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  Storm Chase 2008 main tracking page

  Recent severe weather in our region has only heightened both the interest level and the seriousness we have in the subject as we prepare to head out on the 2008 storm chase trip Sunday morning (May 11). It is quite possible we will be heading into some threat of severe storms almost right out of the gate on Sunday in Southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee, though our main goal is to get far enough west by Tuesday for a possible Southern Plains severe weather outbreak.

  Above is a link to the main chase page that includes our position mapped on radar and a link to a blog being kept by the students on the trip:

  Of course, I will be providing daily updates here on Roanoke.com as we head into a very confusing and uncertain weather pattern.

  Storm chase team members are listed below by residence and school/professional affiliation:
  

  • Dave Carroll (Blacksburg), Pulaski County High School teacher and Virginia Tech adjunct instructor, leader
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    Kevin Myatt (Roanoke County), Roanoke Times weather columnist, co-leader
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    Sandy LaCorte, (Davidson, N.C.) North Carolina-Asheville graduate (as of May 10, officially a meteorologist!), student trainer
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    Morgan Weeks (Floyd), North Carolina-Asheville meteorology student
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    Jennifer Henderson (Pearisburg), Virginia Tech instructor in interdisciplinary studies
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    Jessica Burchard (Greensboro N.C.), Virginia Tech student
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    Trevor Owen (Danville), Virginia Tech student
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    Jordan Rollins (Seaford, Del.), Virginia Tech student
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    Andrew Smith (Mechanicsville) Virginia Tech student
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    Taylor White (Blacksburg), Virginia Tech student
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    Marielle Taft, (Cabin John, Md.) Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, Md.) student
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    Joel Willis, Pulaski County High School student
    
  
  

Recent comments

• We've now added visuals to the first day's installment, so eeven if you listened before ...more - Dwayne Yancey
• I'll send you guys some radar captures from your adventure in TX. I knew you ...more - Seth Price
• Mr. Carroll & Crew, Hey guys how's it going? Hope the trip is going well ...more - Michael Trujillo
• mister dave carroll i miss you so much ... i hope the trip is fine ...more - chris hubbard
• I hope the upcoming severe weather wouldn't bring much damage on residents and properties.. :( ...more - Jessica

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About this blog

Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States."

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