4-22-10 REPORT

Bri Winkler and I stayed with Jay McCoy near the Groom-Alanreed area through the first half of the chase. Got a couple of tornadoes along with many funnels to the SW of I-40 and Hwy 70 right after meeting Lanny Dean and Jeff Smith. Was great to finally meet up with those guys, and what a day to do it! Then headed east, and then north of Alanreed and got great structure, but never saw a tornado. Then headed back east and sat just south of Lake Mclellan. Saw another brief tornado and lots of funnels along with 10 million other chasers. I briefly met Dick McGowan there and saw the Dominator. Said a quick hi to Reed and Joel and then we had to take off as the cell was starting to right turn on us with rotation wrapping up in rain just to our west/northwest. We actually had to take shelter at the Alanreed rest stop because I didn't want to chance being caught in a rain wrapped tornado.

All in all a great chase with lots of action. It was great to finally meet some of the guys on here. Lanny and Jeff are truly class acts, and it was great to be surrounded by great storms and new friends. Now to the photos:

PHOTO 1--Funnel looking SW from I-40 and Hwy. 70
PHOTO 2--Tornado from same location as photo 1
PHOTO 3--Nice structure north of Alanreed looking west
PHOTO 4--Meteorologist Bri Winkler next to the Dominator!
PHOTO 5--The "Dominator" Dominating in the TX Panhandle
PHOTO 6--One of the many funnels we saw
PHOTO 7--Lanny Dean and his chase tour company scoring big in the TX Panhandle