2013-06-17 REPORTS: TX, NM, CO

[Marcus Diaz]

Not much to report really. We chased the storms down near Lubbock. The dust was so horrible it made for some crappy contrast. At one point I did a final core punch south of Lubbock on highway 81 where I saw a biker getting into the hail core. I drove up next to him and asked if he wanted to get in the car, but he refused and just kneeled next to my car. Ping Pong ball to tennis ball sized hail can be seen falling in this video.

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[John Farley]

For me, this eastern Colorado chase day featured pretty much everything you could see except a tornado - two supercells, dust devils interacting with storms, gustnadoes, splitting storms, merging storms, hail, high wind and blowing dust, rotating wall clouds, flash floods, and some real eye candy. No crowds, and some pleasant, old-fashioned chaser convergence, too. A good example of how you don't have to see a tornado to have a really enjoyable chase day.

Full report at http://www.johnefarley.com/chase61713.htm

 

[Stan Rose]

Yeah, what John said. In fact, before running into him i didnt see a chaser all day, watched the first tor-warned sup of the day form from a cumulus cloud, split, and end up dropping a landspout which prompted the T-warning. Well, I missed the spout, must have been driving or at a bad vantage point. Ended up in Towner on the border, getting pelted with some good hail. Details in my blog:
http://www.stanroseimages.com/blog