It is really 1.48am but that is mountain time.
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I have kept my watch set for central time because we go back into it in sometime tomorrow when we get back into the pan handle (Texas). Another long haul today and we played two storms. Both developed over the Rocky Mountains and drifted east. The first took a bit of shape but started to fall apart and so we moved on. The other popped up on our radar screen and looked like it had potential and it was heading to the tornado warning area. It was 40 miles west and so we set off to intercept it. It was a magnificent storm and had many areas of rotation. For weather buffs, it was 45,000 ft tall and was travelling east at 23 miles per hour. It was producing golf ball size hail and straight line winds in excess of 70 mph. We saw a small tornado but it was so small I don't think it's mum knew it was out. The storm was kind to us and tracked east next to a decent road and so we went along with it for many miles. It was kicking outlightning, hail and strong winds, it was a beast. We finally gave up the chase at 9.00 and have driven 100 miles to Lamar, Colorado so we can decided tomorrow if we need to go down into New Mexicp or the panhandle. Today produced one of the best storms I have seen. It came over Denver.