May 17 2001

May 17, 2001. Today we started out in Oakley, KS and targeted the area just south of Childress, TX. We saw towers to the south of there and went for them. The storm was high based and near Rule, TX. We got just to the east of it and watched it spin away. Jim separated from us to sample the hail core. He found golfball size hail in Rule. Meanwhile, we went east to get a better view of the storm. It had great structure, but the bases where too high to produce a tornado.