Temporarily, a Texas High Plains supercell (foreground) was getting messier, thanks to a large multicell storm that formed immediately upshear to its southwest (left rear). Still, the supercell dropped severe hail and damaging winds, along with exhibiting occasional wild structure, in a swath near Plainview and eastward through this spot and off the Caprock. Some of those winds made these blades spin rather fast, briefly boosting west Texas electrical supply, before automatic brakes shut the turbines down to prevent damage from excessive gustiness and rapid directional shifts. Most spotters and chasers will recognize the dark, cone-shaped mass at lower middle—not as a tornado, but as a dense rain shaft (probably with some embedded hail, in this case).
1 S South Plains TX (15 Jun 19) Looking SW
34.2152, -101.3107Windy Fuel
Temporarily, a Texas High Plains supercell (foreground) was getting messier, thanks to a large multicell storm that formed immediately upshear to its southwest (left rear). Still, the supercell dropped severe hail and damaging winds, along with exhibiting occasional wild structure, in a swath near Plainview and eastward through this spot and off the Caprock. Some of those winds made these blades spin rather fast, briefly boosting west Texas electrical supply, before automatic brakes shut the turbines down to prevent damage from excessive gustiness and rapid directional shifts. Most spotters and chasers will recognize the dark, cone-shaped mass at lower middle—not as a tornado, but as a dense rain shaft (probably with some embedded hail, in this case).
1 S South Plains TX (15 Jun 19) Looking SW
34.2152, -101.3107