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9/25/99: Double InterceptAt suppertime, I drive 20 miles north to just past McKinney, TX. This particular storm, a "garden variety" pre-frontal storm yields only occasional C-G's and heavy rains that fall while the sun shines. The peculiar thing about this storm is the eerie red-brown stain that seizes the rain curtain as it grows thicker and thicker. It is as if wood stain is falling to the earth! The sun, low above the horizon, is responsible for this event. I also witness a beautiful partial rainbow with this event. At dusk, a pair of lightning-lit towers above the SW horizon, along with a strong radar signature, inspires me to battle urban freeways for about 50 miles to Waxahachie, TX. This storm welcomes me with blinding rain that cuts night time visibility to near zero; lightning bolts that land in fields around me, thunder that rattles my vehicle and gusty winds. I had been aching to see something like this since our last significant storm of July 10! As tonight's storm passes southeast, a brilliant moon comes out, casting the mountains of thunderheads into mysterious glowing castles set upon black starry sky as they seethe in lightning. I also have the pleasure of meeting in person, and talking for two hours, with two of the ham radio voices who also monitored this storm.
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