MAY 13th - Crowell, TX
CHASERS: Bobby Eddins
SUMMARY:
Started in Lubbock, TX and targeted Childress, TX and an old outflow boundary.

While driving to Childress I noted towering cu to my southeast. I stopped to look at data but soon the first storms was firing near Paduchah, to my south so I drove southeast on Hwy 287 to try to get in front.

I found a side road going south and got some pics of the inflow bands and a lowering with this storm and storms now firing to my northwest. Soon I was driving east to Quanah and then south to Crowell where a huge wall-cloud came into view to the west.

The rest of the day was spent staying in front of this beautiful storm as it took on many forms.
image from Cannon 300D Looking southwest at the Paducah storm, an inflow band stretches towards a wall-cloud in the distance.
image from Cannon 300D Storms firing near Childress to the northwest.
image from Cannon 300D Just west of Crowell and a better view of the massive wall-cloud.
image from Cannon 300D A closer view.
image from Cannon 300D Getting really blocked up!!
image from Cannon 300D Wider view with a lucky bolt in the shot.
image from Cannon 300D Trying hard.
image from Cannon 300D From near Truscott the storm wraps up HP style.
image from Cannon 300D New wall-cloud to the west.
image from Cannon 300D A vertical structure shot!!
image from Cannon 300D Everything in one shot.
image from Cannon 300D Nice tail-cloud!!
image from Cannon 300D Becoming an MCS with a tortured look above.

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