UKWW to USA Tornado Chase 2006

[ChaserUK]

Hello All

Nice to be posting back here again. I know you guys have already had a very active year and tragically, a number of fatalities. My thoughts go to all those families that have been affected.

UKWW are sending 8 teams to the USA this year with my team being the first, in fact this time next week we will arrive DFW; see team profile here:

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/f ... =1&start=1

Needless to say we are looking forward to this years chase. Not only because we get to witness some of the most awe-inspiring sights Mother nature has to offer but because we can play our part in reporting and confirming severe weather events to NWS offices.

I have already secured quite decent media coverage here on my little island in the English Channel, http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/f ... 59&start=1

..to be honest my aim was to raise general awareness of severe weather - the number of times I have been asked "what is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane?" - eeek!

Anyway, I hope you guys will wish us well and remember if you live in the alley, make sure your tornado preperations are already in effect!

[vbhoutex]

Hey!!! That is awesome!!! Keep us posted here as well!!!!

[TexasStooge]

Excellent!!! I'll probably see ya here in the DFW Metroplex.

[ChaserUK]

cheers guys - pleased to see that OK, KS got their mdt from spc today too.

[isobar]

All the best to you and your team!

[ChaserUK]

just to update you guys. The first 6 days were monster supercell after monster supercell. We have had tornado sirens go off in Coalgate, large hail impact, incredible bow echo in Brownwood - this was nothing short of "....end of the world type stuff". Superb structure on more than one occasion. Landspout formed 200 meters from our location E of San Angelo. 2 nightime naders in Clairmont, TX and another in Atoka, OK. Arriving at a hotel in Snyder being approached by a perfect hook echo and NWS issuing a Tornado Warning for us.

We were 50 miles North of the tragic F3 that devastated Westminster, Collin Co - took sobering images of the damage 48 hours afterwards.

The Bear's Cage experience Quinah, just E of Childress on 2 May was awesome. Problem was W cells were absorbed by the E cells we were chasing - we say incredible cloud formations and gunshot thunder. In fact we had gunshot thunder tonight as we chased storms to our location tonight - Corpus Christi! If anyone wants to meet up - let me know!