{"id":16116,"date":"2016-05-31T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=16116"},"modified":"2016-12-17T15:56:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T23:56:33","slug":"may-31-2016-alpine-and-marfa-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/05\/31\/may-31-2016-alpine-and-marfa-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"May 31, 2016 Alpine and Marfa storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start\/Alpine, TX<\/p>\n

End\/Alpine, TX<\/p>\n

227 miles<\/p>\n

Lunch at Reata in Alpine<\/p>\n

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SPC Day One 20Z<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our tour group began the chase day way out west, in the Southwest Texas town of Alpine. \u00a0SPC had a large area of only “marginal” risk for severe on the High Plains, with a slight risk much farther east over central TX. \u00a0We took our chances on the high terrain play, as shear was decent and instability was not too shabby. \u00a0Expectations were low. \u00a0We killed some time in Alpine and then perhaps Marfa. \u00a0Who can remember these things?<\/p>\n

A cell north of Alpine failed to impress early on. \u00a0We headed to the Marfa area, and wound up west of town to watch a nice, laminar shelfy-type feature come out of Mexico. \u00a0There may have been a moment or two when the storm wrapped up a little to give us a cheap thrill. \u00a0The activity took us back to Alpine for the night.<\/p>\n

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