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Tour #6 Tornado Lecture Tour
Exclusive tour with renown tornado scientist Chuck Doswell.
Discover the Secrets of our Dynamic Atmosphere
7 days of storm chasing/8 nights lodging.
Base City: Denver, Colorado
Tempest staff member Dr. Charles Doswell is awarded the Sergey Soloviev Medal Award at the European Geosciences Union 2005 assembly in Vienna. Congratulations, Chuck! Read more about the award.
Chase with a Legend!
Our annual Severe Weather Workshop and Lecture Tour (Tour 6), hosted by world-renowned tornado scientist Dr. Charles Doswell, is the perfect choice for guests wanting to expand their knowledge of supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes. The information presented during the tour will be tailored for the specific needs of each guest, whether novice or expert. Dr. Doswell will share his insight into tornado forecasting, storm chase logistics, and other anecdotes.
The Lecture Tour will allow guests the rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the leaders in the field of tornado and supercell meteorology.
Dr. Charles Doswell is a veteran storm chaser of three decades and former researcher with the National Severe Storms Laboratory. His bio, and a collection of papers he has authored, can be accessed by clicking here.
Base City: Denver, Colorado
Denver is both the gateway to the Rocky Mountains and to the Great Plains. It is located near the nation's epicenter of tornado activity for late June and early July. Denver provides guests with many sightseeing and outdoor activities. Be sure to visit the National Center for Atmospheric Research in nearby Boulder. Allow extra time to see Denver prior to and after your tour!
Our Denver base hotel offers a free airport shuttle, complimentary continental breakfast, and data ports. Nearby attractions include: Historic Downtown Denver, Colorado Rockies Baseball, and the spectacular Colorado Rocky Mountains for hiking, late season snow skiing at Arapaho Basin, fly fishing and photography.
The Meteorology of Tour #6
Our late-June tour is scheduled during the most active period for tornadoes on the Northern and High Plains of Tornado Alley. Typical chase territory includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota and Iowa.
On June 24, 2003, Dr. Doswell and our team intercepted 14 tornadoes in South Dakota!
A few other notable late-June Tornado Alley events include:
Southeast SD, June 24, 2003, over 10 tornadoes (intercepted by Tempest Tours).
Crook Co., WY, June 25, 1975, F3 tornado.
Bon Homme Co., SD, June 26, 1965, F3 tornado.
Pottawattamie Co., IA, June 26, 1976, F4 tornado.
Adair Co., IA, June 27, 1953, F5 tornado.
Scotts Bluff Co., NE June 27, 1955, deadly F4 tornado.
Hutchinson Co., TX, June 27, 1992, F4 tornado.
The map below depicts average annual all tornado activity for June.
SOURCE: NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY
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