Join your trusted storm chasing experts as they enter their 16th year guiding you into Tornado Alley to find, marvel at and learn about the most intense and amazing storms on earth!
We at Silver Lining Tours are pleased to announce the 2013 Tours. The prices below are for a complete tour package that, as always, includes: arrival day lodging, lodging on each of the tour days, tour t-shirts, and a professionally edited highlights DVD. The only items excluded are airfare and/or other expenses that you incur in traveling to and from the meeting city, daily meals and incidentals (e.g., souvenirs).
For the Prime Time Tornado Tour and Great North Tornado Hunt, room-sharing parties will receive a total discount of $300.00 ($150 per room-sharing participant). For all other tours, the room-sharing discount is $200.00 ($100 per person). Larger discounts are available for groups of 6 or more (provided there are 2 people per room).
MULTI-TOUR DISCOUNT: As always, we are pleased to offer a multi-tour discount. Sign up for any TWO or more 6-day and/or 7-day tours and receive a $150 discount off each trip. Sign up for any 10-day tour and another shorter tour and receive a $250 discount off the 10-day trip and a $150 discount off the shorter trip! If taking advantage of the multi-tour discount, neither the room-sharing discount nor lifetime discount (if applicable) shall apply.
HOW TO RESERVE A SPACE:
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E-mail us to obtain the password necessary to access the relevant online tour agreement (Tornado Outbreak Tour, Caprock Magic Tour, Great Plains Cyclone Tour, Prime Time Tornado Tour, High Plains Magic Tour, High CAPE Tour, Scultped Supercell Tour, Rolling Prairies Lecture Tour and the Great North Tornado Hunt (see below for descriptions of the various offerings)). Our special Storm Photography Tours will be run concurrently with the High CAPE and Sculpted Supercell Tours and have their own agreements for the first (Photo Tour #1) and second (Photo Tour #2) occurrences. In addition, to our tour agreement, we also require a waiver and release. Both require a recent version of the Adobe Acrobat reader, freely available here. Carefully read the tour agreement and call David with any questions. By signing this agreement you are completely indemnifying the tours and accepting responsibility for all of the risk that such an expedition entails.
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Sign and complete the agreement and waiver, returning it to Silver Lining Tours along with your non-refundable $700.00 deposit (The Prime Time Tour and Great North Tornado Hunt) and $600 for all others . Alternatively, you may pay the deposit using a credit card. Please see Item #5 under Tour Details in the side bar for the necessary details about how to do this.
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Inform David or Roger (via email or phone) that you have mailed or are about to mail the tour agreement and deposit – at that point your spot is secure.
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Make your flight arrangements to/from Oklahoma City for the first FOUR tours (Tornado Outbreak, Caprock Magic, Great Plains Cyclone and Prime Time), or to/from Denver for High Plains Magic through Rolling Prairies, or to/from Rapid City, South Dakota for the Great North Tornado Hunt.
Tour Table Legend: Red = sold out; Yellow = more than halfway to capacity
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Tour Number |
Arrival Day |
First Chase Day |
Last Chase Day |
Departure Day |
Availability |
Total Cost |
Base City |
Length (Days) |
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PRICE NOTE: ALL PRICES BELOW ASSUME CREDIT CARD METHOD OF PAYMENT. Cash/Check/Money Orders for the two 10-day tours will receive a $100 discount and all others a $50 discount. NOTE: up-front payment in full is NOT required to enjoy the cash discount; it is sufficient to merely pay the deposit (using check/money order), indicating your intention to ultimately make check/money order payment of final balance when due. There will be NO additional charges/surcharges.
CLICK ON TOUR TITLE FOR DESCRIPTION. |
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On-call |
Anytime the weather warrants it |
$300/day |
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T1: The Tornado Outbreak Tour |
April
26 |
April 27 |
May 3 |
May 4 |
SOLD OUT |
$2550 |
OKC |
7 |
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T2: Caprock Magic |
May 4 |
May 5 |
May 11 |
May 12 |
SOLD OUT |
$2550 |
OKC |
7 |
| T3: Great Plains Cyclone |
May 12 |
May 13 |
May 19 |
May 20 |
SOLD OUT |
$2750 |
OKC |
7 |
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T4: Prime Time |
May 20 |
May 21 |
May 30 |
May 31 |
SOLD OUT |
$3700 |
OKC |
10 |
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T5: High Plains Magic |
June 1 |
June 2 |
June 7 |
June 8 |
SOLD OUT |
$2350 |
DEN |
6 |
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June 8 |
June 9 |
June 14 |
June 15 |
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$2350 |
DEN |
6 |
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T7: Sculpted Supercell |
June 15 |
June 16 |
June 21 |
June 22 |
LIMITED |
$2350 |
DEN |
6 |
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T8: Rolling Prairies Lecture |
June 22 |
June 23 |
June 29 |
June 30 |
SOLD OUT |
$2550 |
DEN |
7 |
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T9: Great North Tornado Hunt |
July 6 |
July 7 |
July 16 |
July 17 |
LIMITED |
$3500 |
RAP |
10 |
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SLT
Photo Tour #1 |
June 8 |
June 9 |
June 14 |
June 15 |
ONE SPOT REOPENED! |
$2800 |
DEN |
6 |
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SLT
Photo Tour #2 |
June 15 |
June 16 |
June 21 |
June 22 |
SOLD OUT |
$2800 |
DEN |
6 |
Status as of: May 11, 2013:
There are still a few seats lefts on a couple remaining tours! Come on out and join the fun! Due to a last minute cancellation ONE SPOT has reopened on Photo Tour #1!!
Legend for the schedule table shown above: "ARRIVAL DAY" - the day set aside for you to travel to the base city; this is the day prior to the first chase day of your tour; "DEPARTURE DAY" - the day set aside for you to depart the base city after your tour has concluded; this the day after the last chase day of your tour. "FIRST CHASE DAY" - the first full day of storm chasing for your tour. "LAST CHASE DAY" - the last full day of storm chasing for your tour.
Note: On-call chasing expeditions will be conducted as conditions warrant throughout the season including the period of the regular scheduled tours.