In The Vortex

Tag: Storm Chasing

  • 05/01/09 Storm Chase Recap

    Tornadic supercells developed in North Central Texas as expected and moved at a very slow pace south.  The first storm we were on produced a couple of funnel clouds and then a really weak spinup underneath a rapidly rotating wall cloud.

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    We ended up west of Haskel, TX on yet another storm and saw some great lightning and wall cloud, and some sweet storm structure too.  Some more photos from that day.

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    Down for a couple days now.  Need to do some maintenance on the vehicle and get it cleaned back up, and hopefully a chase on Tuesday!

  • 05/01/09 Storm Chase Forecast

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    Classic triple point localized tornado outbreak in store for the Red River Valley area in northwest Texas.  We are already in the area and will be streaming live video later this afternoon.

    Ample moisture, moderate to extreme instability and enough cap to hold things off until peak heating, and sufficient wind sheer for rotating storm should be sufficient to ensure a few supercells across the region.  Tornadoes being a thread, also of significant note is extreme hail size of baseballs or larger which could be incredibly damaging for any towns in the path.

    Residents of northwest Texas need to keep a close eye on the weather for today.  Once storms start forming, they should rapidly become severe with tornado/hail threats within an hour or so of initiation!