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Storm Chase from 4/9/11

iowastormchaser — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:31:50 +0000

Some more pictures from the chase in NW Iowa on April 9, 2011

IowaStormChaser.com is now “green”

iowastormchaser — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:54:33 +0000

Well, at least the web hosting is. The company that host the website is now considered to be 100% wind powered, so not only is that good for the environment, but it also means that when the wind blows from the storms, it is helping power the website…and that’s just cool.

not much luck

iowastormchaser — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:14:27 +0000

The past two days have led to very little luck in the chase department.
Thursday night was a chase through Northwest Iowa, but mostly just neat clouds, lightning, wind, and a fair share of people out in front of the small town bars pointing up at the sky. “Looky dere Earl, bet you never seen nuttin like dat befur”. Rural Iowa life is great!
Last night was more eventful as we chased into Northern Missouri, drove through some very strong winds and heavy rain, while the sun was filtering in with an eerie yellow glow. Did see a nice double rainbow, too. Not sure it was worth driving 400+ miles, but as always if you don’t go you’ll never know.

stormy night??

iowastormchaser — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:56:09 +0000

As the tornado watches are issued it sparks some curiosity as to whether we will have an active late afternoon/evening across Iowa. The way I see it, it all depends on that pesky cap and when it breaks. Time will tell, but I was sure to top off my fuel tank and charge batteries last night just in case.

Active today down south

iowastormchaser — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:38:22 +0000

Looks like it is going to be an active late afternoon and evening down south in Kansas and Oklahoma. I noticed that we had no reported tornadoes in Iowa for the month of April. That’s surprising given the fact that historically April ranks third among the twelve months for number of tornadoes. Could be another below-average year…

tonight’s weather….

iowastormchaser — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:58:02 +0000

The NWS issued a Severe T-storm Watch for Western and Central Iowa tonight, but at this time it looks like heavy rain may be the biggest threat. Oh well, chasing after dark usually leads to problems anyway…and last I checked the truck isn’t equipped with pontoons.

The new website is on its way…hopefully!

iowastormchaser — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:11:34 +0000

So this is a new addition to the iowastormchaser.com website, a blog. The thought is that with a blog as part of the site, I may actually update the site more than once a year. Anyway, we will see how it goes.