Even tho' the SPC Slight Risk area barely grazed Charlottesville I decided to give chase to a nice-looking cell that moved southeasterly from the home of UVa. Radar indicated some rotation on the southeastern edge of the storm so I strove mightily to get there, rolling down Route 15 through Gordonsville and eventually south of I-64. (It was a bit out of my normal chase range but I was craving a chase given that I'd missed a few last week.) As I approached Palmyra the storm became severe-warned and my expectations ratcheted upwards despite the fact that I could see a shelf cloud but no wall cloud and experienced significant outflow winds.
Southeast of Palmyra and not too far from the metropolis of Columbia I stopped on a rural lane to watch the approach, disappointed that the overall complex had significantly weakened and looked like it was falling apart. To my delight the storm began hurling CG's as it pulsed back upward in strength and I recorded a number of them on my dashboard video, including a very close one that startled me.
After the rain started in earnest I motored back northward in hopes of getting a structure shot of the storm but was thwarted by the everpresent treelines.
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