Top 10 Chases

Since the pattern is rather quiet... Below are my top 10 all-time chases (idea courtesy Matt Hartman) -- note that meteorological outcome is just one facet, with logistics/circumstances also key to my list.

10. May 31, 2005 -- Lamb Co. TX/Lubbock supercell. Camped out for hours watching initial cumulus to our northwest evolve into a supercell (with brief tornadoes). Hartman, Gregg Gallina, John Massura, and myself.

9. May 9, 2004 -- Southeast SD rotating wall cloud with Gallina -- left Norman around 5 am to begin our trip. 1000+ miles and got on a great storm to see high based corkscrew supercell pre-tornado warning (also no data).

8. June 14, 1998 -- High Risk chase solo across south central IL. Awesome HP supercell chased me from near St. Louis to back near my home along the IL/IN border.

7. April 30, 1997 -- First chase with VUSIT. Rotating wall cloud and one of the early chases with TOILET. John Gumm, Bart Wolf, Steve Beylon, and myself. Came up with TOILET acronym on drive back to Valpo.

6. April 2, 2006 -- Post-conference VUSIT reprise with Bart and crew into west central IL. Lots of great structure and one of the highest severe report days ever. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/060402_rpts.html

5. May 12, 2004 -- Attica, KS tornado (3 tornadoes total) with Gallina and help from Ed Roberts/Massura/Racy. "Help!!!" (stuck in Attica)

4. May 24, 1998 -- 1998 Valpo trip 5a. Harper Co. KS. Car was myself, Bart Wolf, Wes Terwey, and Esther J. Chaos with numerous tornado warnings and storms galore. Rotation literally
descending from above via cyclic supercell -- closest I've ever been to a low level circulation. JG to BW: "Uhh Bart, we've got rotation overhead!"

3. May 28, 2001 -- Trinidad, CO tornado with Massura, Roberts, Josh Bachman and thanks to Gallina for base support. Car broke down, had to get jumped, and almost ran out of gas in middle of nowhere southeast CO.

2. May 29, 2001 -- Turkey, TX supercell (Whitedeer, TX tornado day) with Massura, Roberts, Bachman

1. June 12, 2004 -- Mulvane, KS tornadoes (3) with Mark Darrow