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2004 Storm Chase Logs
| TOTAL MILES: | 15,403 |
| TOTAL CHASES: | 14 |
| TOTAL TORNADOES | 28 |
| TORNADO DAYS: | 5 |
| TORNADO AVG: | 0.357 |
| TOTAL SPOTTER: | 12 |
| TOTAL ALL LOGS: | 26 |
| 1K CHASES: | 6 |
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Northeast Colorado
Chase Miles:
52
Second day in a row of significant flash flooding in southwest Denver, this time Ken Carly Ranch saw the worst as a nearby creek overflowed onto area roads.
Tornadoes:
None
Hail:
None
Flooding:
Flash Flooding
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Northeast Colorado
Chase Miles:
33
Torrential rains flood streets near Ken Carly Ranch stalling out nearly a dozen vehicles that attempted to drive through the flood water.
Tornadoes:
None
Hail:
None
Flooding:
Urban Flooding
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Northeast Colorado
Chase Miles:
158
Hoped early storms near Denver would provide me some action before I had to return to town, and they did in the form of two landspouts east of the metro.
Tornadoes:
2
Hail:
None
Flooding:
None Observed
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Southwest Nebraska
Chase Miles:
679
Piddled around too long at the North Platte library and caught the last moments of the Big Springs tornado, then followed storms east on I-80 til sunset.
Tornadoes:
1
Hail:
None
Flooding:
None Observed
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Northeast Colorado
Chase Miles:
327
Intercepted a hail storm in west Denver, then trailed storms into eastern Colorado where I documented tornado damage along I-76 in Sterling.
Tornadoes:
None
Hail:
1.25"
Flooding:
Minor Urban Flooding
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Northeast Colorado
Chase Miles:
277
After busting on my chase east of the Colorado Front Range, I returned home to Denver to get on a severe storm that flooded streets in Wheat Ridge.
Tornadoes:
None
Hail:
0.88"
Flooding:
Urban Flooding
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Southern Kansas
Chase Miles:
1,417
For nearly 20 years, this was my number 1 chase! Over a dozen tornadoes across southern Kansas, including the Conway Springs sequence which included my first ever nationally televised tornado video!
Tornadoes:
15
Hail:
1.00"
Flooding:
None Observed
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Southern Kansas
Chase Miles:
386
My first big tornado chase day! In total, I documented 7 tornadoes across southern KS, including the Attica F-2 and a nighttime F-4 with Warren Faidley. My breakout season was well underway.
Tornadoes:
7
Hail:
4.00"
Flooding:
None Observed
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Northern Colorado
Chase Miles:
291
Intercepted a pretty hefty hailer in extreme northern Colorado, but not chasing the DCZV near Limon cost us multiple photogenic tornadoes.
Tornadoes:
None
Hail:
2.00"
Flooding:
None Observed
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Western KS/Eastern CO
Chase Miles:
1,075
A chase of convenience turned to a bust, and my trip home the following day was delayed due to a massive dust storm on I-70, and a trip to the ER upon arriving home.
Tornadoes:
None
Hail:
None
Flooding:
None Observed
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Central Oklahoma
Chase Miles:
1,557
Bailed on a severe weather conference in Iowa to haul down to Oklahoma and intercept three tornadoes on a beautiful supercell west of Oklahoma City.
Tornadoes:
3
Hail:
1.00"
Flooding:
Minor Urban Flooding