2010 Chase Logs
The 2010 chase season is underway, after getting off with a bang! Check back often to read my chase logs, look at my chase pictures, and watch chase videos! Here's to hoping for a more active May for the sake of Year 2 of VORTEX2!
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March 08th -- Western Oklahoma
Total Distance: 400 miles
Target Area: Erik, OK
Chase Area: Elk City - Foss - Butler, OK
Maximum SPC Risk category: Slight
Quite a roller coaster of "go - no go" for me... Starting late last week, I began to look forward to Monday as my first chase of the season. By the time the weekend came and went, however, the forecasts were looking considerably worse for low-topped tornad... CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
March 10th -- NE OK / SE KS
Total Distance: 420 miles
Target Area: Bartlesville, OK
Chase Area: Around Sedan, KS
Maximum SPC Risk category: Slight
April 04th -- North-central Oklahoma
Total Distance: 85 miles
Target Area: Impromptu
Chase Area: Near Perry, OK
Maximum SPC Risk category: Slight
I wasn't planning on chasing, but a decent-looking supercell developed south of Enid around sunset, so I decided to drive up I35 to take a look. The supercell had pretty good structure while I was en route, though it began to weaken (per radar and my own ... CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
April 05th -- Kansas
Total Distance: 840 miles
Target Area: McPherson to Salina, KS
Chase Area: Near Marysville, KS
Maximum SPC Risk category: Slight
The cap was expected to be a significant problem as a result of mediocre low-level moisture and little if any forcing aloft. With the upper-level trough hanging back well to the west, we were hoping that the dryline circulation and a narrow corridor of de... CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
April 06th -- NC OK / SC KS
Total Distance: 295 miles
Target Area: Enid to Alva, OK
Chase Area: Arkansas City to Burden, KS
Maximum SPC Risk category: Slight
Similar to the previous day, there was significant uncertainty regarding initiation before sunset, by which time it was expected that linear convection would rapidly develop E of I35 along a dryline or rapidly-approaching cold front. A couple of high-reso... CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
April 21st -- Western Texas
Total Distance: 810 miles
Target Area: Silverton - Turkey, TX
Chase Area: Floydada to Dickens, TX
Maximum SPC Risk category: Slight
Gabe Garfield, his brother Joe, and I chased between Floydada and Dickens on Wednesday. We made it to the storm that was beginning to transition into a supercell SW of Floydada, with respectable structure (including scud beneath the base). Shortly after a... CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
April 22nd -- Texas Panhandle
Total Distance: 620 miles
Target Area: Turkey - Wellington, TX
Chase Area: W of McLean; S of Childress
Maximum SPC Risk category: Moderate
Two supercells produced more than a half-dozen tornadoes from NW of Clarendon, TX, to N of Alanreed, TX, straddling I40. We watched the first supercell produce several tornadoes (from at least two mesocyclones) at our location near Jericho, TX, about a mi... CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
