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Chasecation 2015 Day 6 – Multiple tornadoes near Canadian, Texas

Chasecation 2015 Day 6 – Multiple tornadoes near Canadian, Texas

Aside from terrain issues, it was a very good day for chasing tornadoes as a cyclic supercell dropped multiple twisters…
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2015 Day 5 – Brief tornado in western Oklahoma

Chasecation 2015 Day 5 – Brief tornado in western Oklahoma

After patiently, but not so patiently, waiting for storms to form in the secondary target of west-central Oklahoma, an outflow…
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2015 Day 4 – From wedge to wimpy

Chasecation 2015 Day 4 – From wedge to wimpy

After the mile-wide EF-1 wedge tornado last night, we were hoping for a second miracle storm in Kansas to save…
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2015 Day 3 – Large tornadoes after dark

Chasecation 2015 Day 3 – Large tornadoes after dark

Day 3 has us spending another night in southwestern Kansas after a long day concluded with large tornadoes northeast of…
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2015 Day 2 – Gustnado/Tornado in Colorado

Chasecation 2015 Day 2 – Gustnado/Tornado in Colorado

A cluster of storms in Colorado quickly lined out early in the afternoon, but we stayed with the stronger area…
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2015 Day 1 – Seek and ye shall find

Chasecation 2015 Day 1 – Seek and ye shall find

So having delayed this post until the very end of the day in the hopes of being able to post…
Mark Ellinwood

Chasecation 2015 Day 0 – 1400 Miles

Since last evening, we have been driving west towards tomorrow’s target area. That takes us a bit over 1400 miles…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 18-24, 2015

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 18-24, 2015

Another end-of-the-week system will provide the best tornado days, which are once again focused mainly on the central and southern…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 14-20, 2015

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 14-20, 2015

Another weekend, another potential tornado outbreak in the Plains. Seems to be a weekly thing this spring.
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 11-17, 2015

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 11-17, 2015

A brief lull in tornado activity is expected over the next few days, but another potential outbreak is in the…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 7-13, 2015

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 7-13, 2015

Wednesday ended up being the biggest tornado day of the year so far. The Plains will not catch a break…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 4-10, 2015

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 4-10, 2015

All eyes are on the central and southern Plains this week as multiple storm systems light up the region with…
Mark Ellinwood

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