As May 2009 comes to an end, one thing is for sure….. its been a boring severe weather season in Tornado Alley. Last year, May recorded over 460 tornadoes. This year, May has only recorded a preliminary 213 tornadoes, with a revised count to likely be under 200. This has been especially trying for VORTEX2, the massive, $13 million tornado research project involving over 100 researchers and storm chasers.
If the forecast models are correct, the first week in June should see a dramatic increase in severe weather activity. We shall see!
The StormChaser.com Intercept Team is still based in Amarillo, TX.
Warren
8 responses so far ↓
1 twistergirl // Jun 23, 2009 at 9:33 am
yes it will there was a tornado warning near me over the weekend!
2 torn80cj // Jul 27, 2009 at 3:33 pm
The storms in most part seemed to be avoiding me in June. June was still O.K. Saw a tornado between Ingalls and Cimarron Kansas. Never got it on video because I got greedy trying to get closer to it. I wanted to get close enough to catch the rotation of the funnel on my camcorder, I got about mile from it and hopped out my truck and the tornado dissipated on me before I could film it. I guess I’ll have to get the contraption that lets you film while driving so I’ll at least get the tornadoes recorded when this scenario comes again. I did manage to get some awesome mammatus clouds on my way back home in Oklahoma. You have probably seen the photos of the ones in Hastings Nebraska. The ones I got are on that level. They don’t look the same as those, but they are unique compared to any photos I have seen of mammatus clouds. I even looked at your photos and didn’t find any that look like these I filmed. I was sure you would have some because the pictures of your storms are awesome. Maybe I just caught an extremely rare situation on sun angle and how I was positioned on the storm. It was an LP supercell to my west in the middle of June, the sun was setting in the northwest because of the time of year. The sun set where the storm couldn’t block it from hitting the anvil, and it really set off the look of these mammatus clouds as they were peaking out in their formation. You may have a picture like this, but if you do, it seems like I would have seen it already. I had to pull my camera lense all the way back because the mammatus clouds were so huge. They look like something in a sci-fi movie. I had to share this with you, because I know you appreciate other aspects of the weather besides tornadoes. I like the tornadoes, but there is so much to see out there in the skies.
3 tabs // Sep 1, 2009 at 10:19 am
Warren you are doing very exciting work! Hope you will consider some work on the East Coast. If you want a preview on East Coast storm dangers, please check out:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-20121-Savannah-EMT-Examiner~y2009m8d29-Special-Series-Dangers-of-the-East-Coast–Part-2
4 Lindsay // Oct 19, 2009 at 8:47 am
I am wondering what kind of season you will have next year…given the weird weather patterns from this year! Cool site!
5 Lindsay // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:32 am
I like the picture of when all the lightning is hitting a storage container
6 Lindsay // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:42 am
Dear Mr.Warren Faidley,
Hello my name is Sadira. I am 10 years old. What’s your favorite storm to chase? I think it’s cool that you can pay to chase storms with you! What made you want to chase storms? When did you start chasing storms? I like how you can comment, like I am now. Also I was in a tornado before, and it was really scary! Please respond! Bye!
Sincerely,
Sadira
7 Lindsay // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:45 am
dear Warren is it cool chasing storms ricking your live.How close have you been to a tornado.It would be cool to go with you Sincerely,Jared
8 Lindsay // Oct 20, 2009 at 8:47 am
Dear Warren,
I am a student in 5th grade and I am very interested in tornadoes and storms. When I am older I whant to be a storm chaser. What is storm chasing like? Is it fun or scary? I think your job is so cool! We just finished reading your book “Eye of the Storm” in school. I hope to here from you!
sincerely,
Justin
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