2013-06-19 REPORTS: TX

[David Drummond]

Supercell thunderstorm evolved behind an outflow boundary left by an overnight MCS, before a huge convective mess evolved. Storm went from blah to tornado in about 10 minutes. Depending on how you look at it, there were either two separate tornadoes, or one long one lasting over 10 minutes. I've posted an 11 minute video that shows the entire evolution, as it moved just south of FM1585, and then eventually made a north turn across the road in front of me. NWS called it one single tornado and rated EF2 due to it unroofing a building.

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[David Drummond]

Had to add this in a follow-up, the forum settings would only allow one video per post...

Shortly after the tornado completely wrapped up in rain, the hail core shifted south, and hail greater than 3" began to fall, and as many of you know, there is virtually no cover out in the rural areas up on the caprock. Thankfully I found a farmer home who had planted tons of huge trees around his place in the past, and I was able to get under that canopy that deflected the majority of the big stones. Still, I think I got some of my most incredible hail video to date. Crank up your speakers!!

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