I looked at data and decided to drift west to Vega, TX. I sat in Vega and noticed convection to the SW, so at this time, the chase was on. I went south out of Vega a few miles and began seeing dust being kicked up by the outflow winds of the storm. I sat and watched this for a while and began seeing a lot better convection firing towards Amarillo. I looked at radar and the storms were a lot stronger than the ones I was currently on. I kicked it in gear and took back roads to the south side of Amarillo. I took loop 335 around town and came out on the very east side of town. I then took I-40 east and noticed the convection was very crisp. I got out and snapped a few shots. I was hoping to get into the hail core near Conway to "test" the true strength of the core.
As I neared Conway, I got some puny dime to penny size hail. I then proceeded to Groom and went south to Clarendon. I noticed a very strong core south of Clarendon, so a hail size test was looking good. As I got about 10 miles south of Clarendon, I again began getting puny dime size hail. This time, it was a lot of it. It piled up on the road and looked a little like snow. I eventually made it into Silverton to get gas and check out another storm just to the west of town. The storm was another high based puny storm. On radar it looked ok, but in reality, it was just another soaker, with not much more to show for.
I looked at radar and noticed David Drummond just south of me a few miles, so I decided to head that way and chat with him. On the way, the storm began producing very nice mammatus along with a beautiful rainbow. I stopped along the way and snapped a few photos. I eventually met with David, and we shot the bull for an hour or so. We took a few photos, and parted ways. Below are photos from the event:
PHOTO #1 CRISP TOWERS NEAR CONWAY, TX
PHOTO #2 MAMMATUS WITH A RAINBOW SOUTH OF SILVERTON, TX
PHOTO #3 CLOSER SHOT OF MAMMATUS AND RAINBOW
PHOTO #4 DISTANT STORMS AND MOON TAKEN NEAR SOUTH PLAINS, TX
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