Jimmy Deguara
EF3
Hi,
We hung around Waco during the afternoon on this prticular day. We left the mess of the tornado watch box in east Texas given conditions were still ripe and recovering in this region. Seeing a peristing weak cell visually and on radar, we headed north to intercept it. It looked rather weak - very narrow anvil. From the time We proceeded west towards the cell north of Hillsborough, the storm had intensified and developed a cow catcher structure, a crisp side anvil and dangerous anvil bolts. The lightning bolt action became a barrage lasting at least 5 to 10 minutes. We finally were able to find a good location to stop.
A wall cloud developed and finally the severe warning turned to a tornado warning. The whole scene was in high contrast with good time lapse from two video cameras. The wall cloud being up close seemed to either redevelop or perhaps I lost perspective being so close.
Finally we dropped south and the wall cloud NW of Hillsborough was rotating rapidly. The clear slot introduced a rain shaft but no tornado seemed to make contact.
The storm met a quick demise into the typical LP supercell shrink stage. It ws quite nice to see the inflow persist right up until complete obliteration.
A fantastic chase.
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
We hung around Waco during the afternoon on this prticular day. We left the mess of the tornado watch box in east Texas given conditions were still ripe and recovering in this region. Seeing a peristing weak cell visually and on radar, we headed north to intercept it. It looked rather weak - very narrow anvil. From the time We proceeded west towards the cell north of Hillsborough, the storm had intensified and developed a cow catcher structure, a crisp side anvil and dangerous anvil bolts. The lightning bolt action became a barrage lasting at least 5 to 10 minutes. We finally were able to find a good location to stop.
A wall cloud developed and finally the severe warning turned to a tornado warning. The whole scene was in high contrast with good time lapse from two video cameras. The wall cloud being up close seemed to either redevelop or perhaps I lost perspective being so close.
Finally we dropped south and the wall cloud NW of Hillsborough was rotating rapidly. The clear slot introduced a rain shaft but no tornado seemed to make contact.
The storm met a quick demise into the typical LP supercell shrink stage. It ws quite nice to see the inflow persist right up until complete obliteration.
A fantastic chase.
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
