-A funnel (near center) descends from a wall cloud over Lindsay, but dissipates after a few minutes. This picture was taken by David Demko, facing West.



-The rotation soon reintensifies, as shown in this great shot of a wall cloud (in the background). This is taken from a few miles South of Lindsay, facing Northwest. This picture was also taken by David Demko.



-This is the same storm cell seen about 15-20 minutes later and from about 5 miles away (on I-35), looking West. Note the rain-free lowered cloud base to the left of the rain shaft.



-Another shot from a few moments later.



-The storm from much closer up. This picture was taken on the western edge of Pauls Valley, facing West. This is about 5-10 minutes after the last picture and 5 miles further south. The cloud base is part of the rain-free base seen in the previous two pictures. Note the edge of the rain shaft on the right. The base extended overhead and to the right (North), with a large rain shaft to the Northwest.



-Funky cloud on the back side of the storm. This picture was taken facing Southwest and about 5 minutes after the last picture. I don't believe the cloud to be tornadic due to its location within the storm. The large building just to the right of center is the Pauls Valley Wal-Mart (woohoo!). The darkness on the right edge of the horizon is the western edge of the main rain/hail shaft of the storm.



-The initial stages of a funnel cloud over the east side of Pauls Valley. This picture was taken about 5 minutes after the previous one. The funnel was about 1/4 mile away and to the northeast at this time. The cloud was rotating, with the center of rotation in the right half, where it's sort of clear. The rain/hail shaft was directly to the left of the funnel and extended from the Northeast to the Northwest. About 30 seconds after this picture was taken, we were hit with one inch diameter hail. There was a report of a tornado touching down about 15 minutes after this picture was taken.



-Casey enjoys the storm from a "safe" distance (the lab tests come back next week). This was taken about 15 minutes after the tornado reportedly touched down. Witnesses say Casey yelled "I'm the king of the world!" at the top of his lungs. We don't believe them, though.