2020 Storm Chase Logs
2020 Season Statistics
TOTAL MILES:
8,179
TOTAL CHASES:
10
TOTAL TORNADOES:
2
TORNADO DAYS:
2
TORNADO AVERAGE:
0.200
TOTAL SPOTTER LOGS:
12
TOTAL ALL LOGS:
22
1K CHASES:
0
2020 Chase Logs
2020 Statistics
TOTAL MILES:
8,179
TOTAL CHASES:
10
TOTAL TORNADOES:
2
TORNADO DAYS:
2
TORNADO AVERAGE:
0.200
TOTAL SPOTTER LOGS:
12
TOTAL ALL LOGS:
22
1K CHASES:
0
Chase Log: July 29, 2020
Southern Kansas (62 miles)
Quick and easy chase from my house in Wichita, just plunged myself into a line of severe storms, documenting some of the tree damage north of Wichita before returning home to rain and lightning.
• TORNADOES: None
• MAX HAIL: None
• FLOODING: Observed
• Lightning Imagery: Not Captured
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Chase Log: July 10, 2020
Southern South Dakota (935 miles)
A bucket list chase to track a storm across the South Dakota Badlands; hurricane-force winds and one of the most incredible post-storm sunsets ever!
• TORNADOES: None
• MAX HAIL: None
• FLOODING: Observed
• Lightning Imagery: Not Captured
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Chase Log: June 24, 2020
Central Kansas (414 miles)
Tracked a slow-moving, southward-moving MONSTER hailer in central Kansas that unleashed hail upon the towns of Otis and Lewis.
• TORNADOES: None
• MAX HAIL: 2.25"
• FLOODING: Observed
• Lightning Imagery: Not Captured
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Chase Log: June 8, 2020
Central Nebraska (687 miles)
An incredible supercell in central Nebraska yielded my only legit tornado of 2020, saving a tornado-streak I had going for 17 years.
• TORNADOES: 1
• MAX HAIL: None
• FLOODING: Observed
• Lightning Imagery: Not Captured
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Chase Log: May 24, 2020
Southern Kansas (408 miles)
Wrapped up a ludicrous stretch of weathermanning and chasing with a monster hailer in southwest Kansas that was a homerun derby of baseballs.
• TORNADOES: None
• MAX HAIL: 2.75"
• FLOODING: Observed
• Lightning Imagery: Not Captured
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Chase Log: May 14, 2020
Southeast Kansas (420 miles)
A rather ho-hum hail chase during the day turned into a nearly all-night lightning-photography fest near Eureka, Kansas as the sky was filled with crawlers for hours!
• TORNADOES: None
• MAX HAIL: 1.00"
• FLOODING: Observed
• Lightning Imagery: Captured
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