Phil's Storm Chasing Logs from 2010
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My good buddy and fellow colleague Evan Bookbinder got me a seat with VORTEX 2 in 2010. I travelled with the CSWR group from 05-15 June. This chase was very different from previous storm chases as our goal was to deploy probes in the path of tornadoes to gather meteorological data. Click on the links below to see the chase logs from these days.

  • June 4, 2010 - Travel out to Wichita and prepare to meet up with the VORTEX 2 group.

  • June 5, 2010 - Travel out to Des Moines and meet up with the VORTEX 2 group for the first chase of the season.

  • June 6, 2010 - Go to the Nebraska Panhandle for some good looking supercells.

  • June 7, 2010 - Help out the UAV crew in the Nebraska Panhandle.

  • June 8, 2010 - No chaseable ops near Limon, CO.

  • June 9, 2010 - Supercells in the Nebraska Panhandle.

  • June 10, 2010 - 2 tornadoes in Northeast Colorado.

  • June 11, 2010 - Large hail and Tornadoes in east central Colorado.

  • June 12, 2010 - Storms along the cold front in the Texas Panhandle.

  • June 13, 2010 - 2 tornadoes and a successful deployment in the TX/OK Panhandle.

  • June 14, 2010 - Several gustnadoes and flooding in the TX Panhandle.

  • June 15, 2010 - Last day of VORTEX 2 on the TX/NM border.

  • June 16-17, 2010 - Final stats for VORTEX 2 with pictures of me taken by others on the trip.