May 10-11, 2004 Chase Summaries (Click any image to enlarge) Chasers: Dave Lewison, Chris Kridler, Mark Robinson, Dave Sills, Sarah Scriver, Scott McPartland, Pete Ventre |
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May 10, 2004 |
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MAY 10: The long drive from MN to western NE. We noticed fantastic cloud lines while driving the scenic roads in S. Dakota. |
Cloud lines got a little meatier...a good sign of moisture return. We met back up with Scott McPartland and Pete Ventre here and caravaned together. |
The target was Scott's Bluff NE. And here it is...Scott's Bluff. No storms though. |
We drove west to the Wyoming border to try an intercept of some mushy looking storms near Cheyenne. However, these fell apart quickly. |
Well, we had to say we were at least THERE! |
Dave and Mark take some stills on a railroad track. That's an active rail line, but fortunately no trains around! |
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MAY 11: Ogallala NE. Mark says it's WINDY! It was...SSE winds at 20mph pulling up moisture finally! |
A MDT risk went up. Here's our group gathering wifi data at the Best Western hotel in Ogallala. |
This hotel was AWESOME in so many ways! |
We ran into Jim Leonard & Mike Theiss with Cyclone Tours. |
Here's Steve Smithson and Mike Theiss. |
At a gas station in North Platte. The whole crew meets up again and chats for a while. |
Jim, Steve and "Snack Steve" (eating as usual). |
Uh oh...they have AMP here too!! AMP and chasing...perfect together! |
And guess who I got to try it! He was a little "talkative" after this. :-) |
Nothing was going up in NE. A T-Box went up for W. KS, so the whole caravan ventured down that way. Tumbleweeds everywhere! |
Obviously there were tumbleweed casualties. |
At a rest stop in McCook NE, Bob LeMons shows off his tornado tattoo. Nice work!! |
