May 5, 2009 Strawn, Texas Damaging Hailstorm
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 14:26 Written by Roger Hill
May 5th took us to northwest Texas to play a volatile boundary with high CAPE and moisture, but limited low level shear. A supercell formed along a boundary near Breckenridge, Texas and exploded as it tracked slowly southeast. It spun wildly, tried to produce a tornado a few times, but ended up being a nicely structured supercell with gigantic hail. We destroyed our windshield in the storm near Strawn with softball sized hail being quite common. Click on the video link below for a wild hail video.
MAY 5 STRAWN, TEXAS HAILSTORM VIDEO (6 MB)
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Clear slot with ragged lowering on the northern side. |
Another shot of the lowering. |
Rapidly rotating wall cloud. I thought we might be in business here. A couple condensation wisps rose and spun up into the base. |
Nice inflow band and decent structure. Very electrified as well. |
The supercell's structure looking west from I-20 south of Strawn. |
What softball sized hail does to your windshield. |
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