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6/25/2004 Home In Minneapolis. Out Shooting Video For The Weather Channel This Morning With The Cold Weather. And Almost Done Moving Into My New Home!

6/23/2004 Out Shooting Video For The Weather Channel This Morning And More This Afternoon With Severe Storms Moving In Around Rush Hour.

Got some sleep and then its back to the chase. As of 6PM Central Standard Time I just drove through the town of Hutchinson MN, on my way out towards Willmar MN to storm chase.

Just Crossed The Boarder Into Iowa For This:

WWUS30 KWNS 191836 SAW5 SPC AWW 191840 WW 655 TORNADO IA IL WI 191840Z – 200000Z AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE.. 65WNW LNR/LONEROCK WI/ – 20SE BRL/BURLINGTON IA/ .AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /21S ODI – 48NNE UIN/ HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..70 KNOTS. MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 34030

6/17/2004 Kansas City, MO. – I Will Be Speaking At The American Meteorological Society Meeting Tonight http://chapters.ametsoc.org/kansascity/index.html

Finally A Local Storm Chase Less Then An Hour From Home… Caught This Wall Cloud Near Glenco MN.

5/30/04 Caught A Tornado Near Brandon Ia, Between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids Iowa. A tornado forms and comes right towards me then lifts up and into a funnel cloud and right over me.

Chasing Tornadoes In North Central Kansas And South Central Nebraska With My Friend Dean Cosgrove from Windswept Chase Tours. Caught Several Great Storms.

In Topeka KS. Chased some Tornadic Super Cells In Nebraska, Kansas, And Missouri. Caught This Tornado North East Of Bigelow MO.

Wow, what an insane night last night. Lots of stuff happening and still trying to wrap my head around how close and how large that tornado was after dark. Below are a couple of the damage videos from the day after.