- APRIL 6, 2001 DAY CHASE
Cars: Chase 1: Fog Sucks - Rachel Trimarco (driver), Adam Stepanek (TL), Kurt Poeppel, Vanessa MyersChase 2: Damage Inc - Chris Kuhlman (driver), Matt Hartman (TL), Erin Hokanson (chase log), Jon CuttingChase 3: Big Bust - Josh Bachman (driver), Eric Muller (TL), Aneela QureshiChase 4: Rear Flank - Brian Dillon (driver), Jason Tomlinson (TL), Tracy Goyette, Steve Jaye
Chase Log:
11:19 AM -- Left Mueller Hall- Slight Delay on 30 W because Dillon had his CB turned off
** Matt, My God that’s an ugly McDonalds. I wouldn’t even paint my outhouse that color!
** Adam, My cell phone doesn’t like Hebron very much.** Jason, Neither do I!
11:54 AM: Temp: 66F / Dewpoint: 63F
12:10 PM: Another delay because Rear Flank got stuck behind dump trucks
12:15 PM: Rear Flank FINALLY catches up with the group
12:19 PM: T/Td: 66/64 Location: Headed South on 41
12:30 PM: T/Td: 67/65 - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH Issued for N. Central IL and N. Indiana, until 6 pm tonight!
12:45 PM: T/Td: 71/67 -- Location: Kentland, IN
12:58 PM: T/Td: 70/67 -- Location: Watseka, IL
1:10 PM: T/Td: 71/66 -- Location: Sheldon, IL -- Lightning flash noted
1:20 PM: Location: Outside of Hoopeston, IL -- heading towards Hoopeston to catch the warning for Ford County, Illinois.
2:00 PM: T/Td: 72/68 -- Location: South of Armstrong, IL
2:04 PM: Stopped -- Looking north at dark skies -- Sweet CG!
2:05 PM: Golf Ball size hail reported near us
2:09 PM: CG Lightning north -- repositioning to watch the storm
2:20 PM: T/Td: 78/69
** Jason, “The warm front basically much follows the Ohio-Missouri Border”
2:28 PM: Stopped for a view on 2000 N -- storm at 71 Dbz…! -- a lowering noted to the north
Inflow of 12 Knots, with gusts to 14 Knots. Another lowering to the NW…
Report of hail -- In EXCESS of 2” near Danville (approx 3 miles away)!!!
2:48 PM: T/Td: 77/68 -- Location: West of Danville
-- Erin has a migraine and needs some Excedrin
-- Damage Inc nearly rear-ends Fog Sucks…
-- Report of a V notch and a hook echo on radar!
3:02 PM: T/Td: 78/69 -- Location: Near Danville
3:14 PM: T/Td: 80/74 now on the Indiana / Illinois Border
3:45 PM: T/Td: 68/62
** Adam, “Would it be that difficult to make the roads straight?!?”
4:00 PM: Consensus is that the storm is weakening and topography south of us is bad chase country, decision seems to be to head back home.
4:09 PM: Passed Marshall
--Toilet reached a peak of 505 strikes/min at the storms greatest intensity!!!!!
4:17 PM: Hail still on the ground along with signs of flash flooding east of Waveland, IN
4:24 PM: Erin’s headache is gone! Excedrin is my friend!
Approx 6:30 PM: Arrived back at Mueller hall – unloaded equipment, cleaned up and headed home
Not bad of a chase. We were able to intercept one of only a few storms that were around us to earn a SVR Warning…
Good job to everyone involved…!