was something that was calling me from within.
Bryan
I had been a weather buff since the early 90s, but my interest in severe weather didn't develop until we moved to Kansas and I began studying severe weather in earnest in early 2008. For about 2 months, I was glued to Stormtrack and absorbing everything I could get my hands on. I was also "armchair chasing" every outbreak from the comfort of home and the office. We really wanted to take our time and not overextend ourselves in the field.
Fast forward to May, and the wife and I were returning home to Wichita after visiting family in Dallas. Severe weather was initiating in N-OK. and as we crested a small rise on I-35, there was a wall cloud, clear as day, about 5 miles NE of us. My excitement-level skyrocketed. I glanced over at my wife and her smile was just as big as mine. We were simply traveling home and had no intentions of trying to chase out first storm, but by sheer chance, we happened to be in a perfect position -- just a few miles S/SW of a wall cloud on a NE moving storm. I turned to Jenn and said "should we?" She replied with an enthusiastic "of course!" So our first chasing adventure began right then and there at Exit 203.
The storm became TOR warned as navigated our way NE towards Ponca City. After 15 miles of driving, we were close enough for comfort and pulled off the road at the top of a hill and got out of the car to admire the wall cloud's incredible beauty as it bore down on Ponca City. A few minutes later, the wall cloud dissipated and shortly thereafter, we were treated to a cold wind as the storm became outflow dominant. It literally collapsed in front of our eyes. We had huge grins on our faces and I knew right then and there this was something that was calling me from within.
Bryan
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