Chase Log: August 28, 2002

This was a chase that would’ve been a whole lot better had I not had to fight with Denver rush hour.  It took me over an hour to get out of town, which made it a hurry up affair, keeping me from making any good judgements.  The storm I encountered was blowing rain and hail so hard at the passenger side of my car, that the driver’s side was literally dry.  I turned around and headed to a nearby rest stop to take film of a wall cloud which soon wrapped itself in a hail curtain.  No other roads that would get me to the storm were accessible, so I watched the storm drift away.  Later in the evening, tornado warnings were issued for cells near Greeley, but those storm weakened tremendously before I arrived.

View looking southeast down I-70 from just outside Deer Trail.
Cell to my north as I cruise southeast on I-70 near Deer Trail.
Storm Tracer sitting at the Agate Rest Area off I-70.
Hail core moving away from me at the rest stop.