Mark Ellinwood

Chasecation 2014 Day 12 – Heading Back East

Yesterday was our last actual chase day as we begin the trek back east. We decided to cut the trip…

10 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 11 – Tornado/Gustnado in Texas

Yesterday had just about everything, starting with a brief tornado/gustnado and turned more towards structure, lightning and hail later on.…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 10 – Yet Another Awesome Supercell

It appears as though this chasecation will go down as the year of the supercells, with yet another one forming…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 9 – 500 Mile Loop

Yesterday was not a NASCAR race, but rather a drawn-out day of hopping from storm to storm in what ended…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 8 – Dueling Supercells

Yesterday we drifted south out of Clovis, NM and staged in Roswell to determine if we wanted to head west…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 7 – Cows and Storms in New Mexico

Yesterday we traveled down eastern New Mexico with low expectations for storms. After stopping in Logan for lunch, we went…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 6 – HP Beast and Tons of Hail

Yesterday's chase brought us to the Denver, CO area, along with about 1,000 other chasers and tour groups. The storm…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 5 – Already Jaded

Yesterday provided somewhat lackluster storms in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. There were two storms near each other for hours…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 4 – Another Amazing Supercell

In our fourth season of storm chasing, Nebraska still refuses to give us a tornado. However, Nebraska was kind enough…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 3 – Wyoming Delivers

Yesterday met/exceeded expectations in our first ever storm chase in Wyoming. After driving from Mitchell, SD to Newcastle, WY, we…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 2 – Hoping for Something

We begin today departing from Mitchell, South Dakota in hopes of getting some storms in western South Dakota or eastern…

11 years ago

Chasecation 2014 Day 1 – Cruisin’

We are making good progress westward today. Spent the night in Indianapolis after dinner with long time Twitter friend Bryan…

11 years ago