User:Stratosphere

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Welcome

Welcome to my user page! My handle on here is Strato|sphere but my real name is Nick. I've been on Wikipedia for over 18 years! My main interests on here are articles related to the transportation networks of the United States, specifically highways in Michigan and Nebraska as well as articles related to meteorology and storm chasing.

Storm Chaser

When the weather permits, I am an avid storm chaser. I began storm chasing in 2010 when I took a 3-week vacation to the

on May 10th and since then I've logged over 185,000 miles (297,729 km) and spotted 97 tornadoes! I enjoy severe weather and chasing so much I moved to Nebraska in 2016!

Memorable Chase Events

Here's a quick list of a few storm chases that I put on the top of my list as most memorable:

• May 22, 2010 - saw 4 tornadoes that day including the EF-4 wedge near Bowdle.
• May 24, 2010 - saw 2 tornadoes during the May 24, 2010 in South Dakota, an EF-2 tornado near Howes with a satellite rope tornado
• June 5, 2010 - saw 3 tornadoes during the
  June 5–6, 2010 tornado outbreak
  including an EF-2 that hit Elmwood, Illinois
• April 14, 2012 - saw 3 tornadoes on 3 separate supercells during the
  April 13–16, 2012 tornado outbreak
  in Kansas including the EF-4 north of Lyons, Kansas
• May 18, 2013 - saw 2 tornadoes during the
  May 18-21, 2013 tornado outbreak
  including the EF-4 near Rozel, Kansas
• May 31, 2013 - saw 2 tornadoes during the historic 2013 El Reno tornado event
• November 17, 2013 - saw the EF-4 that tracked from East Peoria to Long Point, IL during the
  November 17, 2013 tornado outbreak
• May 9, 2015 - saw 7 tornadoes during the
  May 9, 2015 outbreak
  , 5 in Colorado and 2 in Kansas
• May 24, 2016 - saw 11 tornadoes on the prolific cyclic tornadic supercell near Dodge City, Kansas during the
  May 22–26, 2016 tornado outbreak sequence
• June 6, 2018 - witnessed the amazing supercell and long track tornado at Laramie, Wyoming
• May 23, 2019 - witnessed 4 tornadoes during a cyclic supercell between Lipscomb, TX and Laverne, OK

What userpage is complete without userboxes and awards?

This user has been a Wikipedian since November 2, 2005.	This user has created 612 maps for Wikipedia!	This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than ten years.
4,000+ This user has made more than 4,000 contributions to Wikipedia.	1,000+ This user has made more than 1,000 contributions to Wikimedia Commons.	This user has written or expanded 2 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.
CMU This user is a Chippewa.	BS This user has a Computer Science .	This user is a former resident of the U.S. State of Michigan.
This user lives in the U.S. State of Nebraska.	This user edits articles about Nebraska Highways.	This user edits articles about Michigan State Trunkline Highways.

The Working Man's Barnstar For your great work (both in quality and quantity) at the maps task force, I, TwinsMetsFan, award you this barnstar. TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 03:07, 1 March 2008 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar I, Scott5114, do hereby award Stratosphere the Tireless Contributor's Barnstar for the huge amount of work that went into propelling the Michigan highway project into uncharted levels of quality. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 05:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC) The Michigan State Highways Barnstar For all that you do to contribute to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan State Highways through maps and article creation/editing. Imzadi1979 08:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC) The Michigan State Highways Barnstar For expanding Good Article. Imzadi1979 (talk ) 17:24, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

This user has written or expanded 2 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user helped promote Brockway Mountain Drive to good article status.