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I offer 7 or 11 day storm chasing tours to those with a flare for excitement and adventure! This
is not for the faint hearted as we get close to tornadoes and tornado warned supercells. These supercell thunderstorms
are twice as big as MT. Everest with rotation and attitude you can sink your teeth into!
BOOK YOUR TOUR WITH COMPLETE
CONFIDENCE!!If the weather pattern looks sunny and clear
for your time frame, I will give you the choice to cancel or reschedule at no extra charge. Your satisfaction is my goal! If I wouldn't go,
I don't expect you to go either. If you don't go because of a sunny weather
pattern, I offer you a money back guarantee!
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Night
Sky, St. Louis MO May 25. Just a quick stop over to reach tornado alley which is to the west. I wanted
to stop at Pointer's Pizza to try the World famous 28" monster "Pointersaurus" but I didn't have time this
trip. It's US$42 dollars. Maybe you will help me attack the monster on your tour?
Are you up for it?????
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Morning Thunderstorm
May 26 w/of St. Louis. Time to head west over to tornado alley! Image by Ron.
I also
had to meet up with Videographer Field Specialist Mr. Geoff Lackner. I was doing a few days of weather & lightning
consulting work for Mr. Nicholas De Pencier of Mercury Films Inc, Toronto.
I am pleased to say that Geoff experienced lightning, dramatic scenes & severe weather on every
day we worked together for the Documentary Film Production "Act of God"
Nick has won several awards: copy & paste this link http://www.mercuryfilms.ca/awards_only.html
Mercury Films main website is www.mercuryfilms.ca
I
would like to thank Mr. Nicholas De Pencier of Mercury Films Inc. for the weather & lightning consulting opportunity for
"Act of God"
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Tornado
Warning Pratt KS May 26. Our first day in the alley. I know
it looks weak, but it is a very small brief tornado after all. 20 minutes later we got right in another tornado with
wind speeds around 90 to 100mph. The vans windshield was pitted by flying dirt, sand & gravel from the dirt road.
Geoff was behind us and he had the vans
both side doors open when we took the direct hit. Got his blood pressure up a bit!
Image taken by Laura Duchesne.
Laura's
web site is http://www.laurawx.com/
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning May 27 Childress TX. This thunderstorm had an awesome beaver tail into the storms base identifying the low level feeder band right
into the main storms updraft area.
You can read Laura's blog on http://laurawx.blogspot.com/
Image by Ron
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning May 27 Childress TX. This is the storms
main updraft core. Note how low to the ground it is. That is indicative of a low LCL or Lifted
Condensation Level. That tells me how close to the ground the thunderstorm base will be.
Image by Ron
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Tornado
Warning San Miguel NM May 28. This storm did have rotation couplets
on it, but it was mostly elevated above the rotating Wall Cloud. It was a powerful storm with 3" hail. Jack
Kertzie and I stayed just south of the hail core when I had 1 minute to grab this image of the rotating Wall Cloud.
Jack does vehicle graphics and magnetic signs and does a fantastic job. Jack's web site is: http://jkstorm.com/
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Tornado Warning San Miguel NM May 28.
This storm was rotating at 103MPH (165KPH).
But I prefer it at 125MPH (200KPH) or higher.
Stage 4 wind
shear doesn't hurt either.
You can see Jack Kertzie and I south of the hail core.
(look for the little white car
in the yellow circle)
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Tornado Warning Kearney NE May 29. This was an
awesome storm, but the tornado was rain wrapped making it almost impossible to see. The city of Kearney took a direct
hit from this 3/4 mile wide monster. Jack and I approached the storm from the south looking north as it was traveling
east near the interstate. This is the safest way to observe severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and tornadic supercells.
Image by Ron
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Tornado Warning Kearney NE May 29. This storm had a 3/4 mile
wide tornado in it. I tried to get a shot of the storms core while Jack and I were heading east. The residents of Kearney saw the
storm coming, but it didn't look that bad, or so they thought. Jack and I spoke to a few people and they all said the
same thing: "It was raining, then all of a sudden "BAM!", the wind hit us. We ran for cover under the
stairs!"
Sorry for the crappy shot.
Image by Ron
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