STORM NEWS and Archives for 2004

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2004

Global Cooling or Global Warming - Which is it?
Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential
NCAA History Guide - It's not weather, but it is interesting
Ham Radio High Altitude Balloon Launches
New Compact DLM Antenna
Review of Canon EOS 20D digital SLR
BAMEX Experiment (Bow Echo and MCV)
Gravity Waves and their role on Convective Initiation (pdf file)
Amazing Tornado Sensing Dog
Court reverses FCC rules on media ownership
New Tornado Paintings by John Brosio at the Greenwood Chebithes Gallery
New Tornado Safety Gaglines
Need Lights for your Chase Vehicle? Take a look at this example! by Michael Peregrine
USGS "Relative Greenness Map"
The Thrill of Storm Chasing by USA Today
Incredible dust devil video
November 14, 2004 - Tornado in Nadur, Malta
October 29, 2004 - Tornado near St. Cloud, MN by the Twister Sisters
October 29, 2004 - Northwest Missouri storms by Micheal Peregrine
October 27, 2004 - Lunar eclipse by Brian Morganti
October 18, 2004 - Prairie du Rocher, IL storm chase by John Farley
October 17 & 18, 2004 - Fall foliage by Brian Morganti
September 2004 - Virginia tornado outbreak caused by Hurricane Frances by Bill Harke
September 2004 - Hurricane Jeane track
September 2004 - Hurricane Frances damage by Jim Ladue
September 2004 - Hurrican Frances by Dave Lewison
September 2004 - Hurricane Frances by Paul Sirvatka
September 2004 - Hurricane Ivan by Dan Robinson
September 2004 - Virginia tornadoes resulting from Hurricane Frances by Bill Harke
September 2004 - Hurricane Francis LARGE VIDEO FILE - 19 meg WMV format by Scott McPartland
August 29, 2004 - Late season tornadoes in Kansas
August 26, 2004 - College Springs, IA - multi-vortex tornado by Brian Thalken / Jonathan Garner
August 26, 2004 - Southwest Iowa tornadoes by Mike Hollingshead
August 26, 2004 - Coin and Riverton, IA tornadoes
August 26, 2004 - Nebraska tornadoes
August 25, 2004 - Lightning breaks bolder outside of school
August 20, 2004 - News account of vehicle struck by lightning, injuring occupants
August 14, 2004 - Tornado in high desert near Los Angeles, CA
August 14, 2004 - Northeast New Mexico chase by John Farley
August 5, 2004 - Bartlesville, OK lightning show by Dave Crowley
July 31, 2004 - Adrian, MN Tornado by Beau Gjerdingen
July 16, 2004 - Kansas City storm by Michael Peregrine
July 15, 2004 - O'Neil, NE supercell by Ryan McGinnis
July 13, 2004 - Roanoke, IL F4 tornado review by the NWS
July 13, 2004 - Tornado near Eureka and Roanoke, Illinois
July 13, 2004 - Central Michigan storms by Nick Grillo
July 12, 2004 - Central Nebraska Supercell and Tornadoes by Mike Hollingshead
July 12, 2004 - Nebraska tornadic supercell by the Twister Sisters
July 11, 2004 - Northern Plains Supercell by Paul Sirvatka
July 10, 2004 - North Dakota Supercells by Melanie Metz and Peggy Willenberg
July 5, 2004 - Oklahoma storms by Jeff Wear
July 5, 2004 - Missouri storm chase by John Farley
July 1, 2004 - Tornadic storm in weak shear environment over north central Kansas by Jon Davies
July 1, 2004 - Storms near Cee Vee, Texas by Mike Umscheid
June 2004 - Large mammatus clouds over Hastings, NE
June 24, 2004 - Centerville, SD tornado by Andrew Revering
June 23, 2004 - NWS review of Wisconsin tornadoes
June 21, 2004 - NWS AMA review of the damaging hail event in Amarillo, TX (hail stones up to 4 1/2 inches!) RADAR Loops Reflectivity Velocity & Still Images
June 21, 2004 - Radar and other data from the Amarillo supercell by Steve Miller
June 14, 2004 - Southern Ontario, Canada chase by Laura Duchesne (video freeze frames)
June 13, 2004 - Waverly, NE supercell and tornadoes by Brian Thalken
June 13, 2004 - Alvo, NE tornadic supercell by Mike Hollingshead
June 13, 2004 - Damage survey of the June 12th tornado in Mulvane, KS by David Drummond
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane & Rock, Kansas tornadoes by Sam Barricklow
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane and Rock, Kansas tornadoes by Dave Crowley
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane & Rock, KS tornadoes by a local Wichita area resident
June 12, 2004 - Chaser is struck by lightning while chasing the Mulvane, KS tornado
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane tornado by Eric Nguyen
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane area tornadoes by Jason Polite
June 12, 2004 - Lightning illuminated mesocyclone near Moline, KS by Bill Tabor
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane, KS area tornadoes by Steve Miller
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane, KS area tornadoes by Jeff Wear
June 12, 2004 - Case study of the Mulvane, KS area tornadoes
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane, KS area tornadoes by Jason Branz
June 12, 2004 - Case study of the Mulvane, KS by Jon Davies and a related paper on Horizontal Convective Rolls
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane, KS area damage survey by the Wichita NWS - TEXT
June 12, 2004 - Crowley County, KS (Rock and Atlanta area) damage survey by Wichita NWS
June 12, 2004 - Southern Kansas lightning show by John LaJoie
June 12, 2004 - Mulvane, KS area tornadoes by David Crowley
June 12, 2004 - Nebraska storms and tornadoes by Michael Peregrine
June 11, 2004 - Northwest Missouri storms by Michael Peregrine
June 11, 2004 - Tornadic supercell in northwest Iowa by Melanie Metz and Peggy Willenberg
June 11, 2004 - North Central Iowa tornadoes by Mike Hollingshead
June 11, 2004 - Webb, Iowa tornadoes by Brad Carter
June 11, 2004 - Clay County, Iowa tornado damage survey by Sioux Falls, SD NWS
June 10 & 11, 2004 - Close lightning strikes in Virginia VIDEO #1 and VIDEO #2 by Jesse Bass
June 10, 2004 - Red Cloud, Nebraska supercell and tornado by Chris Gullickson
June 10, 2004 - Nebraska storms by Dan Robinson
June 10, 2004 - Red Cloud Nebraska supercell and tornado by Doug Raflik
June 10, 2004 - Big Spring, NE tornadoes by Scott Blair
June 10, 2004 - Ovid, CO, Chappell, Big Springs, Arthur, Tryon, NE storms and tornadoes by Eric Treece
June 10, 2004 - Southwest Nebraska tornadoes by Eric Nguyen
June 10, 2004 - Chappel, NE tornadoes by Michael Umscheid
June 10, 2004 - Chappel, NE tornadic supercell by Roger Hill
June 10, 2004 - Chappel, NE tornado by Dan Bikos
June 9, 2004 - Watkins, Bennett, Strasburg, Byers, CO storms by Eric Treece
June 9, 2004 - Woodrow County, CO tornadic supercell by Roger Hill
June 9, 2004 - North of Byers, Colorado by Dan Bikos
June 8, 2004 - Denver area hail storms
June 7, 2004 - Arnold, NE classic supercell by Brad Carter
June 4 - 12, 2004 - Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado chases by Matt Ziebell
June 1, 2004 - VIDEO of Lightning over Dallas, Texas by Sam Barricklow
June 1, 2004 - VIDEO of Mesocyclone and possible tornado north of Mineral Wells, Texas by Sam Barricklow
June 1, 2004 - North Central Texas supercells by Matt Crowther
May 31, 2004 - Central Texas storms by Lon Curtis
May 31, 2004 - Central Texas storms by Bill Tabor VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2
May 30, 2004 - Severe Weather Report from the NWS
May 30, 2004 - Iowa storm chase by Doug Keisling VIDEO
May 30, 2004 - Illinois storms and tornadoes by StormTalkers
May 30, 2004 - Southern Illinois tornado by Matt Ziebel
May 30, 2004 - Indiana storm chase by Nick and Vince Grillo
May 30, 2004 - Indy 500 tornado
May 29, 2004 - Oklahoma City area tornadoes by Jimmy Deguara and David Croan
May 29, 2004 - Jamestown, Kansas wedge by Sam Barricklow
May 29, 2004 - Tornadoes in western Oklahoma by Dave Crowley
May 29, 2004 - Weather maps and data from Dave Lewison
May 29, 2004 - Oklahoma tornado chase by John Farley
May 29, 2004 - Surviving a tornado in Sumner County, KS
May 29, 2004 - Kansas tornado chase by Jesse V. Bass III
May 29, 2004 - Jamestown, Kansas tornadoes by Scott Blair
May 29, 2004 - Tornadoes near Concordia, KS by Amos Magliocco
May 29, 2004 - Osborn and Cameron, MO by Damon Scott Hynes
May 29, 2004 - Radar loops of tornadic storms in Oklahoma by Zeke Setzer
May 29, 2004 - North Central Kansas tornadoes by Jonathan Garner
May 29, 2004 - North Central Kansas tornadic supercell by Jon Davies
May 29, 2004 - Harper and Sumner County, KS tornadoes by Mike Umscheid + VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2
May 29, 2004 - Tornadoes in south central Kansas by Eric Nguyen
May 29, 2004 - Harper / Sumner County, KS tornadoes by Stuart Robinson
May 29, 2004 - Radar loop of Harper and Sumner County, KS tornadic supercell by Adam Houston
May 29, 2004 - Long track tornadoes in Missouri by the NWS in Kansas City
May 29, 2004 - Southern Kansas tornadoes by Joey Ketcham
May 29, 2004 - Southern Kansas tornadoes by Melissa Moon
May 29, 2004 - Kansas tornado chase by Michael Peregrine
May 29, 2004 - Kansas tornado outbreak by Jesse Bass
May 29, 2004 - North Central Kansas tornadoes by Jason Politte (Text Chase Log)
May 29, 2004 - Beloit, Kansas cyclic tornadic supercell by Matt Ziebel
May 26, 2004 - Oklahoma dryline by Michael Peregrine
May 26, 2004 - Pawnee, Oklahoma tornadoes by Dave Crowley
May 26, 2004 - TXDOT announces statewide network of Internet Hot Spots at rest areas
May 24, 2004 - Southern Nebraska tornadoes by Jimmy Deguara and David Croan
May 24, 2004 - Preliminary report from the NWS
May 24, 2004 - Thayer County, NE tornado by Jon Davies
May 24, 2004 - Nebraska tornado outbreak by Dean Cosgrove via BNVN - LARGE VIDEO FILE
May 24, 2004 - Albany to Bethany, MO tornadoes by David Ewoldt
May 24, 2004 - U.S. 36 in Missouri by Matthew Parker
May 24, 2004 - Chester, NE to Kansas chase by Mike Hollingshead
May 24, 2004 - Bigelow, MO from BNVN (LARGE VIDEO FILE)
May 22, 2004 - Southern Nebraska lightning by Sam Barricklow - photo 2, photo 3
May 22, 2004 - Nebraska tornadoes by Dave Crowley
May 22, 2004 - Western / Swanton / Dewitt / Wilber, NE tornadoes by Damon Hynes
May 22, 2004 - Nebraska storms by Hardy Moreno
May 22, 2004 - Tornado outbreak by Hastings, NE NWS DAMAGE
May 22, 2004 - Beaver City / Alma, NE tornadoes by Karen Rhoden
May 22, 2004 - Radar indicated BWER near McCook, NE by Matt Ziebel
May 22 & 24, 2004 - Nebraska and Kansas tornadoes by Kirk Garwood
May 22, 2004 - Hallam, NE damage photos by The Journal Star
May 22, 2004 - Hallam, NE damage by David Drummond 12 meg VIDEO, 70 meg hi res VIDEO
May 22, 2004 - Nebraska tornadoes by Jeff Snyder
May 22, 2004 - Radar imagery from hastings, NE storm by Adam Houston
May 22, 2004 - Hallam, NE tornadoes by Ken Dewey
May 22, 2004 - Nebraska tornadoes from StormGuy.com
May 22, 2004 - Tornadoes in Thayer, Saline and Jefferson Counties in Nebraska by Corey Mead
May 22, 2004 - Nebraska tornadoes by Michael Peregrine
May 22, 2004 - Furnas County supercell and tornadoes by John Monteverdi
May 22, 2004 - Alma, Nebraska tornado by Fritz Kruse
May 22, 2004 - Tornadoes near Hebron, NE by Daphne Zaras
May 22, 2004 - Thayer to Jefferson County, Nebraska supercell and tornadoes by Jon Davies
May 22, 2004 - Thayer County wedge tornado by Brian Morganti
May 22, 2004 - Columbus to Blair, Nebraska supercell by Mike Hollingshead
May 22, 2004 - Nebraska tornadoes by Dan Robinson
May 21, 2004 - Floodng and storms by Derek "Fester" Boutwell
May 21, 2004 - Nebraska / Iowa storms by Dan Robinson
May 21, 2004 - Beaver City, NE tornado by Rob Mitchell PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2
May 21/22, 2004 - Hallam, NE damage photos by Dan Bikos
May 20, 2004 - Colorado tornadoes by Leon Perrault
May 20, 2004 - Morgan County, Colorado tornadoes by Matt Crowther
May 20, 2004 - Wall cloud near Liberty Center, IA by Bill Hark
May 19, 2004 - Iowa storms by Melanie Metz and Peggie Willenberg
Mobile Threat Net
The Medical Aspects of Lightning Injury
May 18, 2004 - Kansas Storms by Michael Peregrine
May 17, 2004 - Iowa supercell by Mike Hollingshead
May 17, 2004 - Storms near Russell, KS by Amos Magliocco
May 17, 2004 - Central Kansas storm chase by Jason Branz
May 16, 2004 - Holt County, NE tornadoes by Mike Hollingshead
May 16, 2004 - Nebraska storm chase by Jason Branz
May 13, 2004 - Flooding in Texas by Jason Sippel
May 13, 2004 - Storms in Texas by Bill Tabor
May 12, 2004 - NWS review of the Kansas storms and tornadoes
May 12, 2004 - Southern Kansas tornadoes by Jimmy Deguara and David Croan
May 12, 2004 - Southern Kansas tornado chase by Jason Branz
May 12, 2004 - Attica, KS tornado and VIDEO by David Lewison
May 12, 2004 - South Central Kansas Tornadoes by Karen Rhoden
May 12, 2004 - Attica, KS tornado - closeup video of disentigrating house by Chris Kridler
May 12, 2004 - South Central Kansas Tornadoes by Corey Meade
May 12, 2004 - Harper County night-time tornado by George Kouronous
May 12, 2004 - Medicine Lodge and Attica, KS tornadoes by Derek Deroche
May 12, 2004 - South Central Kansas Tornadoes by Dan Robinson
May 12, 2004 - Satellite images by Kenneth Dewey
May 12, 2004 - Kansas tornadoes by Dave Crowley
May 12, 2004 - Western Kansas tornadoes by Doug Speheger and Kevin Scharfenberg
May 12, 2004 - Medicine Lodge, KS tornado by Fritz Kruse
May 12, 2004 - Kansas tornadoes by Chris Gullickson
May 12, 2004 - Attica, Kansas tornadoes by David Lewison
May 12, 2004 - Miscellaneous video by Dan Robinson (LARGE .rm VIDEO FILE)
May 11, 2004 - Windy and stormy day in South Dakota by Dan Robinson
May 10, 2004 - Cedar Point, CO tornadoes by Verne Carlson
May 10, 2004 - Colorado tornado time-lapse video by Bobby Eddins VIDEO #1, VIDEO #2, VIDEO #3 (.wmv format)
May 10, 2004 - Northeast Colorado tornadoes by Patrick Burke
May 10, 2004 - Elbert County, Colorado tornadoes by Eric Treece
May 10, 2004 - Near Cheyenne, WY
May 10, 2004 - Northeastern Colorado tornadoes by Caryn Hill
May 10, 2004 - Colorado tornadoes by Scott Weberpal
May 10, 2004 - Video of Colorado torandoes from BNVN (WMV format)
May 10, 2004 - Wyoming storm by Sirvatka
May 9, 2004 - Sioux City, NE storms by Mike Hollingshead
May 8, 2004 - David City, NE by Mike Hollingshead
May 8, 2004 - Explosive thunderstorm develoment in Iowa by Stuart Robinson
April 30, 2004 - Clay County Texas supercell and tornado by Karen Rhoden
April 30, 2004 - Tornado warned supercell in West Texas Tornado Alley by Jimmy Deguara
April 28, 2004 - Northern Minnesota Severe Storm
April 24, 2004 - Nebraska & Nortwest Missiouri by Michael Peregrine
April 22, 2004 - Texas Panhandle Supercell by Phil Sherman
April 21, 2004 - Tornadoes near Shattuck, OK by Fritz Kruze
April 20, 2004 - Utica, IL storm photos
April 20, 2004 - Small CAPE outbreak in Illinois and Indiana by Jon Davies
Shear Parameters for Forecasting
April 20, 2004 - Illinois surface maps by Lon Curtis
April 20, 2004 - RADAR loops - Illinois and Indiana
April 20, 2004 - Granville, Illinois wedge tornado
April 20, 2004 - Jamestown, Indiana tornado
April 20, 2004 - Kankakee, IL tornado by Stan Olson (VIDEO - 12 meg file WMV format! )
April 20, 2004 - Harrison County, IA landspout tornado by Mike Hollingshead
April 20, 2004 - Northeast Oklahoma by Mike Umscheid, Jon Davies and Kyle Gerstner
April 18, 2004 - The Raymond, Alberta Canada tornado with low termperatures and dew points
March 27, 2004 - Oklahoma supercells by Karen Rhoden
March 27, 2004 - Arapaho/Okarche, OK tornadoes by Blake Naftel
February 21, 2004 - TESSA 8TH NATIONAL MEETING & TEXAS STORM CONFERENCE
January 30, 2004 - Supercell off the coast near Manly, Sydney, Australia by Jimmy Deguara
January 21, 2004 - Storms and Lightning near Batlow by Jimmy Deguara
January 13, 2004 - Severe storms and Lightning over southeastern Australia by Jimmy Deguara
January 10, 2004 - Severe storms and lightning - NW Slopes Quirindi by Jimmy Deguara
Small Tornadic Supercell - PDF FILE
The spatial distribution of severe thunderstorm and tornado environments from global reanalysis data
Your Own Ham Domain
January 2004 - Snow in Labrador, Canada
Reecom NOAA WEATHER RADIO - I have not checked this radio personnally, but a chaser reports that it is a good buy
Texas Wildflower Reports
Baron Services Threat Net
Earth Impact Effects Calculator
Issues with Small Sample Sizes
Weather Matrix Hourly Weather Statistics
How to make money surpressing hail - "Hail Stop"

2004 Chase Diaries and Logs

Jim Bishop, Tom Santillo, Simon Brewer - Stormgasm.com
Cloud 9 Tours 2004 Highlights Video
Bob Conzemius
Jack "Thunderhead" Corso
Dean Cosgrove
Dave Crowley
Matt Crowther and Betsy
Jon Davies
Jimmy Deguara
Alan Detrich
David Drummond - WX5TVS
Charles Edwards - Cloud 9 Tours
John Farley
Steve Ferree
Terry Fryer - English Storm Chaser
Jonathon Garner
Tom Grazulis
Chris Gullikson
Richard Hamel
Mike Hollingshead
William T. Hark
J.R. Hehnly - WX5TOR
George Kourounis
Chris Kridler
David Lewison
Lyle - A Colorado Storm Chaser
Amos Magliocco's Chase Blog - Sky-Chaser.com
John Monteverdi
Brian Morganti
Blake Naftel
Eric Nguyen
Michael Peregrine
Jason Persoff
Rodney Price
Karen and Gene Rhoden
Dan Robinson
Chris Rozoff
Jason Sippel
Jeff Snyder
Susan Strom
Bill Tabor
Eric Treece
Matt Ziebell

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