Late May 2016 recap

This past week of May went out with a bang. Here's my past chases: Saturday May 21st - Leoti Kansas Tornadoes and Supercell Structure. 2 tornadoes. Sunday May 22nd - eastern TX panhandle storms. Didn't witness the tornadoes near Lakeview, TX due to flooding blocking my path. Monday May 23rd - eastern TX panhandle, rolling plains. Watch a large nighttime tornado east of Turkey, TX Tuesday May 24th - southwest Kansas Tornadoes. Witnessed 12-14 tornadoes near Dodge City, KS of all shapes and sizes. Thursday May 25th - southwest Kansas. Measured 4" hail near Sitka. Off for a while to catch up on sleep and normal life in general. Then attention turns to the northern plains hopefully.

May 24, 2016 Tornado-fest near Dodge City Kansas

Here are some video grabs and brief video from May 24, 2106 near Dodge City, KS. Watched more than 10 tornadoes in and around Dodge City.

A few pics from May 16, 2016 chase. A few tornadoes, 2" hail, and nice structure.

May 11, 2016

I missed some good tornadoes over the past few days. Was chasing in Colorado on the 7th but couldn't make the Wray storm. Here are some pics from that chase.

Then had a decent chase day on Sunday the 8th in Oklahoma. Left Sunday evening back to Houston and wasn't chasing Monday when there were multiple strong tornadoes in southern Oklahoma.

Early May Update

Not much going on this week but here's a quick recap of March and April. I've been on 3 chases since the April 15th tornadoes in the Oklahoma Panhandle. 4/24 was a bust in central Kansas, 4/26 was a bust in west central Oklahoma, and 4/29 led me to some rain wrapped supercells and tornadoes in SW-Central Oklahoma. Below is some video from that day where I tried to close in on a rain wrapped tornado near Ninnekah, OK.

April 29 2016 Ninnekah, OK from Sam Dienst on Vimeo.

The next system will move into the plains over the weekend and I will be out chasing then as well. Targeting northeast CO/northwest KS on Saturday 5/7 then KS/OK on Sunday 5/8. Some minor setups in the southern plains early next week may follow.