Foreward Tim Marshall Editor, STORM TRACK Magazine

Putting STORM TRACK Magazine in electronic form has been a dream of mine for many years. The old paper STORM TRACK masters are deteriorating and the amount of paper used to make one copy of all issues totals several reams -- not to mention the hours of time it takes to make such copies. This project was the way to go. It is convienent, easy to use, and will help preserve this historic publication well into the next century.

There have been so many interesting articles submitted by our subscribers and I wanted to see them last. Many of the articles are timeless and have high educational value. Improvements over the paper version include better type for reading and an index to search for the articles you want to find. Also, many of the black and white photographs in the paper version appear here in color. So enjoy scanning through the history of storm chasing.

Many thanks to Tim Vasquez who made this project a reality and to David Hoadley for starting this publication back in 1977. Thanks also go to all of you who have contributed to STORM TRACK over the years and supported storm chase efforts!

Tim Marshall
Flower Mound, Texas
November 20, 1998