Monthly Archives: April 2011

27 April 2011: Deep south outbreak

Posted on 30 April 2011 by tornatrix

27 April 2011 is the type of day no storm chaser wants to see. The damage surveys are still ongoing, and the death toll continues to climb every time I refresh major news sites. As of this writing, the death … Continue reading →

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22 April 2011: Earth Day tornadoes, again

Posted on 23 April 2011 by tornatrix

My planned blog post for this week was an anniversary retrospective about the Earth Day tornadoes I witnessed near Alanreed, Texas one year ago today. Those tornadoes were somewhat ambiguous in number (between three and seven, depending on who you … Continue reading →

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14 April 2011: No guts, no gustnadoes

Posted on 15 April 2011 by tornatrix

I’ll reveal upfront that we didn’t catch any tornadoes on Thursday. The atmosphere decided to skunk us at every turn, failing to produce tornadoes in our target storms, then proceeding to spawn tornadoes minutes after we bailed for other targets. … Continue reading →

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9 April 2011: St. John, KS sunset supercell

Posted on 10 April 2011 by tornatrix

I started out my Saturday at a meeting of the local Norman ham radio club (W5NOR), where I was invited to give a talk about my Ph.D. research on the 2007 Greensburg storm and tornado. By the end of the … Continue reading →

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The future of tornado research?

Posted on 1 April 2011 by tornatrix

I was looking for inspiration on NSF Fastlane the other day, reading abstracts of recently-approved tornado and severe storm-related grants, when one titled “VORTEX8″ caught my eye. Of course I clicked. On closer scrutiny, I noted that the date of … Continue reading →

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