Henderson, IA looking northeast
Glenwood, IA looking southeast
Polk, NE looking south
Mileage: 1350
First Chase into Iowa!
Well yesterday was a bit frustrating but you make your forecast pick your target area and roll the dice and hope you come out within range of a tornadic supercell. With all the talk about a Cold Core setup I think I had this firmly in my mind when we left Grand Island, NE and headed northeast to Central City on HW30. It looked as if the 'string of pearls' storm chain would setup but wiser heads prevailed and we continued to keep our eyes on development to the south. Storms of the day would be down by Beatrice and in Oteo County in the tail end of each line that formed. This has been the story of most chases this year. We did our best to get east and south and did we ever! We ended up three counties into southwest Iowa - first time for many of us chasing in Iowa. Still I can say it was a fun chase getting to be out again with most of the Colorado Gang as well as new friends from CSU!
1 comment:
Wow!
Always wanted to meet a real storm chaser!
The closest I will ever get to one, I think, is the very dark black tornado picture I have as a main menu picture on my PC...!!!
Good luck, have fun.......!!!!!
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