Rotating thunderstorms produced rare “mothership” cloud over Texas
The combination of an unstable air mass, a retreating frontal boundary, and an approaching upper-level disturbance ignited a round of severe thunderstorms across eastern New Mexico and the western Texas Panhandle on May 21, 2012, according to report issued by National Weather Service from Amarillo, Texas.
One supercell thunderstorm developed over Oldham County, Texas and slowly drifted southward. This storm produced a tornado 6,4 km (4 miles) northwest of Adrian and hail up to the size of golfballs. The tornado was rated EF-0 with winds estimated of 105 km/h (65 mph). It was on the ground for 3 minutes with a path length of more than 900 meters (1,000 yards). The tornado was estimated to be about 90 meters (100 yards) wide. (Report)
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Being from southeast NM I’ve seen many of these while growin up, these are one of Mother Nature’s beautiful gifts.