Saturday, June 4, 2011

Post date: Jun 4, 2011 1:39:05 PM

0830 CDT: After an aborted chase yesterday (Dewpoints were ridiculous, so storms simply weren't going to happen.) and a visit to Monument Rocks (See pictures here.), we headed to Amarillo, TX and the Big Texan for a great steak dinner.

Now it looks like any chances of tornadoes today (and only 2% at that) are simply too far from Norman, OK for us to reasonably chase and then still be able to get back in time for early flights tomorrow morning. As a result, I'm guessing that we'll have a leisurely breakfast here in Amarillo, TX and then head back to Norman.

Here's yesterday's travel map:

1130 CDT: We have left Amarillo and are on our way back to Norman, OK. This year's chase is all but over...

1330 CDT: Here are the states that we chased in, split up for each of the 2011 tours:

2300 CDT: Well, that'll pretty much do it! We've had the group dinner and met many of the Tour 3 chasers, and now all that's left is to get a decent night's sleep and head back home. As always, it's been a blast and I'm sad to be leaving... but there's always 2012! I'll look forward to it as I do every year. Best of luck to Tour 3 and I hope they get to see some awesome storms!

For a few shots from the day, GO HERE. Oh, and here's today's travel map: