NE Texas 2 - WXtreme Chase Team 0

Tuesday, April 26 was a second disappointing day in NE Texas for our Chase Team - Monday wasn't too hot either!   Arriving at our initial target of Greenville, TX on time and in good shape,  we noted storms going up on the triple-point in Van Zandt County, but in this case our "stick to the original target" philosophy got the better of us.  Every time we nearly made the decision to head south, the boundary gave indications that storms would develop as we had forecast.  Case in point: a cell that developed NE of Dallas and went severe in 20 minutes.  Visually it had every indication that it would become a major supercell and then proceeded to die a quick and ignominious death!

By the time we decided to take on the southern storms as it was apparent that they were eating up the moisture needed for sustained convection on the stationary front, it was very difficult to find a way through and as a result the only thing we managed was to see was a mostly rain-wrapped meso east of Minneola near Hawkins.  Nothing to write home about!

But then, there is always another day and always another storm.  No chaser gets it right every time!  And so far NE Texas has kept our pride in check!

Gene

Chase Update

The Team and Gene (solo) have been out on several chases since the end of last week, but unfortunately there has not been much available time to update the chase logs.  Will do so eventually...

Gene

Chasing Prospects for Tuesday 4/26/2011

Moderate/High risk for NE Texas.  Initial target will probably be the Gainesville, TX area with adjustment from there.

Chase in Eastland County, TX 04/24/2011

Tornado-warned HP supercell along I-20 in Eastland County, TX near the town of Ranger. (Stitched Panorama)  Gene was out solo on this Sunday afternoon chase.




Chase Data:
Solo Chase by Eugene Thieszen
Miles: 618
Tornadoes: 0
Tornado-warned supercells: 2