May 26, 2014 Big Spring/Sterling City, TX Supercell

We woke up in Brownfield, TX knowing we needed to jog a bit south to get the best chance of seeing storms that day.  Along the way we decided to stop in Lamesa, TX and grab a bite to eat as well as a Lamesa High School t-shirt since their mascot is a tornado.  After eating, we slid south to keep an eye on the towering cumulus.  Eventually things got rolling and a surface-based, high-precipitation supercell developed west of our location.  Unfortunately, the roads were not in the greatest condition and there were a lot of chasers on the storm.  So, we tried to stay out ahead of all the other chasers the best we could.  I was able to grab a few shots of this storm before it began to surge out on us.  Soon everyone, and there mamas, left that storm for the one off to the south.  The road networks were awful once again and we did the best we could to get close.  Staying ahead of the storm was the key, along with avoiding other local-yocals.  The second storm began to die just after it illustrated some great structure.  Overall, it did produce a quick weak tornado (hard to see and we were driving at the time).  The storms simply lacked something in the low levels to really go nuts.  Once leaving the storm we overnighted in Brady, TX.

 My trip route.  6 days. 3,000 miles.