2009 Storm Chasing Accounts and Photos

March 23 2009 Central Kansas Moisture starved dynamic setup lacks tornadoes but presents a couple wall clouds.
April 23 2009 McLean County, IL Another moisture starved system busts, but elevated severe storms after sunset provide a decent lightning opp.
May 13 2009 Northeast Missouri Large supercell produces significant but often rain wrapped tornadoes. Meanwhile, I hang back about 10 miles too far ahead of the storm and miss any decent view at a tornado.
May 15 2009 Interstate 72, Central Illinois Long track supercell rides the cool side of the boundary and fails to produce a tornado.
May 25 2009 Southwest Illinois Tropical low remnants kick off a nice supercell. This time tornado potential is killed off by constant interference from too many nearby storms.
May 29 2009 Champaign County, Illinois Nice little minisupercell at sunset.
May 30 2009 Southeast Illinois Long lived supercell comes close to producing a tornado once, but spends the rest of it's life as an elevated hail producer.
June 1 2009 Iowa/Missouri/Illinois Must frustrating chase to date ends in $600 car repair.
June 7 2009 Northeast Kansas / Northwest Missouri Beautiful pair of supercells that refuse to go tornadic.
June 8 2009 Tuscola, Illinois Isolated supercells develop and die quickly due to lack of deep layer shear.
June 18 2009 Almost to Iowa Moderate risk in Iowa doesn't pan out, as a sleep driver takes my chase vehicle off my hands.
June 19 2009 Eastern Illinois and Western Indiana Nice supercell tracks from eastern Illinois into western Indiana. This time, I see a potential tornado but fail to document it on video or film. I'm so over 2009...
August 19 2009 Rochester, Illinois Intercept of a rain wrapped tornado near Rochester on a day full of HP monsters.