6/16/08 CHASE SUMMARY

A slight risk for most of the panhandle was in store for today. I looked over data and decided to head to Pampa. Before I left the house, I noticed a very well defined boundary near Pampa, and that's one reason Pampa was my target for the day.

Pampa started to get pretty boring after an hour or so. Convection was going strong to my east into western Oklahoma, but nothing was firing close to my location. After a while, convection finally got going south of me. I observed radar data, and the convection was down near Turkey. That was ironic, because I felt like a turkey after my target area failed to produce convection. I swallowed my pride and began making my trek to Turkey.

As I got to Clarendon, I noticed the storm was producing a nice little anvil along with a small overshooting top. I snapped a few photos and continued my journey. As I made it about 10 miles NE of Turkey, I began seeing a beautiful display of mammatus. I snapped a few photos and took in the sights.

As I got south of Turkey I noticed a nice rain/hail shaft near Flomot. I began going west to "test" the hail core. I began getting nickels and quarters for about 10 minutes. I snapped a couple of photos of the heavy rain and wind. I would say the wind gusted up to 65 mph with this little storm. I followed it a little further south as it began to weaken. I stopped along the highway and watched the lightning, and then made my way home. Below are photos of the event:

PHOTO #1 STORM WITH OVERSHOOTING TOP NEAR TURKEY, TX
PHOTO #2 MAMMATUS NORTHEAST OF TURKEY, TX
PHOTO #3 RAIN/HAIL SHAFT NEAR FLOMOT, TX
PHOTO #4 WIND AND RAIN NEAR FLOMOT, TX