April 29, 2009 Motley County, TX, supercell

Tour One met near noon on this Wednesday in Arlington, TX, and we hit the road quickly as there was a severe weather threat in western Texas.  A supercell spit out a tornado in Floyd County, I think, but we were still an hour away.  We obtained a view of the storm on the way from Dickens to Matador, and stopped to snap a few pictures.  It was severely undercut and spewing cold outflow, so we went south to Dickens County, where a new storm was brewing.  It quickly became tornado-warned and it had a good look to it, but it failed to produce a tornado.  Nevertheless, it was fun getting on a couple of severe storms right off the bat for this group.  We found a gas station for cover in Guthrie, and allowed a windy hailstorm to pass over.  The hail was almost 1.5 inches in diameter.  On our way to Childress for the night, the lightning display to the east was insane!