STORM NEWS and Archives for 2002

This page contains an index to storm chase, severe weather, tornado reports and images of current and past storm events that are organized by year, month and day in reverse chronological order.

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2002

1. Updated NOAA Weather Radio Station Listings and Coverage
2. Current Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Map
3. Gulf of Mexico Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies versus April severe weather
4. (In)Famous Storm Chase Vehicles
5. New Perspective on Tornado Climatology (requires Adobe Acrobat reader)
6. West Texas Mesonet data files
7. IHOP
8. List of Public Libraries in Oklahoma
9. Weather Radar Discussion Group
10. AT&T Text to Speech Site - Give commands to Mr. Roboto 
11. Storm Machine Shop
12. Desktop Doppler
13. November 10, 2002 - Van Wert, OH tornado report by NWS
14. October 9-11, 2002 - Dodge City, KS - AMS High Plains Conference
15. October 3, 2002 - Woods County, OK to Barber County, KS supercell by Michael Umscheid
16. September 2, 2002 - Ladysmith, WI cleanup effort by the Star Tribune
17. September 2, 2002 - Ladysmith, WI tornado from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
18. September 2, 2002 - Ladysmith, WI tornado from KARE Ch 11
19. September 2, 2002 - Ladysmith, WI tornado from WAOW TV
20. August 28, 2002 - Wahpeton, ND Supercell
21. August 27, 2002 - Denver, CO Supercell by Elke Ueblacker
22. August 26, 2002 - Cheyenne Wells, CO - Outflow / dust storm by J. Haynes
23. August 25, 2002 - Lightning in Catoosa, OK by Dave Crowley
24. August 24, 2002 - Albin, WY
25. August 24, 2002 - Image 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and radar image of the storm
26. August 24, 2002 - Paoli, Colorado "Mothership"
27. August 16, 2002 - Crofton, NE
28. August 3, 2002 - Euroa, Victoria, Australia tornado by Jane ONiel
29. July 23 & 25, 2002 - Triggered lightning in Florida by Chris Kridler
30. July 2, 2002 - Case Study
31. June 14, 2002 - Springer to Logan, NM supercell by Sam Barricklow
32. June 11, 2002 - Russell to McPherson, KS supercells and brief tornadoes by Sam Barricklow
33. June 10, 2002 - Northern Kansas to Hastings, Nebraska supercells and lightning by Sam Barricklow
34. June 6, 2002 - South Dakota / Nebraska chase by Mike Hollingshead
35. June 6, 2002 - Mayer, MN supercell by Melanie Metz
36. June 4, 2002 - Supercells near Lubbock, TX by Doug Raflick
37. June 4, 2002 - Supercells near Lubbock, TX by Chris Kridler
38. June 4, 2002 - Central Illinois chase by John Farley
39. June 4, 2002 - Indiana storms by Matthew Hartman
40. June 2 & 3, 2002 - Horse-shoe funnels in Nebraska and hail storms in Colorado by Chris Kridler
41. June 1, 2002 - Traffic - the biggest danger to chasers - photo by Bobby Prentice (No chasers were involved in this accident, but RJ Evans and Bobby Prentice stopped to render aid.)
42. May 28 & 29, 2002 - Southwest Texas storms by Chris Kridler
43. May 27, 2002 - Gorman, Coleman and Brady supercells by Sam Barricklow
44. May 27, 2002 - Arthur, NE 
45. May 27, 2002 - Man can't control the weather, microbes are already in charge!  CNN article.
46. May 26, 2002 - Gustnadofest by Chris Kridler
47. May 24, 2002 - Cordell, OK tornado by Ryan Jewell
48. May 24, 2002 - Happy, TX church that was damaged by the tornado and rebuilt, burns
49. May 24, 2002 - Knox County - Lake Kemp HP and Vernon, Texas supercells by Sam Barricklow
50. May 23, 2002 - Pampa, TX supercell time-lapse (3 Mb) by Jim LaDue
51. May 23, 2002 - Pampa / Skellytown supercell by Michael Umscheid
52. May 23, 2002 - Lipscomb - Follett, Texas tornado by Bill Hark
53. May 23, 2002 - Follett, Texas tornado by Dave Lewison
54. May 23, 2002 - Lighting and storm structure near Pampa, TX by Dave Lewison
55. May 23 & 24, 2002 - Texas Panhandle Storms by Chris Kridler
56. May 22, 2002 - Tornado look-alike that triggered a tornado warning in Kansas by Bill Hark
57. May 22, 2002 - Smith Center, KS
58. May 20, 2002 - California tornadoes by KCRA
59. May 20, 2002 - California tornadoes by KXTV
60. May 15, 2002 - "Intuitively Obvious," even to the most casual observer (This may have been a Darwinian survival test!)
61. May 10 - May 17, 2002 - Article on Ball State storm chase
62. May 16, 2002 - Texas County, Oklahoma tornado and hail storm by Scott Weberpal
63. May 15, 2002 - Oklahoma and Kansas chase by John and Beth Moore
64. May 11, 2002 - Science New article on Tornado Alley
65. May 9, 2002 - Lightning strike with red "halo" by Bill Hark
66. May 7, 2002 - Pratt, Kansas hail photo by Ryan Jewell (Fuji FinePix, 2 MP with 2800 with 6X zoom)
67. May 7, 2002 - Windthorst, KS by Chris Gullikson and Don Lloyd
68. May 7, 2002 - Kansas supercells by Bernard Hulshof
69. May 7, 2002 - Kansas radar images
70. May 7, 2002 - Kansas tornado time lapse images by Neal Rasmussen
71. May 7, 2002 - Kansas tornadoes by Tim Marshall
72. May 7, 2002 - Kiowa County, KS tornadoes by Jon Davies
73. May 7, 2002 - Kiowa County, KS tornadoes by Fritz Kruze and John Finch
74. May 7, 2002 - SW KS tornado by Sirvatka
75. May 7, 2002 - Pressure changes near a SW Kansas tornado
76. May 5, 2002 - Happy, Texas tornado by Sam Barricklow
77. May 5, 2002 - Happy, Texas tornado damage by Sam Barricklow
78. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado time-lapse by Neal Rasmussen
79. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado by Bobby Eddins
80. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado from StormTrack, including Tim Marshall's images
81. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado by Amos Magliocco
82. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado by Jeff Lawson
83. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado by Kevin McGrath
84. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado by Jim Ladue
85. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado by Bill Reid
86. May 5, 2002 - Happy, TX tornado by J.R. Hehnly
87. May 5, 2002 - Smith and Webster Counties, NE
88. May 4, 2002 - Vick, TX tornado by Amos Magliocco
89. April 29, 2002 - Brock, Texas supercell by Ed Cohen
90. April 28, 2002 - Satellite image of Maryland tornado's path
91. April 27, 2002 - Missouri supercells by Kyle Harmon
92. April 21, 2002 - Wayne County, IL tornado by the Paducah, KY NWSFO
93. April 20, 2002 - Weak tornado near Plainview, TX
94. April 20, 2002 - Plainview, TX Triple Point Supercell and Dust Whirl by Amos Magliocco
95. April 17, 2002 - Woodward storm
96. April 17, 2002 - Blair, NE Supercell
97. April 17, 2002 - Salt Lake City area windstorm
98. April 16, 2002 - Fort Worth, Texas tornado by Butch Seaman
99. April 16, 2002 - Satellite image severe storms over the Central Plains
100. April 16, 2002 - Wichita, Clay and Montague County Supercells by Amos Magliocco
101. April 14, 2002 - Pender, NE Bow Echo
102. April 13, 2002 - Poultry Pulverization near Tulia, TX
103. April 12, 2002 - Norman, OK Doppler RADAR Celebration
104. April 11, 2002 - Pretty Prairie, KS tornado by Jim Reed
105. April 11, 2002 - El Nino / ENSO update
106. April 9, 2002 - Hodographs
107. April 7, 2002 - Throckmorton, TX tornado by Chuck Doswell
108. April 7, 2002 - Throckmorton, TX tornado by Jonathan Garner and Brian Thalken
109. April 7, 2002 - North Texas Supercells by Amos Magliocco
110. April 7, 2002 - Weather maps
111. April 6, 2002 - LP Supercell in New Mexico by Amos Magliocco
112. April 4, 2002 - El Nino Status
113. March 31, 2002 - SWIFT severe weather / position plotter
114. March 30, 2002 - Jewett, TX HP Supercell by Bob Conzemius
115. March 30, 2002 - Supercell & tornado near Glen Rose, TX Image by Bobby Eddins
116. March 30, 2002 - Limestone County, TX tornadic supercell
117. March 30, 2002 - Coke County, TX tornado from KTXS
118. March 30, 2002 - Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium
119. March 20, 2002 - Central Texas severe storms
120. March 24, 2002 - Yole Storms
121. February 9, 2002 - Denver Chaser Party Pictures
122. January 12, 2002 - Radar reflection from wind generator farm near White Deer, Texas (NE of AMA)
123. January 7, 2002 - New classification system for winter storms
124. January 2002 - Vapor rings of unknown origin

2002 Chase Summaries and Chase Diaries

1. Sam Barricklow
2. Spring in Victoria, Australia (images by multiple chasers)
3. Winter in Victoria, Australia
4. Cloud 9 Tours
5. College of DuPage
6. Bob Conzemius
7. Matt Crowther and Betsy Abrams
8. Jimmy Deguara
9. Chuck Doswell
10. Downunder Chasing
11. Bobby Eddins
12. John Farley
13. Eric Flescher
14. Chris Gullikson
15. Roger Hill
16. Bernard Hulshof
17. John Jensen
18. Chris Kridler's Sky Diary and Slide Show
19. Fritz Kruse
20. Jim and Daphne Ladue
21. Amos Magliocco
22. Melanie Metz
23. John and Beth Moore
24. Neal Rasmussen
25. Karen Rhoden
26. High Plains Regional Climate Center Photo Gallery
27. Dan Robinson - West Virginia Lightning
28. Tempest Tours
29. Jason Wear
30. Peggy Willenberg

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