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!
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