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Another Successful SD Chase 7-23-2010

Bagged another South Dakota tornado 7/23/10 in Herrick, SD. This was a fun chase and getting a needle in the haystack tornado makes it all the more exciting.

6-25-2010 Another Minnesota Chase

Another successful chase in Minnesota. Mike Vetter and I left Sioux Falls shortly after 3pm and headed north on I29 to Brookings, SD. There were storms fireing further north that became tornado warned. Again we didn't get baited away to chase it but continued to just drive around aimlessly. Not really, Mike and I had a discussion earlier about a similar set up we had just chased and it appeared the pattern was the same. We followed almost the exact same route as the 17th. This allowed us perfect position to capture a beautiful tornado just south of Revere, MN.

June 17th, 2010 South Central MN

This was an absolutly awesome chase. There was also a little slight of hand, some trickery by mother nature.

5-22-10 North Central South Dakota

Well the setup was looking like a gamble leading up to the 22nd, the CAP that was forecasted was fairly stong and we knew that we could bust but you can't score if you don't play. We ended up scoring big time! A total of 7 touchdowns, including a large wedge and a stovepipe.

4-23-10 Eastern Nebraska

I would just consider this day/night to be lucky for me. I say this because I had doubted id be chasing at all this day but ended up gaining 460 miles on my car within about 8 hrs or so of chasing. I left sioux falls thinking I was gonna be rather late to see anything get going at all. But the further south I went still nothing happening. It wasnt until after I passed Sioux city that the radar showed very little development.

4-29-10 Western IA Chase

Well to start off I swear God was telling me not to go out chasing but as the sinner I am I decided not to follow his signs. The final blow that was telling me not to go was when we were 20 miles away from home I got a call from my wife (Jill) saying that her car broke down in Sioux Falls, it over heated and the cooling fan wasn't running. I should have turned around then and there, but we pressed on knowing/hoping that the car will maintain a decent temp if you keep it moving and don't run the AC. The car did make it home where it sits in our garage waiting for me to fix it.

4-23-10 Nebraska Chase

We took off from Sioux Center, IA at 7:00AM with a target of Marysville, KS. We arrived in Marysville, KS around noon,met up with Marcus, Derek, and David; grabbed a bite to eat, topped off our tanks and reviewed data. The SPC issued a torndao watch to our NW, even though I'm not one to chase "dots" after reviewing the data on the 18z model run we knew we had to run a little NW so we took off and ended up in Geneva, NE we were further south than most chasers, this gave us a great vantage point to see towers shooting up.

4/22/2010 Texas Tornado

ExWx Chase team members Derek Davis and I (Marcus Hicks) headed down to TX for the tornado outbreak.

First Chase of the Season Disaster

When I say disaster it is in a lighthearted manner.
But plain and simple we busted! Joe Miller and I headed out of Rock Valley, IA to make a play to the south and head to St. Joe, MO. Got into town about 3:30 grabbed a little fuel, watched the sky then checked data. The dew points looked a little better to the west, and that’s where we went. Stopped in Hiawatha, KS where we met up with other chasers and shot the breeze and looked at more data.

T-Storms Friday 4/2/10

***First T-Storm Forecast for FSD***  Could it be SPRING?