April 9, 2008 Abilene - Breckenridge, TX Storms

I got to Abilene just as the storms were firing and soon I was in perfect position to view a very low wall cloud. I followed the storm to the NE and at Breckenridge I punch through the storm from the NW through the hook into the tornado damage path. I just missed the tornado by a few mins (or less).

Full Report and pictures can be viewed here:

http://www.realclearwx.com/040908.htm

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[RogueBrother]

oh yea i remember that storm,it scaredf the shit out of me and my little bro

[txbadgirl1]

Hey...I remember this storm.....!!!!!

[tornadomanatwork]

wow 1111

[brmcd911]

man,you could hear that from my house.

[nivek2002]

Resident on Breckenridge here, was looking for the tornado as it went through. I was downtown when it hit the airport, so just missed it by a minute. Great footage!

[stormef]

Wow! That is a great wall cloud. It has a nice lowering base to it, and the structure of the wall cloud is something to see. Great footage of the storm. I am glad you didn't get hit by hail too much. the aftermath footage of the storm shows the Tornadic supercell's intensity.

[momotous]

What a mess. There seemed to be several people on this storm but it must have been hard to see the twister as I haven't seen a shot yet, just the aftermath.

[anonymousgrl]

omg same here. Also, my mom woke me up around 3:15 that morning b/c of the tornado in West Plano. I live on the east side of the town, but we were lucky since the tornado skipped us. close call. A lot of kids were grumpy at school the next day, as well as teachers, due to some lack of sleep.

[mumisanmartin]

i live in colin county and the storm at night went over me

[realtronics]

Thanks for posting this - my parents were in Breckenridge when it happened.