07/22/04 REPORTS: Central Plains, Ohio Valley, TX

[Larry J. Kosch]

Starting a REPORTS thread this early a.m. SPC again reports no tornadoes for 07/22/04. There were a significant number of hail reports in CO and wind damage in KS. A larger number of wind damage was reported in the IL, IN and OH areas. TX turned in a few damage reports as well. Please post your first hand chase or storm damage reports here. Thanks.

[Dan Robinson]

I spent the day shooting thunderstorm video and getting soaked. My truck is now a mildewy sauna. What a mess. Did get some nice lightning at dusk.

http://wvlightning.com/2004/july22head.jpg

Video and more frame grabs, 35mm slides coming eventually:
http://wvlightning.com/july222004.html

[John Farley]

I had a nice little local chase this evening; managed to get on two severe
storms, one with a large but non-rotating wall cloud just east or southeast
of Lebanon, IL; the other with a roll cloud and later a lowering of some kind under the gust front southwest of Mascoutah, IL. Both storms produced lots of CG, with the first one dropping nickle-sized hail in Germantown and the second producing dime to half-dollar hail in much of the Belleville area into Fairview Heights. Got some decent structure pics and a couple nice vid caps of CG lightning.

http://www.siue.edu/~jfarley/72204wall1.jpg

http://www.siue.edu/~jfarley/72204cg2.jpg