 From
US 84 SE of Littlefield.
Scud forming beneath the updraft. |
 From
Littlefield, ragged base with scud 'funnels'. |
 Southwest
side of tower,
N of Littlefield on US 385. |
 Southeast
side of tower,
N of Littlefield on US 385. |
This
cell, forming just after the Littlefield storm above, passed over the city
of Muleshoe and produced a short-lived tornado in southeast Bailey county
according to several other spotters. I did not see it as I was directly
under the first reported position and I became quite busy trying to get
out of the way. Unlike the more normal storm above, this supercell
was moving southeast and the tornado as in most of these northwest flow
storms was weak and brief. I don't believe confirmation was done
on this tornado. Most of the activity was after sunset. This
shot was done during repositioning from the Littlefield storm to the Muleshoe
area.
Here are two shots of a rather ominous though ragged wall cloud which
formed southwest of Shallowater in rural Hockley County. It was persistent
with some vertical motion, but little rotation if any and only fair inflow
winds, if I remember correctly.
 Wall
cloud in northeast Hockley County. |
 Wall
cloud in northeast Hockley County. |
 This
high based wall cloud was photographed on a northwest flow storm day with
numerous cells competing for dominance. Eventually a single storm
would dominate and move south southeast toward Brownfield in Terry County.
This storm is documented on the next page. |
