Hwy 380, right around Tokio. This was a beautiful sunset viewing the sothern most end of the line of storms from under the backsheared anvil of the isolated cell. I attempted to drive back to Brownfield, but not only was there a large wall cloud in front of me (poor lighting on the image. I will post it later if I can fix it), but the downdraft wind from the storm was easily 70-90 mph. My car was nearly blown off the road at a complete stop. When I encountered these winds coupled with heavy rain and lots of dust - creating mud on my windshield - I decided I had better head back west towards Plains.
After the sun has gone down...
Lightning under the backsheared anvil.
Eye in the sky |
