USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 28 April, 2009
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One webcam link established.
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Calibration taking place.
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On my way to Texas.
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Wind Farm.
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My Setup... More toys to play with, more to
pack, more to go wrong.
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Welcome to Texas.
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No storms yet.
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Nup.
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Nothing.
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Cows..
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Welcome to Earth... (Seriously, this IS a
town in Texas)
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Aha.. I see storms.
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Rays of light.
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Heading North.
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Wind farm.
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Heading down the mountain.
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Big storm ahead.
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Quite large.
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Nice.
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Looking back.
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Found the storm.
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I see rotation.
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Possible tornadic storm.
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Some open shutter shots.
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Wall cloud forming.
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Wall cloud established.
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Looking for any rotation under the wall
cloud. (ie, tornado)
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Very active with Lightning. One hit 4 miles
up the road.. (On the road)
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Beaver tail forming.
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Lightning off the right.
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There's another strike.
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And another.
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Someone driving by.. Not a good idea.
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The storm 6 miles up was pushing out
grapefruit sized hail. 3.5 Inches.\
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YES.. Inches..!
RADAR IMAGES
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Testing the webcam.
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Having fun with technology as always.
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Me.
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The map, and back roads in New Mexico
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Tornado warned storm with meso...
Lets head for that shall we?
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Wind farm.
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Getting closer.
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MUCH CLOSER.
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OK.. That's close enough.
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Err... (See the White on Radar...
3.5 Inch Hail)
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The radar indicates storm motion. by this
time, the motion was almost above my head. Time to get out of there.
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Submitted a quick report and drove..
(Quickly)