Watching storms on both sides. First one is near Littlefield, TX. Behind us is a storm cluster near Muleshoe, TX. Both are high based but with periodic wall clouds. #txwx

Muleshoe Storm teased us with lowerings and a high based funnel, but never closed ranks. We are retreating back to Amherst in search of more interesting views. Looking NE from 10 W of Amherst at 2025 UTC. Please ignore the pit in my camera lens at the tip of the funnel. #txwx

Looking WNW from 2 S of Pip, TX at elevated bases. #txwx

Dime sized hail 2 S Pip, TX. Reported on mPING. #txwx

This is what the storm approaching Witharral, TX looks like from Levelland, looking N. The OFB has clearly surged way out ahead of the updraft. #txwx

New target storm near Morton, TX has more classic structure than any we have seen so far. #txwx

Wall cloud on Morton storm, no visible rotation. We are 6 W of Witharral, TX. #txwx

Hunting for hailstones in a field near Petit, TX. Largest found was 3.0 in.

We took a day off chasing to visit West Texas Mesonet and Texas Tech University National Wind Institute. The tour was led by #SPOTTR and Purdue EAPS alum Matthew Asel! Thanks to him, Natalie Trout & Eric Bruning for the informative tour on short notice! We saw Sticknets, radars, debris cannon & more!

Back on the road, targeting a developing supercell near Bledsoe, NM. #nmwx

Watching a severe warned storm west of Seminole, Texas, the latest in a series of textbook supercells we have seen today. #txwx

The day ended with some spectacular sunset-lit mammatus and hail shafts near Seminole, TX. This type of sight is what we came all the way out here for. #txwx

A belated thanks to Sean Waugh for demonstrating the NSSL mobile mesonet vehicle for our students in Texas on Thursday! You are an inspiration!

Purdue EAPS SPOTTR Trip 2024! Here’s some of my favorite pictures. We visited 8 states in 7 days and saw 5 high-based funnels, huge hail, and sat directly under a mesocyclone! Got some amazing structure pictures and visited Texas Tech, the TWISTEX memorial, and the Twister museum!

#SPOTTR field trip final stats: Mileage: 2640 +/- 30 (accounting for different routing between the two vehicles) States visited: 8 Tornadoes: 0 (1 if you count the one blocked by a hill) Supercells: 5 or 6 (counting mergers) Memories: Abundant

Thank you ☈aychel Nelson📡🌪⛈, Kolton Popp (former #SPOTTR student!), and @ksquared812 for serving on our virtual career panel! It was great to have a panel composed completely of Purdue EAPS alumni!

Another year of #SPOTTR is in the books! Thank you, Purdue EAPS, for supporting this experience for 12 participants!

"I realized it was very likely the #tornado was killing people while I was collecting data," says Prof. Robin Tanamachi, of Purdue EAPS. BBC reports on tornadoes formation remaining one of nature's biggest mysteries. #weather @tornatrix Purdue Science bbc.in/4dlnmcH