4/29/09 NOW: TX Panhandle

[Dick McGowan]

Tornado on Verne's stream! http://www.tornadovideos.net/full-screen-chaser-video.php

 

[Andrew Pritchard]

Big dusty tornado on Verne's stream NOW

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

 

[Andrew Stoller]

Touchdown! Verne's live stream.

 

[Michael O'Keeffe]

I was watching Verne's stream of a tornado or gustnado of some kind Michael C. is giving him a call to find out!

 

[Andrew Stoller]

It looked like a dusty tornado without any condensation to the ground. Seconds before the surface swirl of dust formed, there was a lowering and a funnel it looked like right above it.

 

[Chris Lott]

Not to take away from the tornadic storms, but the NWS in Ft. Worth is reporting signifcant flooding with the storms going on along the Red River. 6-12 inches of rain has fallen and reports of 2 families being evacuated in Saint Jo.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/lsrmap.php

 

[David Draun]

Wow, I have not been on here in a while. Anyway, fantastic day of boundary interaction and supercell splitting on the dryline. That OFB/Dryline boundary intersection near Floydada, TX appears to be pinwheeling southward a bit. I wonder if it will initiate more convection and cause more tornadoes! Its really awesome to see some of the supercell morphologies at work. From looking at the radar today, there appears to have been all supercell types, and lots of left splits too. It's awesome how the tornadic right movers slowly drift along while the left split hailers zip off to the NE at 40mph!

I would imagine there is GREAT structure on some of these storms!

 

[Doug Mitchell]

WOW!!! Verne's cam!

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

Big dusty tornado in the field next to him.

 

[David Draun]

Ummm, he drove through the remnants of it!

That boundary interaction north of Lubbock continues to kick off storm cells, but they appear to be disorganized. Now the storm is developing into a bow echo as it absorbs storms from the southwest. Watch a cold pool develop and that thing will rocket southward!

 

[Erik Perozo]

Wow just watched Verne drive through the edge of that Dusty Tornado. That's awesome. That storm sure does look like it's high based.

 

[Steve Miller]

Mike Phelps is on the same storm Verne is with a broad view of the meso - quite impressive.

 

[Michael Carlson]

This was one of the tornadoes my dad just saw!

 

[James Wilson]

Just ran through the damage a\of the GC one. Heading south to shoot again. US-83 is closed in both directions South of Garden City.

 

[David Draun]

That meso on Phelp's cam is spectacular. It reminds me of 5/22/07 near Hill City, KS. Great wedding cake structure, but yes, it is high based. Judging by the radar, the storm appears to be accelerating southward just a bit. Still has a great radar presentation with a good hook. I don't like all the precip in the updraft though.

LOL, Mike showing golfball hail to the viewers.

 

[Derek Weston]

Mike Phelps is on the same storm Verne is with a broad view of the meso - quite impressive.

That is quite impressive. Tell you what... today didn't have a very strongly sheared environment... but it did have great directional shear... and just absolutely isolated cells.