USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 17 May, 2010
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It will be a long drive today.
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This storm, Central / West Texas was my
first target, but no chance of Tornadoes.
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It did look nice though.
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It ended up producing winds in excess of
100km/h and medium sized hail.
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It was all outflow dominant.
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Looks scary..
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These aren't exactly small. 1.25"
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It caused at least one accident.
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And powered many homes.
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Now I'm off to my next target.
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Where you may ask...?
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West....
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VERY WEST.
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Scary looking cloud.
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There was rotation associated with these
storms, but nothing too major.
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No tornadoes produced today.
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But a nice lightning strike here and there.
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As well as some nice backlighting for the
storms.
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I keep missing the bolts.
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No.. Missed again..
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Another chaser.
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Missed again.. Bad timing...
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Aha..
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And again.
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Oh... A little close and over exposed.
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Sun is setting.
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Nice...

A panorama of the first storm earlier
today.