05/05/08 Chase Summary
Ended up on a cell west of Roswell, NM and chased it all the way back to Lubbock, TX! Wow, what a long day! Was certainly the day of the wall clouds, although I did get a nice little funnel cloud (see it in the occluding mesocyclone behind the rain wrapping RFD).
The pic below was a wall cloud getting ripped apart by outflow/RFD interactions. The cloud would rip apart into pieces of scud and spin around this way and that way. Was one of the most complex interactions I ever witnessed. I can’t even describe it. It was way wicked though!
Finished up my day letting the storm roll over me as it was decreasing in intensity west of Levelland in a hellaceous hurricane like core, except with golf ball hail in it. Grabbed a burger in Levelland after taking a tour of the massive street flooding there and headed home. I am exhausted, so the forecast for tomorrow, which looks great BTW, will have to wait until morning. For now, crashing out to the sounds of the thundershower outside my window.
Written by David on May 6th, 2008 with
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