David Drummond
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We just got in about half our ago.
Started out the late afternoon just to go with hoping to get some good hail video. Ended up seeing something we almost couldn't believe we were seeing , A WALL CLOUD. Then the warning went out for that location and we were like, "I'll be damned". That one was not rotating and was NE of Big Spring. We saw that, some awesome looking virga and a some lightning.
After dark set in we hit Big Spring and headed east and got in the outer edge of the storm before we headed south. Got nailed by some "soft" hail that would "splat" when it hit the windshield and were fighting 50 sustained gusting to 65 winds on I20. Vehicles were taking cover under overpasses.
South of there we watched another wall cloud in the lightning flashes. Couldn't see rotation when it did flash, BUT, it's appearance did seem to morph quite a bit from one to the other, so there was definitely some sort of rapid motion in there. Came across several hail paths on the road, the deepest was 3 inches deep of mostly pea to marble size hail, and lots of really slushy looking stuff. Driving was treacherous. Lots of great lightning.
I am totally pleased! :wink: I will post a short video clip or a pic or two later tonight (this morning) or later in the day sometime.
Started out the late afternoon just to go with hoping to get some good hail video. Ended up seeing something we almost couldn't believe we were seeing , A WALL CLOUD. Then the warning went out for that location and we were like, "I'll be damned". That one was not rotating and was NE of Big Spring. We saw that, some awesome looking virga and a some lightning.
After dark set in we hit Big Spring and headed east and got in the outer edge of the storm before we headed south. Got nailed by some "soft" hail that would "splat" when it hit the windshield and were fighting 50 sustained gusting to 65 winds on I20. Vehicles were taking cover under overpasses.
South of there we watched another wall cloud in the lightning flashes. Couldn't see rotation when it did flash, BUT, it's appearance did seem to morph quite a bit from one to the other, so there was definitely some sort of rapid motion in there. Came across several hail paths on the road, the deepest was 3 inches deep of mostly pea to marble size hail, and lots of really slushy looking stuff. Driving was treacherous. Lots of great lightning.
I am totally pleased! :wink: I will post a short video clip or a pic or two later tonight (this morning) or later in the day sometime.