26th April 2011
High risk event prior to the high risk in Alabama. We chased about 11 mesocyclones dropping from one to the next. I lost count of the number of hooks produced on this day!
First hook echo region:


Hook region to our east
The TV crew with Tim Samaras

New hook region separating from main storm to the east




Occulsion and rope-out


Next supercell south

next supercell base to the west

Next supercell south
Looking at a hook region at night
Lightning from these cells were powerful and dangerous

Regards,
Jimmy Deguara

Reports are still coming in, but an apparently large, destructive tornado has hit the town of Mapleton, Iowa this evening. Several storm chasers were