8/10/2009 REPORTS: NM, TX, OK, KS, MO

[Eric Birch]

I put NM on the post because that is where I am posting from and left off others so feel free to edit as you see fit according to reports.

Wasn't expecting much today and then stepped outside to go home from work and saw some nice "rain" shafts a few miles away over Clovis. Once I got a mile I saw the first effects of the storm with the usual dust in the air from the high winds in this region. Then the wind was mixed to rain and slowed me down to 40 mph. I got a few thuds on the way home and thought maybe it was hail or some debris mixed in. Then about 1/2 mile from my house, the hail shaft found my car as well as my yard. It was basically white out conditions from hail. I tried to close my garage door and so much hail was coming in, it couldn't close. Well, I had a good laugh even though I am going to have a lot of yard work to do now. Hope everyone else had more interesting reports for today.

 

[J. Sims]

The storm that blew throught Council Grove at about 12:30 on Monday was the worst severe storm that I have been in. My dad called me about 12 waking me up and told me to go outside. This what I saw:



It came in fast after that i couldn't get any pics of the storm I had to go inside. here are a couple of pics of the aftermath behind my work.


A tree fell on some powerlines across the river. And a tree fell on the house on the east side of town. Half the town was without power till about 8 in the evening possibly later.

 

[Brian Emfinger]

I got a bit of lightning off of some severe storms in Western AR.