May 4, 2006
Sorry, no pictures.
See the NWS link for May
2 through 5 for more information about the weather.
The team was activated for storms in the southwestern portions of the
area. After picking up my trainee, Colton Ancell, I headed
southwest. After getting a ways west the primary concern was for
a cell near Sundown, that was producing reports of golfball sized
hail. I headed northwest towards the area, catching up to one or
two other spotters as we approached the storm. It seemed somewhat
high based, though it was producing quite a bit of visible
precipitation. As there were other spotters to the east of the
storm we stayed back and then moved cautiously north toward Levelland
watching for signs of large hail. There was some signs along the
roads and we were hit by marginally severe hail a few times.
Reaching TX 114, we decided to head east. The storm maintained
it's motion and I believe was continuously warned for as it moved
across Hockley county. We chose to head north on FM 168 to keep
up with it and to support another spotter out to the northeast.
Other than the hail, little else seemed to be occurring with the
storm. We observed it until it moved north of Shallowater, then
called it a day. We headed south on FM 179 to home.
The storm continued its hail production as it moved into Hale county.
