Saw a nice supercell today near Covington OK. Structure was decent - had an LPish appearance before evolving into more of a classic supercell. Had a wall cloud that at times got pretty close to the ground. Updraft was drawing in smoke from a small fire the south - which may have been ignited by a CG from an earlier storm. Prominent RFD clear slot appeared, then was followed by rain and hail curtains wrapping around the meso - after which the storm met a quick demise. After this I drove into Covington for an "Easter Egg Hunt" (i.e. a search for large hail). Many hailstones were littering the ground just to the south and all throughout the town of Covington...the largest I found were 1.5" in diameter (measured). All of these stones had probably been on the ground for at least 10 minutes - and one 1.5" stone was actually a fragment of a larger stone that was probably 2" in diameter or greater. Talked with a local resident who said that he had seen hail almost the size of baseballs. New storms continued to fire off to the NW of the old cells, and are continuing to do so in northern OK as I type (12:30am).
EDIT 5:18am.....got some pics up on my site........
http://www.theperksofchasing.com/accounts/...5/pix040705.htm
EDIT 5:18am.....got some pics up on my site........
http://www.theperksofchasing.com/accounts/...5/pix040705.htm