A supercell thunderstorm loomed like a flying saucer over north Texas.
By Matthew Cappucci Matthew Cappucci Meteorologist, Capital Weather Gang Email Bio Follow Meteorologist May 23 at 1:00 PM GAINESVILLE, Tex. — If you’re a meteorologist and it’s May, you know the atmosphere always has a few tricks up its sleeve. Storms over Kansas produced incredible displays on Thursday, but Friday was shaping up to be more iffy. Nonetheless, I drove the 460 miles to my chase target in Wichita Falls, Tex., bought myself an ice cream and waited beneath blue skies.
A monstrous supercell drops hail between 5 and 6 inches in diameter on Friday in Burkburnett, Tex. [Dramatic supercell thunderstorms awe storm chasers in southwest Kansas] I raced east but then decided to target a new storm to the south that had already produced at least one tornado near Bellevue. That’s when the hail started. The biggest hail is usually found north of the mesocyclone, or rotating part of a thunderstorm.
I headed farther north to try to beat one circulation, but visibility dropped to zero. I pulled over to ride it out. Then I heard a roaring hiss and saw power flashes. That’s when winds gusted 80 to 100 mph, shaking my truck back and forth. It was the strongest wind I have ever experienced.
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