Hoping to get a closer look at a supercell that was traversing a large road void, we took a net northwesterly back road that “went through” to an eastern escape option on the maps, only to find it paved, then gravel, then dirt, then gated, chained and padlocked with a hand-painted DEAD END sign attached. Normally it’s a treacherous situation to be in front of a fast-moving, outflow-dominant supercell with only one way out, but at least the storm was on the flip side of that way out, and we knew that way was viable by having just been on it. During return, we stopped briefly in a rare relative clearing of the Edwards Plateau mesquite thicket, and admired this classic shelf with greenish tinge above, happy to have not gone further than that sign, then gotten caught by the hail core on a poor road. Sometimes being stymied is a blessing in disguise.
7 WNW Menard TX (26 May 25) Looking N
30.9313, -99.9097