YOUR top 10 chase days of the 2010s

[Adam Reagan]

My top ten chase days of the decade are as follows.

1. Rozel-Sanford, KS tornadoes May 18, 2013
2. McCook-Stockville-Farnam, NE tornadoes May 17, 2019
3. Spearman, TX tornadoes May 22, 2016
4. Bridge Creek-Norman, OK tornadoes May 6, 2015
5. Hereford, TX tornado October 7, 2018
6. Blanchard-Newcastle-Goldsby, OK tornadoes May 24, 2011
7. Custer County, OK tornado June 15, 2019
8. Leoti, KS tornadoes May 21, 2016
9. Central High, OK tornado May 8, 2016
10. Moundridge-Hesston-Goessel, KS tornadoes April 14, 2012

My top ten chase days I wish I could redo or chased.

1. Moore, OK May 20, 2013 (busted)
2. Dodge City Outbreak May 24, 2016 (didn't chase)
3. Pilger, NE June 16, 2014 (didn't chase)
4. Chapman, KS May 25, 2016 (didn't chase)
5. El Reno, OK May 31, 2013 (didn't chase)
6. Mangum, OK May 20, 2019 (busted)
7. Tahoka, TX May 5, 2019 (busted)
8. Tescott, KS May 1, 2018 (didn't chase)
9. Canadian, TX May 27, 2015 (didn't chase)
10. Simla, CO June 4, 2015 (didn't chase)

 

[TimMaynard]

For me, a chasecationer, I've chased a total of about 30 days this decade, so only a small sample size to choose from.

#1 May 24, 2016 Dodge City, KS - What a day! So many tornadoes!
#2 May 25, 2016 Chapman, KS - Perfect views from tornadogenesis until it got completely rain wrapped near Chapman.
#3 May 22, 2016 Spearman, TX - Couple tornadoes to start the best week of chasing I'll probably ever get.
#4 May 23, 2016 Turkey, TX - Almost got nothing before that nighttime wedge showed up
#5 May 7, 2015 somewhere near Denton, TX - My first tornado and on my birthday no less.
#6 May 23, 2019 Booker/Canadian TX - Lovely tornado
#7 May 20, 2019 Mangum, OK - Got the tornado. Also, Biggest chaser convergence I've seen yet
#8 May 24, 2017 Roswell, NM - No tornado but a pretty storm.
#9 May 31, 2016 Lamesa, TX - no tornado but some nice structure
#10 May 26, 2017 Burlington, CO. No tornado but a pretty cool structured storm.

2015 was my first chasecation. Learned a bit, fed my chasing addiction
2016 was the best chasecation, on a pretty special week. Started off with a couple on day one, Dodge on day three and Chapman on day four. Bloody brilliant. A week that will be hard to beat.
2017 was a lean week for big storms. I think there were maybe two tornado warned storms that week that I remember and I think we were on them both.
2018 I couldn't get over to chase.
2019 we got a few more tornadoes.

 

[JamesCaruso]

@TimMaynard That’s a damn good list for only 30 days of chasing and there were a couple lean years in there too since you started. I’m a chase vacationer too, but had a lot more total chase days for the full decade and couldn’t put together even half your list.

 

[TimMaynard]

@TimMaynard That’s a damn good list for only 30 days of chasing and there were a couple lean years in there too since you started. I’m a chase vacationer too, but had a lot more total chase days for the full decade and couldn’t put together even half your list.

Thanks James. I feel blessed to have chased the storms we got in 2016. We’ve had some missed opportunities too, but that’s chasing

 

[Nick Nolte]

Since 2019 marked the end of my first decade of chasing, my decade's top 10 will also be my career top 10 to date Most of my really good stuff skews towards the first half of the decade.

1. 2016-05-24 - Dodge City, Kansas.
2. 2010-05-22 - Bowdle, South Dakota
3. 2012-04-14 - Lyons, Kansas
4. 2010-05-24 - Howes, South Dakota
5. 2018-06-06 - Laramie, Wyoming
6. 2013-05-18 - Rozel, Kansas
7. 2016-05-21 - Leoti, Kansas
8. 2013-11-17 - Washington, Illinois
9. 2015-05-09 - Eads, Colorado
10. 2012-03-15 - Dexter, Michigan

Honorable Mentions:

• 2010-06-05 - Elmwood, Illinois
• 2011-04-09 - Mapleton, IA
• 2011-05-25 - Ellsinore, MO
• 2013-05-31 - El Reno, Oklahoma
• 2019-05-23 - Lipscomb, TX - Laverne, OK