April 29: West Texas Storm

High-based thunderstorm develops just north of Lubbock.

Storm quickly becomes outflow-dominant.

Still some beautiful scenes over flat Texas farm country.

Rope tornado before it quickly dissipates.

Looking west as the storm turns right.

Ranch scenery behind the storm at dusk.

The next morning at Caprock Canyons State Park.

May 1: Central Texas Storm

Storm develops in central Texas on a hot, humid afternoon. I intercept it just north of Haskell.

Wall cloud develops at the front of the storm as it moves slowly south.

Odd structure.

Closer view.

The storm weakens as it approaches Stamford.

May 5: Texas Supercell (Pam's first chase!)

Hot, humid Texas afternoon in Albany, near the triple point.

Early in the evening, a storm fires near Breckenridge.

Storm moves east, towards us. When it begins turning right, we head to route 717 to go south. Road closed!

After a long detour, we finally get in front of the storm just south of Strawn.

Spectacular formation overhead.

Pam sees her first chaser convergence (another 20 or 30 cars showed up a few minutes later).

Storm continues moving southeast as sunset approaches.

Updraft base and wall cloud.

Last view before the storm weakens. Pam gets a good sense of chasing on her first time out: waiting in a small town on a hot, humid afternoon, watching a storm fire at the triple point, an isolated supercell, lots of nearby CGs (cloud-to-ground lightning), a right-turning storm, a road closure, marble-size hail (during our detour), good view of storm structure, nearby wall cloud, chaser convergence.