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Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 22:10 Written by Roger Hill

2006

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May 5th took us to the southern Texas panhandle for what looked like a decent supercell and tornado day. Strong southwest flow aloft on top of southeast surface winds along an outflow boundary would set the stage for tornadic supercells. By late afternoon storms developed near Hobbs, New Mexico and intensified as they moved towards Seminole, Texas. The main cell entrained too much dry air and struggled until it moved off the dryline. At that point a monster updraft developed and spun like a top. A nice stovepipe shaped tornado formed back in the hail and rain northeast of the clear slot. Check out the photos below.  

Check out this 1 minute video (12 MB): PATRICIA, TEXAS VIDEO

Storm develops west of Seminole, TX.                                         Wall cloud forms but is outflow dominant.

Baseball sized hail breaks our windshield.                                 Storm regenerates with a new updraft on the south.

Updraft organizes and starts rotating.                                           Wall cloud forms and rotates.

Clear slot forms and funnel forms.                                                Structure looks awesome!

Tornado forms with a nice barrel cloud!                                       Enhanced video still shows tornado.

Cone funnel as tornado strengthens.                                           Nice stovepipe shaped tornado.

Beautiful striated barber pole updraft!