Author: David Drummond

So earlier today I looked at things, though the potential was at least a little better than yesterday for a supercell in the SE TX Panhandle, but elected to save the gas and stay home and get some much needed work done on some other paying projects. Believe it or not, my target WAS actually Clarendon, because of a NW to SE boundary across there and the more backed surface winds.

A little later, some stuff started popping up around home area, and I decided the decision was a good once, because I might have to go out and chase for the TV Station. Turned out to be nothing but summer thundershowers, which had the nice effect of cooling it off here at my home, down now to 92F from 104F earlier!

Meanwhile, I am watching the big honkin’ supercell up by Clarendon with a wicked hook on it (in the radar image above), probably dropped at least one tornado already and appears to be cycling…and I would have been there. 🙁 I know Steve went NE, I hope maybe Jason is on the storm so I can at least see some pics later. If you are Jason, when you read this…you need a streaming cam man!

Meanwhile I sit and watch and listen to the fire department run on lightning started grass fires in the area. *sigh*

As expected, not a whole lot came from the storms yesterday.  Even though I tried, I couldn’t even find a single piece of hail.  The big show was the mammatus as the sun was setting, which made for some striking contrast.  My friends Steve Miller of the Texas variety and Jason Boggs where out in the area too and got some great mammatus shots of their own from different perspectives.

You know, the funny thing about this year, some of the pictures I have been most happy with and want to make prints to put up on the walls haven’t been tornadoes at all. In some cases, weren’t even severe storms.

Things look interesting for a chase in the eastern TX panhandle this Father’s Day, but I really have a lot of work I need to get done, so I am going to pass on it today and watch it from Steve’s Live ChaseCam.