“It would seem to me that a seasoned storm chaser would realize setting up North-east of an active storm, was about the worst thing you could possibly do.”
Amen! This was my immediate thought as soon as I saw the track. Basic Storm Tracking 101! Actually remedial storm tracking.
Okay we’re in agreement. It was mentioned that these folks want to be in front of the storm so they can launch their probes into it. So I think there is some reason to their ‘madness’. It seems this is the weak link in the process though, and this loss certainly buttresses that take on it IMO.
Here is a link to a map of historic Indiana tornadoes - nearly all the tracks are running SW to NE (unless it’s NE to SW).
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/CLI/IWX_Tors/kiwxtors.php
Another map here, from May 2011.
SW-NE.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rtimages/srh/stsd/Apr26-27/Tornado_Rating_Track_Image_5_2_2011.jpg
