April 5, 2003

Just south of Throckmorton, I was able to finally see some structure to the storm. It was very turbulent and had violent motion in the cloud base, but it was somewhat disorginized.

I was able to find an old gas station with a huge overhang to take shelter under in Woodson. I filmed 4" hail crashing down all around. Video is much better than stills. Paint was pealed from the building.

This building took a beating.

After it died down a little I went out and collected some samples. This is about 10 minutes after the big stuff fell, so it is melted down some.

I met up with Val Castor who was not lucky enough to find shelter.

Hank Baker found two people who had their car destroyed.

He took them into the city. There was a third person in the car. He abandoned the car to take shelter under some trees. He didn't return. We went with the shariff to help look for him. He turned back up with a few injuries.

I don't know what he was thinking to get out of a car in that hail.

He was ok, but two of them were taken away in the ambulance for cuts and welts from the hail and flying glass in the car.