Tagged: panhandle magic

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OK/TX Panhandles: May 4, 2019

Yesterday’s storm chase was focused on the High Plains. The first stop was Amarillo, TX, to stop and assess the environment around midday. I opted to drift north, as there were signs that convection...

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Texas Panhandle: March 27, 2019

Heading out for this chase, I knew there was the potential that storms would not fire at all. The environment was fairly marginal, more specifically, there was very little, if any, meaningful large-scale forcing....

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Texas Panhandle Storms: May 18, 2018

The day started in Dodge City to keep multiple chase targets in range, but it became clear fairly quickly that I was going to favor the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles. The moist axis verified well and...

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Fire-Induced Supercell: May 11, 2018

This was one of the most interesting chase days in my career and it seems fitting that it would happen in the Texas panhandle. Due to the variety of storms I’ve seen in the...

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Tornado Near Amarillo: June 13, 2016

I pursued a slow-moving supercell to the north of Amarillo, Texas on June 13th, 2016. After producing a large, rotating wall cloud, the storm proceeded to drop a few funnels, but no tornado, at...

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Return to the Panhandle: April 28, 2016

Today was a classic panhandle chase that also brought me into northwest Texas and others into southwest Oklahoma. Structure was the key word tonight. As with many storms this season, the supercells in this...

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Panhandle Magic Part II: 11/16

In perhaps one of the last storm chases of the year, a tornado outbreak struck the High Plains from the Texas panhandle to western Kansas. It was a setup you would expect to see...

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Panhandle Magic 9/20

A marginal severe setup worked out great, on a quiet day in the Texas panhandle with very few storm chasers out. A discrete supercell fired near McLean, TX in the afternoon and moved slowly...