Storm Chase Trip 2008

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Recent severe weather in our region has only heightened both the interest level and the seriousness we have in the subject as we prepare to head out on the 2008 storm chase trip Sunday morning (May 11). It is quite possible we will be heading into some threat of severe storms almost right out of the gate on Sunday in Southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee, though our main goal is to get far enough west by Tuesday for a possible Southern Plains severe weather outbreak.

Below is a link to the main chase page that includes our position mapped on radar and a link to a blog being kept by the students on the trip:

Storm Chase 2008 tracking page

Of course, I will be providing daily updates here on Roanoke.com as we head into a very confusing and uncertain weather pattern.

Storm chase team members are listed below by residence and school/professional affiliation
:
Dave Carroll (Blacksburg), Pulaski County High School teacher and Virginia Tech adjunct instructor, leader
Kevin Myatt (Roanoke County), Roanoke Times weather columnist, co-leader
Sandy LaCorte, (Davidson, N.C.) North Carolina-Asheville graduate (as of May 10, officially a meteorologist!), student trainer
Morgan Weeks (Floyd), North Carolina-Asheville meteorology student
Jennifer Henderson (Pearisburg), Virginia Tech instructor in interdisciplinary studies
Jessica Burchard (Greensboro N.C.), Virginia Tech student
Trevor Owen (Danville), Virginia Tech student
Jordan Rollins (Seaford, Del.), Virginia Tech student
Andrew Smith (Mechanicsville) Virginia Tech student
Taylor White (Blacksburg), Virginia Tech student
Marielle Taft, (Cabin John, Md.) Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, Md.) student
Joel Willis, Pulaski County High School student