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2003 CHASE SEASON

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Best Tornado of 2003
Best Surprise of 2003
Worst Day of 2003
2003 Chase Stats
Logs/Chase/Spotter 11 4 7
Tornadoes/Days/Avg 5 3 0.750
Most Tornado Day 2 Done 2 Times
1000+ Miles/Average 1 479
TOTAL MILES 5,265

May 15, 2003 - Texas Panhandle
May 15, 2003 - Stratford, TX
July 7, 2003 - Julesburg, CO
April 19, 2003 - Southern Kansas

Chase Report: August 8, 2003
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Log Type: Spotter Location: Denver, CO Miles: 38 Tornadoes: None

This little storm stalled my trip up to Blackhawk. After I got off work, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for a cell drifting out of the Boulder area directly towards downtown Denver. I intercepted the storm on I-25 just south of the 6th Ave exit where hail as big as quarters sized began to fall. The storm died quickly near downtown.

Chase Report: July 7, 2003
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Log Type: Chase Location: Northeast Colorado Miles: 575 Tornadoes: 1

Following up on last month’s very successful Nebraska chase, I ventured out of Denver early in the morning to position myself in the MODERATE RISK area of southwestern Nebraska.  As the day got off to a slow start, I found myself spending a lot of time in Ogallalla before heading back into Colorado to intercept [...]

Chase Report: June 24, 2003
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Log Type: Chase Location: Central Nebraska Miles: 852 Tornadoes: 2

My target was South Dakota, but work and school kept me on a short leash and thus the two tornadoes I bagged in Nebraska paled in comparison to what went on to my north in South Dakota. None-the-less, myself and my good friend, Mary made the best of our short leash and still had a pretty decent day.

Chase Report: May 15, 2003
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Log Type: Chase Location: Texas Panhandle Miles: 968 Tornadoes: 2

Chased my very first high risk in the Texas Panhandle and was rewarded with a pair of tornadoes, one being the satellite to the Stratford wedge and a second after dark near Guymon, Oklahoma. Did all of this between a closing shift the night before and an opening shift the morning after.

Chase Report: April 29, 2003
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Log Type: Spotter Location: Commerce City, CO Miles: 63 Tornadoes: None

For the second day in a row, I found myself under a heavy hailcore! This time, it was here in town right at rush hour and made a huge mess of traffic as hail accumulated about half a foot deep on roads making travel very slow for the rest of the evening.

Chase Report: April 28, 2003
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Log Type: Spotter Location: Fort Morgan, CO Miles: 223 Tornadoes: 0

An accumulating hailstorm on the north side of Fort Morgan, Colorado made for a fun afternoon for my chase partner, James, and I as we followed the storm along I-76 into Fort Morgan where we let it core us with nickel-sized hail.

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Tornadoes 0
 
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Tornadoes 135

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