May 12th 2005 South Plains Tornado / Hail Decision

[Bill Tabor]

So having been handed the worst in this situation by both RFD blast and hail barrage, I'll take the gorilla hail anyday over what we went through on 5-5-02. I've never been in winds that high before or since, and don't want to be again. When your vehicle starts sliding across dry pavement, that's too high for me.

I see your point. Perhaps I was better off staying put afterall. Those RFD winds started fairly early. I believe they were present before the white elephant trunk developed. So someone would have had to of gotten south early to possibly avoid the RFD. Appears this RFD may have been one that was a contributor to tornadogenesis perhaps - at least initially.