4/29/09 NOW: TX Panhandle

[Chad Ringley]

Confirmed tornado in Hall County via warning txt, and the cell is barely moving now, very strong velocity couplet.

EDIT: Motley/Cottle storm has sent off a left split headed for the Hall County cell, it'll be either boom or bust when the Hall County, TX storm ingests it.

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

Massive monster located in South Texas closest to Pandle and Sheffield. The satellite imagery of it is gorgeous.

 

[Gene Moore]

Massive monster located in South Texas closest to Pandle and Sheffield. The satellite imagery of it is gorgeous.

Been on this thing for over an hour, only road is in a canyon, can't see out over the mesas, 300-400 ft high. Road is nightmare, rocks and washed out with water and mud. In a split between the mesas now, 126mph couplet is very close......was 138, and 149 earlier... May have missed the best of it. For now have to let it come to me. About 25 north of Langtry waiting, can't go north, no hope of visibility.

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

Been on this thing for over an hour, only road is in a canyon, can't see out over the mesas, 300-400 ft high. Road is nightmare, rocks and washed out with water and mud. In a split between the mesas now, 126mph couplet is very close......was 138, and 149 earlier... May have missed the best of it. For now have to let it come to me. About 25 north of Langtry waiting, can't go north, no hope of visibility.

Good luck Gene. There are four TORs on it as of 6 PM, all close together, perhaps due more to the uncertainty from lack of effective distance on radar than anything else.

 

[Dick McGowan]

David Drummond has a BEAUTIFUL cone tornado on his stream: http://www.tornadovideos.net/full-screen-chaser-video.php

 

[Erik Perozo]

Been on this thing for over an hour, only road is in a canyon, can't see out over the mesas, 300-400 ft high. Road is nightmare, rocks and washed out with water and mud. In a split between the mesas now, 126mph couplet is very close......was 138, and 149 earlier... May have missed the best of it. For now have to let it come to me. About 25 north of Langtry waiting, can't go north, no hope of visibility.

Yeah Gene I've chased that area and I absolutely hate it. So I can feel your pain on that. Road networks are hard to navigate and have to slow down every intermittent stream you drive over. I love how they have the flood sticks in those sinks in the road. I hope it looks as good in person as it does on Sat. It's really nice. Looked Cyclic a few scans. Hope you don't get stuck on flooded roads.

 

[Jim Zandonai]

That cell NE of KAMA is some storm..tons of rotation indicated huge circulation and by NROT on GR2A showed up quite well.

 

[Nathan Edwards]

That KAMA cell is a serious right mover also, going almost Due SE. That should ramp the effective SRH values up a touch

 

[Adam Lucio]

Saved an interesting radar grab. The tornado reports are right where those 2 boundaries intersect. Makes a strong case for the importance of seeking out boundaries to enhance tornado potential!

 

[Jim Zandonai]

That Cell is showing quite a swirl now between white deer and panhandle. Here is a velocity shot..A perfect cell to be on since its moving so slow.

 

[Andy Wehrle]

Lovely cell all by itself south of Garden City, KS has a reported tornado. Looks to be taking a hard right along a faint boundary visible on DDC reflectivity.

 

[Andrew Pritchard]

Garden City cell has a naaaasty couplet on it. Looked fairly high based on Michael Phelps stream, but just recently looked like he had a nice funnel trying to form. However the second the funnel appeared his stream stopped. Technology!

 

[Andrew Stoller]

Verne Carlson is on the tornado warned cell near Garden City, KS. Apparently a touchdown has been reported. He's looking at a wall cloud currently.

http://www.tornadovideos.net/full-screen-chaser-video.php

 

[Jim Zandonai]

Wow ..strong couplet on the DDC cell..great video too !

 

[Doug Mitchell]

Either a tornado or gustnado on Verne's camera now