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Early view to the W of a supercell near Scotland, TX (S of SPS).

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A shallow wall cloud like structure formed, but no significant rotation was noted.

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The supercell moved by just to our N, with a little too much rain-cooled outflow for much tornado threat.

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Immediately after the main supercell core crossed TX hwy 148, we drove N to sample the hail. This is a collection of stones ranging from 2-2.5", with the largest near 3" (somewhat oblong).

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Bryan and Ryan show off their favorite ice bombs.

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We let the first supercell go on to the northeast, focusing our attention on developing convection farther to the SW. Our thought was we might see a slight improvement in the local storm environment by the time the next storm arrived. Here is a view of

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The pronounced core to the right of the wall cloud was beginning to produce too much cold outflow (denoted by the precipitation spreading southward (left) under the lowering). The supercell weakened within 20 minutes of this image, and produced only smal