Out of the entire tour, only one day resulted in a moderate threat of severe weather, and that ended up being one of the least successful chase days of the lot. The tour got off to a really slow start as well. After three minimal chase days, we experienced two completely down days, something I haven't had happen on a tour in many year. We quickly made up for it though as we then saw tornadoes on 4 consecutive days in Kansas and Texas.
The real highlight of the tour, and one of the top 2 or 3 chase days of my career, was May 24th when we encountered the Dodge City cyclic-supercell that dropped 14 tornadoes, often with 2 or 3 in progress simultaneously, over an 80 minute period. Amazing!
Ultimately, I saw 19 tornadoes this season, an all time record for me.
2016 Photo Album:
2016 Photo Album with captions
Chase Day Pages:
May 21st, 2016: Beautifully structured supercell with dual mesocyclones near Leoti, KS.
May 23rd, 2016: Nighttime tornadic supercell near Northfield, TX.
May 24th, 2016: Cyclic tornadic supercell that produced 14 tornadoes near Dodge City, KS.
May 26th, 2016: Long chase day in western KS and OK with some great structure.
