Another 13 hours of driving...but here we are, back safe and sound in Green Bay.

Be careful what you ask for...you just might get it. And we got it today. Severe weather, not just nearby...but right over our heads.

A special treat in store for those of you who saw our 6 o'clock broadcast and realized...I told you nothing about the rattlesnake connection to eastern Colorado.

The time is 2:25pm, and we are currently sitting in Akron, Colorado waiting for the storm to form. For the first time on the chase, I can really "feel" the fact that the atmosphere is ready for thunderstorms, with a little more humidity and a lot of heat.

The chase so far has admittedly been a bit quiet. Not much you can do when Mother Nature is completely in charge, but the weather does appear to be getting more active over the next couple of days.

Not much in the way of severe weather today, so we headed south to prepare for a good position for better chances at severe weather on Tuesday.

Our first day of chasing certainly was forecasted to be bleak, but the weather took a turn for the better...or should I say worse?

As we set out for our first chance at storms today, we will work our way northwest into the state of Montana.

Most Wisconsinites remember the Barneveld Tornado of 1984, an F-5 tornado that ripped through the town just after midnight with little warning.

June 23, 2004. Storm Team 5 had just fired up it's new Little Chute radar along Highway 41. That evening, a tornado touched down near the bureau, causing quite a bit of damage in the Little Chute and Kaukauna areas.

On July 18, 1996, 12 tornadoes touched down in the state of Wisconsin. The rarest of tornadoes, an F-5, practically wiped out the town of Oakfield in Fond du Lac County.

An F-3 tornado ripped through Stoughton on August 18, 2005. Here is a website dedicated to pictures and videos of that tornado.

The homepage of the National Weather Service's Green Bay office.

The National Weather Service in Green Bay holds training sessions each year for Severe Weather spotters.

Here are some cool podcasts from the Severe Storms Lab.

All severe weather watches in the United States start here... the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.