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May 20, 2026 Davis Mountains Supercell

May 20th the environment was not overly conducive to supercell thunderstorms. Overnight stratus generated from elevated storms, covered the area and kept it pretty cool. Due to this low level cloud cover, we headed south from Ft Stockton to the David Mountains where the elevation is much higher. When we arrived skies were clearing instability was building. Storms formed over the mountains and eventually intensified and moved off of them to the east. One storm became a supercell, warned for big hail and high winds. As it moved it, it’s gust front blew up a lot of dust. There were many gustnadoes, which could have fooled people into thinking they were real tornadoes. Eventually the storms gusted out and weakened. A fun day, with better results than anticipated! Enjoy the pics!!!