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 Due to space concerns, only the very best photos are posted. (That being, right now, the day we saw three tornadoes... ;) More to come after I get back from Alaska.

2005 Storm Chases (see descriptions in "Chase Log" section)

  • June 16th - Norman, OK - outflow boundary
  • June 13th - Lake Thunderbird, OK - embedded supercells: last of 14 straight chase days
  • June 12th - Hamlin, TX - embedded supercells, rotating wall cloud
  • June 11th - Wichita, KS - return enterprise rent a car
  • June 10th - Hays, KS to Norman, OK - travel day, multicellular convection
  • June 9th - Hill City, KS - three tornadoes in NW Kansas!!!
  • June 8th - Wichita, KS - positioning for 6/9: W-band rent a car, X-band in Grand Island, NE
  • June 7th - Columbus, NE - W-band wreck, X-band supercell/squall line interaction in W SD
  • June 6th - York, NE - prepositioning for 6/7 South Dakota chase
  • June 5th - Snyder, OK - backbuilding HP supercell, strong rotating wall cloud
  • June 4th - Howard, KS - HIGH RISK, X-band doppler indicated possible tornado
  • June 3rd - Lawton, OK - pulsing LP supercells
  • June 2nd - Hugoton, KS - short-lived LP supercell
  • June 1st - Washburn, TX - dust devils
  • May 31st - Amherst, TX - gustnadoes
  • May 28th - Wakita, OK - "Twister" 10th anniversary reunion
  • May 25th - Tucumcari, NM - mountain lee supercells
  • May 18th - Belle Plaine, KS - 6 hours at a rest stop 'chasing' with my dad!
  • May 12th - South Plains, TX - tornado #2!!
  • May 11th - Friend, KS - nocturnal supercells, with hook echos/funnel cloud!
  • May 10th - Howardwick, TX - tornado warned supercell!
  • May 8th - Maud, OK - lightning chase, just southeast of Norman.
  • May 7th - Groom, TX - clear air bust, but first long chase with both trucks.
  • April 25th - Sanger, TX (photos by Claire McConnell) - a diversional chase from a pre-planned trip to Dallas with Dr. Karoly and most of my climate change class... now I know what it's like to chase in an 11-passenger van!
  • April 21st - Purcell, OK - this ended up being more of a test run for the recently arrived W-band radar truck.
  • April 5th - Tom Bean, TX - our highlight of this trip was a 15+ minute hailstorm... thankfully we were in Nic's car, although the hail was only marginally severe.
  • March 21st - Pharoah, OK - the first tornado for my friend Nic Wilson and me!

Travels

  • New York/New Hampshire - two weeks after spring break i made a little smarter decision - for about the same price - and flew to NYC to check out Columbia University. Over the weekend I took a bus to see my friend Kate in New Hampshire and we climbed Mt. Waumbek, one of the 48 NH mountains over 4000 feet - with a great view of Mt. Washington and the other "Presidentials" of the White Mountians - for all you weather nuts!
  • Spring break in Washington, DC - I decided to take action on the grad school quest and drive out to DC to visit the University of Maryland and American University

General life experiences

  • Jennifer's Graduation - my sister graduated on May 14th from Wichita State University and moved into her new house in the same week... I'm such a proud big brother!
  • Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon - I completed the half marathon in just under 2 hours, 40 minutes... which was pretty good since I decided to do it on a whim and didn't train for it! By the end my jog (if you want to call it that) was just barely faster than people that were walking, but the experience was priceless - one of the most inspirational days of my life.
  • OU club soccer game vs. Central Oklahoma - my friend Nic and the men's club soccer team advances to the finals of the Oklahoma club league playoffs
  • Oklahoma City Memorial - Tenth anniversary - a walk around the memorial with some friends visiting from out of town

 

(all photographs copyright Eric Holthaus, but may be used with permission and citation)