Marcus Diaz
EF5
Due to some other commitments, I left town around 7:30pm. Managed to catch this left split from the Lubbock monster near Happy, TX and did some timelapse of the storm as it churned to my south.
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2012-04-29 REPORTS: TX
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Ben Holcomb
EF5
Had a great chase in Lubbock, even if I had to be back in Norman for work Monday (turned out to be a good thing, though). David Drummond and I started down near Seminole and ended up on the Lubbock storm as it was moving through Wofforth. Incredible building structure - I love the Texas Panhandle!
We even had a possible tornado at FM41 and US87. I'll let you judge the picture below. Full recap at http://www.benholcomb.com/Chase-Accounts/20120429
We even had a possible tornado at FM41 and US87. I'll let you judge the picture below. Full recap at http://www.benholcomb.com/Chase-Accounts/20120429
David Conaway
EF0
This was definitely an intense evening. Due to Work, I was staying at the Sleep Inn off 34th street on the west side of Lubbock. I was watching radar and the development of the storms to the West and Northwest of Lubbock. I went to get some gas for the car and made my way Westward on 34th out toward Reese AFB to take a look at the structure.
It was becoming obvious that the storm was organizing and taking a turn to the East. I raced back to the hotel ahead of the storm and learned that at this point, it was producing baseball sized hail west of Lubbock. I grabbed my laptop and was going to try and find a car wash or something for shelter to ride out the storm but everything was occupied.
I headed East on 82 and then went south on 27. At this point, I had time to get situated and fire up the laptop and found one of the radio stations giving live coverage. There was now a tornado warning and the storm has made the right turn and was moving Southeast. I stayed on 27 between Wayside and Tahoka, trying to get a good vantage point.
I was able to locate the wall cloud that was almost lowered to the ground, but I never did see a tornado. As I waited for the initial storm to move to the east beyond hwy 27 a second supercell had developed and was now moving along the same path (a little further South) as the first storm. I headed back to Lubbock on hwy 27 trying to split the the two storms. I did escape any hail damage to my vehicle, but there was a lot of large hail and large amounts that had accumulated on the highway. At times, I was only moving 5-10 mph due to the hail and traffic. Ice fog, heavy rain and wind made for a few tense moments.
I was surprised at the amount of traffic on hwy 27 heading South. I suspect that a lot of this was due to residents trying to get away from the storm to avoid the hail. Ben, I was listening to the live reports on the radio which I guess was one of the local tv stations. When I got back to the hotel, they were still going live and getting updates in the field from David Drummond.
I knew that when they were relaying reports from you out in the field, that they were probably accurate. The residents in that part of Texas is fortunate to have someone like David and others who can give reliable reports, rather than have one standing on a corner telling the people that it is lightning and raining.
It was becoming obvious that the storm was organizing and taking a turn to the East. I raced back to the hotel ahead of the storm and learned that at this point, it was producing baseball sized hail west of Lubbock. I grabbed my laptop and was going to try and find a car wash or something for shelter to ride out the storm but everything was occupied.
I headed East on 82 and then went south on 27. At this point, I had time to get situated and fire up the laptop and found one of the radio stations giving live coverage. There was now a tornado warning and the storm has made the right turn and was moving Southeast. I stayed on 27 between Wayside and Tahoka, trying to get a good vantage point.
I was able to locate the wall cloud that was almost lowered to the ground, but I never did see a tornado. As I waited for the initial storm to move to the east beyond hwy 27 a second supercell had developed and was now moving along the same path (a little further South) as the first storm. I headed back to Lubbock on hwy 27 trying to split the the two storms. I did escape any hail damage to my vehicle, but there was a lot of large hail and large amounts that had accumulated on the highway. At times, I was only moving 5-10 mph due to the hail and traffic. Ice fog, heavy rain and wind made for a few tense moments.
I was surprised at the amount of traffic on hwy 27 heading South. I suspect that a lot of this was due to residents trying to get away from the storm to avoid the hail. Ben, I was listening to the live reports on the radio which I guess was one of the local tv stations. When I got back to the hotel, they were still going live and getting updates in the field from David Drummond.
I knew that when they were relaying reports from you out in the field, that they were probably accurate. The residents in that part of Texas is fortunate to have someone like David and others who can give reliable reports, rather than have one standing on a corner telling the people that it is lightning and raining.
