USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 29 April, 2009


I have so many photos here, I'll be brief.


Texas!


Clouds.


More clouds.


Much more clouds :)


Ok.... One big cloud.


Lets try that again..  One VERY big cloud.


Did I not mention Tennis ball sized hail.


Make that baseball.


Oh.. and it's heading this way.. IE. Towards me.


Looking in the other direction.. You would think this side looks all nice and safe eh?


Oh.. Much closer.


Err... MUCH closer.


Time to leave.


Other storm chasers..


Storm getting bigger.


MUCH BIGGER.


Other storms in the distance.


My Storm.


Nice shot!


Some rotation.. This is where the tornado would appear..


Yes..  Close.. But not TOO CLOSE.


Let's wait a while.


Some low angle stuff.


Another storm chaser evacuating.


Some stock photography.


Outflow.


Err... Close outflow.


Looking back at where I was once parked.


Nice.


Cool..  TIV move over.. You have competition.


HA!.. I want one of these.. (With a hummer engine)


NOT a TORNADO..  Just outflow winds.


Looks scary eh? It's strong enough at times to take a roof off.


Like about now.


Nice.


Another one...


Base rotation... Just not quite fast enough to produce a tornado in full.


It's trying.


A shot of the inflow / storm structure.


My Car..


In my car.


Outside my car standing on the road.


Again.. more chasers.


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Texas Soil (You've seen this stuff wet..)  refer to 2006 trip.


The back end of the storm. (Actually the front end).


Very low base.


More outflow winds.


Stuck in the outflow winds.


REALLY stuck in the outflow winds.


Driving through the outflow winds.


Inside the OFW.


Nice.


An official spotter.


A scared tourist.


A torn....  Not quite.


It's trying.. It did produce a rope tornado 20 minutes ago.. Wrapped in rain. Too dangerous to see.


Storm threatening town.


Sun blocked.


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Out of comments.


Road.


Cars


Errr..  Guess?  YEP..  Dan is almost under the tornadic area..  Got some great video of this.


Backed off to a safer location.


Did I not mention, this storm was tornado warned for over 4 hours.


Night time..  Open shutter.


Looking back to safety.


Cool.


Lightning show.


More...


Anvil Crawlers.. (Joe... Take note).. I know you're reading this. :)


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Scared yet?


It is open shutter after all.

RADAR IMAGES


Start of the storm you have been looking at.


Severe warned.


Getting scary now.


Picture in picture.. Hope this helps you understand the structure.


Other storms in the distance.


I'm in a nice safe place. Kind of.


Just got out of there in time.. (Remember, I'm the little dot in the small circle)


In a very safe position, with roads going south in case the storm shifts.


A wise decision later.


STORM IS SHIFTING SOUTH.


Was not expecting it, but planned for it.


Other chasers stuck.. (piggy in the middle)


Would you believe the entire storm started moving backwards at 12mph..


Watched carefully.


Submitted my report of a rotation event and got back.
What a day..