2008-04-09 Report

SPC had the day marked as a 15% hatched risk of tornadoes along the warmfront expected to move roughly across I-20 in central Texas at max heating.
Semi truck overturned as we approach Breckenridge, TX from the south. We were only minutes behind the tornado in hot pursuit!
Powerpoles snapped along HW183 south of Breckenridge, TX
Trees down in Breckenridge.
Debris on roads in Breckenridge, TX - of course I took the road with the least debris to get through.
Meso with possible embedded tornado approaching on HW281 north of Mineral Wells, TX
Velocity scan of the Breckenridge, TX tornado just before it entered town. Notice the pronounced couplet of green and red indicating a strong tornado!

Video is up of chasing the EF2 tornado that went through Breckenridge, TX!

Will reluctantly add 2 tornadoes for this chase. One the brief spinup in Abilene, TX off I-20 and the other: the Breckenridge tornado which I know was back in the 100% saturated inflow and visible for only brief seconds at a time.

Tornadoes this season: 2
Lifetime count: 84