Chase Log: May 11, 2005

Storm Chase Logs2005 Storm Chase LogsChase Log: May 11, 2005

Southwest NE/Northwest KS

CHASE VEHICLE:

Storm Tracer

CHASE PARTNERS:

Multiple

MILES DRIVEN:

598

TORNADOES SEEN:

None

MAX HAIL SEEN:

None

FLOODING SEEN:

None Observed

DAMAGE OBSERVED:

None Observed

Tony Laubach

Meteorologist & Storm Chaser

Kicked off the morning in Colby with many other chasers. Took our time in the morning getting ready to head out from one of my favorite places in Tornado Alley.

Amos Checking Data in the Morning From Colby, Kansas

Verne Checking Data Over Amos’s Shoulder in Colby, Kansas

We eventually poked north after most of us digested fried chicken from the Truck Stop and most of us ended up in extreme southwest Nebraska on storms that tried (not very hard) to get going.

A scenic shot of The Storm Tracer with an abandoned building and wind mill; this was the most photogenic scene of the day.

Oh yeah, we did chase a storm; here’s the grungy monster in Southern Nebraska.

Oops! Fortunately all we got from this Nebraska Trooper was a verbal warning.

We looped back into Colby, getting in just after 10pm ahead of some storms that stayed just south of Colby, but the winds were pretty wicked through the evening.