A surge of unseasonably moist air finally ejected out of New Mexico and into Western TX on Monday, allowing a dryline to take shape and spawn a few severe storms. I made my way into the panhandle late Monday afternoon, hoping to get a quick glimpse of some kind of significant structure. Everything was quickly evolving into a linear MCS by the time I got in good position. I followed the southernmost storm since it was remaining discrete from the squall line to the north, but nothing really noteworthy took shape. I was hoping to at least see a shelf cloud, but the storm never seemed to generate a deep cold pool to start that process. Here’s a few pictures from near Groom, TX (looking south at the turbulent outflow overtaking me from the west).
Otherwise, the only thing I saw were a few dime sized hail stones. I was hoping Tuesday would pan out to be a better chase day, but everything developed farther north in Northwest KS. I just couldn’t bring myself to venture that far north.
