storms2004

Summary Page 2004

Richard Thies
Ferguson, Missouri

Scroll to the bottom for additional pictures of each event.

DATE	WHERE	çMILES	CHASE PARTNERS	RISK	FEATURES SEEN	PICTURES
April 17	Northern Iowa	3590	Brian Stertz	Slight	Rotating Wall Cloud, Quarter-Sized Hail, Wind Damage	NO PICTURES TAKEN
April 18	Southern Minnesota			Moderate	Two Tornado Warned Storms, Small Hail
April 20	Southern Kansas, Northeast Oklahoma			Slight	Rotating Wall Cloud, Small Hail
April 21	Central Oklahoma		Brian Stertz, Debbie Stertz	Moderate	Rotating Wall Cloud, 1" Hail
April 30	Southern Oklahoma, Northern Texas	1970	Brian Stertz, Tom Zeitinger	Moderate	Rotating Wall Cloud, Small Hail
May 12	South Central Kansas	2475	Brian Stertz	Slight	2 Tornadoes, Extreme Rotation, Funnel Clouds, Tennis Ball Size Hail, Damage Path
May 13	Central Texas	2475	Brian Stertz	Slight	Tornado Warned Storms, Moderate to Hard Rotation, Quarter-Sized Hail
May 22	Southern Nebraska, Southwest Iowa	1355	Brian Stertz, Debbie Stertz, Ryan Thies	Moderate	Extreme Rotation, Softball-Sized Hail, 80+m.p.h. Wind, Wind Damage
May 23	East Central Missouri	1355	Ryan Thies	Slight	Slight Rotation, 2.25" Hail
May 29	North Central Kansas	4960	Brian Stertz, Rosilyn Wells, Ryan Thies	Moderate	5 Tornadoes, Cyclic Cell, Many Funnel Clouds, 3" Hail
May 30	Northeastern Arkansas		Brian Stertz, Ryan Thies	High	Rainbow, Overall Bust
June 2	Texas Panhandle			Slight	Several Tornado Warned Storms, 2.5" Hail, 70+m.p.h. Outflow Winds
June 3	Oklahoma Panhandle			Slight	1 Brief Tornado, 1.75" Hail
June 11	Southern Iowa	1730	Kevin Kohler, Ryan Thies	Slight	Multicell Squall Line, Rainbow, Bust
June 12	Southern Nebraska / Southern Kansas	1730	Kevin Kohler, Ryan Thies	Slight	1 Tornado, Cyclic Tornadic Storm
July 13	Central Illinois	350	Ryan Thies	Slight	Wall Cloud, High Winds, Small Hail

Total Trips - 7 * Total Miles - 17,430

More Pictures of each Event
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April 30
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May 13
May 22
May 23
May 29
May 30
June 02
June 03
June 11
June 12
July 13

Visit the web pages of my friend and chase partner, Brian Stertz featuring severe weather forecasts, chase logs and storm links.

Brian's Vortex Times

This is my friend and local storm chaser, John Farley and his incredible web pages featuring his well documented accounts / logs of his storm chases since 1996.

John Farley's Web Pages

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