WOW!!! What a day. I almost decided not to go today because of the meager setup. Also, I almost went SE on 287 towards Childress, but I'm glad I stuck with my original target of Canadian, TX. I stuck around in Canadian twiddling my thumbs for about an hour, and thought real hard about heading back home. I looked at Grlevel3 one last time and noticed the cells to the SE of me looking better and better. I thought to myself, I might as well go after them since I'm out anyway. I hauled East on 33 to try to get to Roll and go south. As I got about 2 miles south of Roll, I got into some hail that ranged from peas to quarters. I called in the report of quarters and kept heading south. I met my buddies Brandon Green and Frank Blanscet and chatted for a few minutes. I was actually heading home when I saw the base to the SE and the funnel report on radar. I popped over another hill, and about soiled all lover myself! LOL! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I really had to stop for a minute and tell myself that this was really happening. Anyway, I got video of it from just south of Cheyenne which was about 10-12 miles away from the tornado. Contrast couldn't have been better! I just wish I was a little closer, but I'll take it!
Oh, about halfway through the trip I noticed I forgot my still camera at home! I said to myself that something big would happen since my still camera got left behind. I wasn't quite expecting it to be this big. This may be the best tornado I've ever gotten on video.
HERE IS SOME WX ON FILM FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT: HAIL AND TORNADO VIDEO
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Congrats man! Beautiful contrast.
Dude you rock! I had targeted Shamrock for a staging area, but stayed home because of some much work to do for the Dryline Media launch! We need to talk! It's warming up! Let's go to Caprock Canyons!
Thank you Dann! I appreciate it!
I got lucky on that event! Sounds good to me David! I can go hiking Sun Mon or Tue.
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