2012-11-03 REPORTS: e TX

[Stephen Levine]

On Saturday afternoon, a cold front came through my neighborhood bearing nothing but a wind shift. By miracle it turned stationary on a roughly Greenville to southern Dallas County Texas line. Around sunset a line of storms exploded just ahead of the front, prompting me to give chase from northern Dallas County towards Greenville then south towards Terrell Texas.

During this chase I encountered pounding rains, hail up to nickel sized, brilliant lightning and magnificent thunderheads. As evening progressed, lightning intensified into continuous discharges, providing a breath taking display and wonderful photography opportunities.

All told it was a 90 mile chase and very soul nourishing. Attached is a photo of one of the bolts; full story and more photos will be found on www.joyfulstormhunting.com, "Storm Chase Blog" button.

 

[STexan]

I was in San Antonio at my son's soccer game Saturday late afternoon and could see some fairly nice cloud structure on the eastern horizon. Glad you had a good time in your backyard. I'm getting anxious to do something or go somewhere ... haven't looked closely at the 11/10 setup yet but may run up there but I have a feeling I won't if it turns out to be a primarily dark-thirty/nighttime event