We first intercepted the storm near Graham, Texas were we saw a lot of cloud to ground lightning, some dime (5p) sized hail and then were blasted by 50-60mph outflow winds.
As we then drove northwards to get out ahead of the storm we got a great view of a new developing updraft - signalling that the storms were still developing and likely to stick around for a while and also some great "shear-funnels" spinning out of the mid to upper levels of the storm...very cool structure to see...
As it started to get dark we stopped near Archer City, Texas to take some pictures of the outflow / gust front of now multi-celled structure...
And then stopped for a few lightning shots near Windthorst, Texas...
We then decided to set up in Henrietta, Texas to let the storm wash over us. There we saw very frequent cloud to ground lightning, wind gusts to about 40mph and some more dime to perhaps nickle sized hail. (Not to mention some very heavy rain, probably over an inch or so in 30 minutes).
After the storm died down we drove to Wichita Falls Texas for a sleep (although we did have Whataburger before we went to bed, mmm mmm, one of my favorite burger places - originated in Texas).
---------- morning of 12 June ---------------
We woke up in Wichita Falls, Texas this morning (Tuesday morning) and are heading towards the Texas Panhandle (Amarillo) or eastern New Mexico to intercept this afternoon's/evening's storms.
This is probably our best shot at a tornado so far this trip, although it is still a very small chance (SPC has a 5% risk). However, supercells with strong gusts, BAH (big ass hail) and another good lightning show are almost a guarantee again later though.
I'll try to update from the road.
Oh, and hello from our friendly friend Mr. Grasshopper:
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