2009.06.22
Storm chase sequel nets some big storms
Four of the Virginia Tech storm chasers ... instructor Dave Carroll and students Andrew Smith, Samantha Huddleston and Nathan Horne ... plus Maria Floyd, a South Carolina resident who helped lead the trip back in 2004 and 2005, made a sequel storm chase trip last week to capture a few days of a favorable severe weather pattern from the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest into the Ohio Valley. Some of what they found can be found by linking here to the Hokie Storm Chasers page. The original trip back in May -- that included 12 to 16 chasers at different times -- caught a lull pattern for severe weather, with only 3 storm days and really only one definitive supercell.
I didn't make this trip ... I was out of state a few days, but I was visiting family in Arkansas this time around.
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