5/28/2012 - COD Trip 3 Day 4

Monday was another day that featured relatively high dew point depressions and lackluster shear. Alas, we attacked the storms that formed near Crowell, TX. We latched onto a high-based supercell that traversed the area between Vernon and Seymour. The storm wrapped up nicely northwest of Dundy, producing a relatively high, yet rotating, wall cloud. Lightning also sparked a fire that produced an intriguing smoke plume that, at one point, was being sucked into the updraft, and later, the outflow.  Storm interactions seemed to disrupt the supercell near Mankins. We progressed southeast toward Archer City where we were able to view a very beautiful, but outflowish, storm horizon. We let the storm follow us to Jacksboro were we viewed some amazing mammatus. Thereafter, we let it roll over us just west of Jacksboro -- we were "treated" to a lot dust and wind. We washed the car as we drove northwest of Jacksboro on the way to the hotel in Wichita Falls. But, before calling it a night, we took in an amazing twilight lightning display near Windthorst. Besides all the cow patties in the field, we thoroughly enjoyed the crawlers, zits, and CGs. A very satisfying day of storm chasing ... below are some stills and a short lapse.